The John Butler Trio, The Noble Visions, AliveOne, and ATO Records are proud to bring Cincinnati an exclusive ‘April Uprising’ pre-release CD listening party Thursday April 1, 2010.

International recording artists and Australian roots-rockers, The John Butler Trio will be releasing their newest studio effort, ‘APRIL UPRISING’ on April 6, 2010. The Noble Visions, AliveOne, John Butler Trio, and ATO Records are proud to team up in bringing Cincinnati one of the eight exclusive United States ‘APRIL UPRISING’ CD listening parties.  The exclusive ‘APRIL UPRISING’ CD listening party at AliveOne in Mt Adams will take place the evening of Thursday April 1, 2010.  Party attendees will be able to hear the album five full days before the public release date.  The event is scheduled to begin around 9pm at AliveOne in Mt Adams, with the first listening of ‘APRIL UPRISING’ to commence around 10pm.  The album will be played in its entirety multiple times throughout the evening.  AliveOne and The Noble Visions plan to make this an evening fans and the people of Cincinnati won’t soon forget.

“We are very pleased to be able to bring this exclusive listening party to Cincinnati.” said Joshua Timmermans, President/Creative Director of Noble Visions Design and Photography and Editor of The Noble Visions.  “The John Butler Trio is an internationally acclaimed artist and group that fills venues across the country.  For The Noble Visions, AliveOne, and the people of Cincinnati to be one of the eight U.S. locations able to listen to ‘APRIL UPRISING’ well before the rest of the country, is a privilege our music community isn’t afforded on many occasions.  Working with John Butler Trio, ATO Records and AliveOne to make sure this happened in our city is a great pleasure.  Every music fan can appreciate rare opportunities like this.  AliveOne and The Noble Visions plan to make this Thursday April 1st a night to remember in Cincinnati.”

WHAT: John Butler Trio ‘April Uprising‘ cd listening party.  (1 of only 8 being held in the United States)

WHEN: Thursday April 1, 2010.  9pm-2am.  Listening party is FREE!

WHERE: AliveOne 1054 St Gregory Street.  Mt Adams 513-721-6977

INFO: John Butler Trio live music played throughout the night.  April Uprising to be played multiple times during the event.  Go to AliveOne’s Facebook page for more information: http://www.facebook.com/aliveonecincy?ref=ts

JOHN BUTLER TRIO WEBSITE: http://jbtserver.com/blog/

John Butler Trio is a versatile group from Australia that has received large praise throughout the world.

CURRENT BIOGRAPHY

In June this year, John Butler proudly announced the new line up of the ever evolving John Butler Trio. Prominent Melbourne musician Nicky Bomba (drums and percussion) of ‘Bomba’ fame and principal drummer on ‘Sunrise Over Sea’ joined the band and bass player Byron Luiters from Sydney outfit Ray Mann Three completed the new line up. Having spent the past few months bunkered down in his Fremantle studio with his new band mates putting down tracks for their forthcoming fifth studio album entitled ‘APRIL UPRISING’, John Butler is pleased to announce fans will get their long-awaited live JBT hit when the band perform throughout the world early in 2010.

The new album title April Uprising came from an incredible journey John undertook for the ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ TV series. He traces the Butler name through generations of hardship to a matriarch who sang for her survival and follows his Bulgarian ancestry to a forebear caught up in a violent revolt called the April Uprising.

HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY

Ten years ago in 1998 John Butler was busking on the streets of Fremantle, West Australia. 3500 self funded cassette sales served as the foundation for becoming Australia’s most successful independent artist ever.
Fast forward to 2009 and his label Jarrah Records has now been responsible for 800,000 CD sales in Australia. The John Butler Trio’s last studio album ‘Grand National’ has received international acclaim since its release in 2007. The Washington Post praised its “sauntering boogies with an affinity for hip-hop beats” and Rolling Stone Magazine said “Melody, Subtlety, Authenticity. Sophistication… Butler at his brand new best, blending his influences into a sound that is all his own…a hip shaking rollicking good-time album, proof that John Butler is ready to take things to that next level…”

‘Better Than’, the first single from the album held the top spot on the USA Triple A radio charts this year. Last year the trio won two ARIA awards for ‘Grand National’; Best Independent Release and Best Blues and Roots Release, and they received top voting of the evening for their performance of ‘Funky Tonight’, with a special guest appearance by Keith Urban.

