{"id":893,"date":"2014-07-23T16:46:06","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T16:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/?p=893"},"modified":"2014-07-23T16:46:06","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T16:46:06","slug":"jessica-campbell-to-release-iii-on-october-7-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/jessica-campbell-to-release-iii-on-october-7-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Campbell to release “III” on October 7, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

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July 23, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jessica Campbell to release III<\/em> on October 7, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

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With her third album, roots-pop singer\/songwriter Jessica Campbell proves there\u2019s strength in numbers.<\/p>\n

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Largely produced by Cason Cooley (Ingrid Michaelson, Katie Herzig), III<\/em> captures Campbell in an adventurous mood, looking to build something new on top of the foundation that\u2019s always anchored her music. She\u2019s still a genre bender, with songs rooted in pop hooks, Americana influences, folk guitars and just the slightest hint of Southern twang. She\u2019s still a storyteller, too, armed with autobiographical tunes about life and love in the Bible Belt. Even so, things have changed since her previous album, The Anchor & the Sail<\/em>, which found the newly-married Campbell reflecting on a lifetime of past loves \u2014 including plenty of heartbreak and hard lessons. This time around, she\u2019s taking stock of the sunny present.<\/p>\n

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From the bright blasts of bass and keyboards that fill III’<\/em>s opening track (\u201cBrighter Days\u201d) to the campfire singalong that closes out the album (\u201cMy Heart Says Go\u201d), III<\/em> explores some of the most upbeat material of Campbell\u2019s career. It’s an album by<\/em> and about<\/em> a happily married woman in her early 30s. There\u2019s plenty of struggle in these 11 songs, too \u2014 despite a catalog of prime-time TV and promo placements (including Crate & Barrel, Delta Airlines, Ugly Betty<\/em>, Hart of Dixie<\/em>, Heartland<\/em>, Melissa & Tye<\/em>, and Tough Love New Orleans<\/em>), a \u201cBest Song\u201d award from the USA Songwriting Competition and support from outlets like USA Today<\/em> and American<\/em> Songwriter<\/em>, Campbell is still very much an independent, hardscrabble artist who runs nearly every aspect of her business \u2014 but it\u2019s the sort of struggle that is ultimately uplifting. The sort of struggle that makes every reward seem that much more deserved. III doesn\u2019t focus on the grind of being a cash-strapped musician. Instead, it highlights the thrill of doing what you\u2019re meant to be doing\u2026 even if it involves driving 300 miles between shows.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is a very much a \u2018seize the moment\u2019 album,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s about dreaming\u2026 and chasing after those dreams, so you can eventually live them. It’s about being willing to try.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s also about the magic found in everyday things. Take the number three, for example. Campbell is one of three children. She\u2019s been married for three years. This year, she will turn 33 years old. She hired three producers \u2014 in addition to Cooley, with whom she has worked in the past, she also tapped Kyle Lee and Nettwerk recording artist Aaron Espe \u2014 to work on her third full-length album, the aptly titled III<\/em>. When asked if the name is a reference to Led Zeppelin’s III<\/em>, though, she laughs and shakes her head.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s a reference to my own life,\u201d she explains. \u201cYou either embrace where you\u2019re at in life, or you put up a facade. I wanted this album to be more poppy and upbeat, but I also didn\u2019t want to hide my age or my wedding ring. I think there\u2019s something compelling about music made from that kind of honest place.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Campbell knows a thing or two about making music in different places. Since releasing her debut album in 2009, she\u2019s grown her audience significantly by playing more than 100 house shows. She even appeared on the syndicated radio program \u201cMusic Business Radio\u201d in May 2013, talking about the unique business of performing in strangers\u2019 living rooms night after night. Those house shows have tended to be quiet, stripped-down gigs, with Campbell usually performing her songs alone.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s that identity \u2014 the singer\/songwriter sitting on a stool in someone\u2019s home, telling stories and strumming the guitar without any outside accompaniment \u2014 that anchors III<\/em> in something honest and familiar. This is Campbell\u2019s poppiest album to date, but every song was written the old-fashioned way: with an acoustic guitar\u2026 and, occasionally, one of her friends from the Nashville songwriting community. In other words, Jessica Campbell still sounds like Jessica Campbell, even when she\u2019s turning an old Beatles lyric on its head during the thumping, danceable \u201cLennon & McCartney Lied\u201d or paying tribute to one of her earliest influences, gospel music, with the soulful \u201cEverlasting Shore.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The direction may be new, but the building blocks are the same. III<\/em> is a songwriter\u2019s album, dressed up with some of Campbell’s edgiest arrangements and rawest vocal performances to date. It\u2019s an album about appreciating where you\u2019re at, while still pushing toward a bigger, brighter, better future. It may be her best yet. The third time\u2019s the charm.<\/p>\n

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jessicacampbellmusic.com<\/a> | www.facebook.com\/jessicacampbellmusic<\/a> | @jcampbellmusic<\/a><\/p>\n

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 23, 2014 \u00a0 Jessica Campbell to release III on October 7, 2014   With her third album, roots-pop singer\/songwriter Jessica Campbell proves there\u2019s strength in numbers.   Largely produced by Cason Cooley (Ingrid Michaelson, Katie Herzig), III captures Campbell in an adventurous mood, looking to build something new on top of … <\/p>\n

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