SEPTEMBER 2025 NEWSLETTER

So, this is a big week for me personally.  25 years ago, the Mike Farley Band recorded and released our first album as a band (I released two solo albums before this), halfaworldaway.  We were starting to make some noise in Northeast Ohio and won Best Rock Band in the Cleveland Free Times two straight years.  We opened for The Pretenders, Huey Lewis & The News, Dave Matthews Band, and Better than Ezra, among others.  We played just about every festival in Cleveland and Akron between 1999 and 2002.  We were in rotation on local radio and our song "Can't Be Your Man" is still spun on WSTB in Streetsboro, Ohio.  

This coming Saturday, Sept. 6, MFB will turn back the clock to play a 25-year anniversary/reunion show at Brothers Lounge in Cleveland.  I like to say I'm semi-retired from making and playing music and singing--I can't hit some of the high notes I used to hit with ease, but that's okay.  I also often say that you can always go back, and this is an instance of just that.  I'm looking so forward to seeing friends and fans and familiar faces; being on stage with my musical brothers Jeff, Jeff and Joe; and having my own wife and son there (Jen and I met at the release party for that show in July of 2000, and our 18-year-old son Jonathan is so excited about seeing us live as the last time we did this, in 2010, he was not quite three years old.  

I guess what I'm trying to say is that while life tends to whizz by, it's important to forge your own way and return to your roots when the time and timing are right, and to minimize life's regrets.  These ideas have also been recurring with the lyrics on some of the albums we are promoting, including recent ones from David Wilcox, Ron Sowell, and Ross Thorn (more info below).  

As always, we appreciate and thank you for listening, and have a great month!.--MJF

New clients
Eric Andersen (tour press)--Eric Andersen's voice, songs, guitar and piano playing created a career that has spanned over 45 years. He has recorded 25 albums of original songs, and made numerous tours of North America, Europe, and Japan.  His songs have been recorded and performed by world renown artists such as Ricky Nelson, Judy Collins, Sandy Denny, Fairport Convention, The Kingston Trio, Peter Paul and Mary, Linda Ronstadt, Johnny Cash, The Grateful Dead, Linda Thompson, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Francoise Hardy, plus many others in Europe, Australia, England, and Japan.
Website: www.ericandersen.com/
Tour dates: www.ericandersen.com/index.php/tour-dates.html

Recent releases
Ross Thorn: Fitting In 
Website: www.rossthornmusic.com

David Wilcox: The Way I Tell the Story
Website: www.davidwilcox.com
Tour dates: www.davidwilcox.com/shows 

Ron Sowell--Dance Till the Music Stops
Website: www.ronsowell.com

The Wildwoods--Dear Meadowlark
Website: www.thewildwoodsband.com
Tour dates: www.thewildwoodsband.com/shows

Brian Lisik--Goodnight, Detroit 
Website: www.brianlisik.com
Tour dates: www.brianlisik.com/shows

Companies we currently partner with:
Rounder/Concord Records—We are currently working tour press for Concord Records and Rounder Records --  including some of Rounder's rising stars, such as Amythyst Kiah, Anderson East, Ken Pomeroy, John R. Miller, Katie Pruitt, JD Clayton, Judy Blank, Bella White, and Sierra Ferrell.  On the Concord side, we are working with The Revivalists, Boney James, Hiromi, Butcher Brown, and John Vincent III.  There are always recent releases that these artists are supporting, so we have hyperlinked their respective online media kits.

Also on tour

John McEuen
www.johnmceuen.net/tour/

Badfish
www.badfish.com/tour

Red Wanting Blue
www.redwantingblue/tour

Pure Prairie League
www.pureprairieleague.com/tour-dates

Cowboy Junkies 40th anniversary tour
www.cowboyjunkies.com/tour

Church of Cash
www.churchofcashmusic.com/shows

Chris Knight
www.chrisknight.net/tour