Butler owns and operates his own record label- Jarrah Records— which has released John Butler Trio’s last three studio albums and two live albums and his first self titled album. 2003’s ‘Sunrise Over Sea’ was the first independently released album to reach number one in Australia, and, like ‘Grand National’, went on to enjoy multi-platinum success. Home to other artists such as The Waifs, Jarrah Records continues to pave the way for independent artists in Australia.

Butler is also receiving recognition for his innovative arts grant fund The JB Seed, which he oversees with his partner Daniella Caruana. Financed by donations from various sources, the JB Seed distributes over $100,000 in grants and funding each year to as many as 30 artists seeking financial assistance to help them realize their artistic aspirations.
Additionally, The JB Seed hosts a management workshop that brings together music industry newcomers and established veterans. Rolling Stone said, “The JB Seed looks to give other people the resources and confidence they need to get out there and do their thing.” For more information, visit http://www.thejbseed.com

JBT have taken their music to the world and continue to grow in stature and popularity in USA, Europe and Japan. They have become favourites at iconic festivals such as Fuji Rock Festival, Glastonbury, Bonnaroo, Big Day Out, and Coachella where Bruce Fessier of USA Today said “John Butler revealed himself to be arguably the finest guitarist at Coachella Festival“.
The John Butler Trio were thrilled to have toured USA with G Love and The Special Sauce last summer and to have played many European festivals and delivered main stage performances at New Orleans Jazz Festival and Lollapalooza. The latter festival was recorded and has been released this year as an  iTunes exclusive album around the world.

In April this year John was honoured to be asked to programme and headline the main stage at the annual East Coast Blues Festival, held in Byron Bay. It was a celebratory affair marking their 20th anniversary and Ben Harper was the only other artist to be similarly honoured. The John Butler Trio also played three other Australian festivals and these were significant as the final shows with bass player Shannon Birchall and drummer Michael Barker. 

In June John revealed the new line up for the Trio which includes bass player Byron Luiters, who has been a member of Sydney outfit The Ray Man Three and Nicky Bomba on drums and percussion who was the principal drummer on JBT’s 5 x platinum Sunrise Over Sea album.  

In July John took to the Northern Hemisphere to perform a series of solo shows including the prestigious Montreal Jazz Festival for the first time along with other great festivals including Rothbury and the Mile High Festival in Denver. He returned to Australia in August to perform at the Cannot Buy My Soul Concert with a long list of talented local musicians taking to the stage to reinterpret the wonderful catalogue of Kev Carmody.

The John Butler Trio is currently putting the final touches down to their new album ‘April Uprising’, the follow-up to the 3 x platinum ‘Grand National’ album. Check out the web site for all the news and updates on the making of ‘April Uprising’ which is due out early in 2010. Expect to hear ‘One Way Road’ the first single from the new album on airwaves in November this year and check the website for Australian tour dates for the ‘One Way Road’ tour taking place in January 2010.

Album Discography:

Live at  Lollapalooza 2009  – iTunes Exclusive
One Small Step (Aus) 2008 / Twist and Shout ( USA) 2007 – solo live
Grand National 2007
Live at St. Gallen 2006
Sunrise Over Sea 2004
Living 2001 – 2002
Three 2000
John Butler 1998

Awards:

ARIA 2007 ; Best Indie, Best Blues and Roots, Best Performance
ARIA 2004; Best Male, Best Indie, Best Blues and Roots
ARIA 2001; Best Indie
APRA Awards 2005; Song of the Year ‘Zebra’
APRA Awards 2008; Blues and Roots work of the year ‘Good Excuse’

Festivals Played:

Coachella, New Orleans Jazz Festival, Bonnaroo, Glastonbury, Fuji Rock Festival, Big Day Out, St.Gallen, Belfort, Isle Of Wight, Union Of Soul and many more.

Those who have influenced:

Bob Marley, Martin Luther King Jr, The Meters, Jeff Lang, De LA Soul, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Ainslie Roberts, Black Sabbath, Noam Chomsky, Buck Minster Fuller, Gillian Welch, Jimi Hendrix, Paul Kelly, Beastie Boys, Rage Against The Machine, G Love, Kev Carmody, Allen Watts, Banksy, Salvador Dali,Tracy Chapmen, Blue King Brown, Public Enemy, Jane’s Addiction

~ by thenoblevisions on March 29, 2010.