Maia Sharp Releasing New Album

08/04/2009
. (PR) Maia Sharp has written songs for Bonnie Raitt, the Dixie Chicks, Keb' Mo', Trisha Yearwood and numerous other artists. But with the August 11th release of Echo, her fourth full-length solo album, the spotlight is on her.

Lead single "John Q. Lonely" was #1 Most Added in its first two weeks at Triple A radio and is generating Top 5 phones in cities such as San Diego, CA, Charleston, SC, Pittsburgh, PA and Portland, ME, among others. Produced by Don Was and released by Crooked Crown Records, Echo features Jim Keltner on drums throughout and Bonnie Raitt on background vocals on the track "Death By Perfection."

Sharp is in the midst of a highly successful U.S. headlining tour, selling out numerous shows and drawing more than 1,000 fans to Los Angeles' Pershing Square last Thursday night. (See below for a tour itinerary.)

8/7 Balsam, NC Writer In The Round
8/8 Balsam, NC Writer In The Round
8/9 Charleston, WV Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences
8/11 Ann Arbor, MI The Ark
8/12 Cleveland Heights, OH Night Town
8/13 Columbus, OH Thirsty Ear Tavern
8/14 Louisville, KY WFPK Live Lunch
8/14 Louisville, KY Vernon Club
8/16 Evanston, IL S.P.A.C.E.
8/17 Saugatuck, MI Saugatuck Center for the Arts
8/19 Des Moines, IA Vaudeville Mews
8/20 Kansas City, MO The Record Bar
8/21 St. Paul, MN Gingko Coffeehouse
8/22 Middleton, WI Capital Brewery
8/29 Los Angeles, CA Hotel Caf�
9/4 Santa Rosa, CA KRSH Afterwork Concert Series
9/6 San Francisco, CA Caf� DuNord
9/9 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
9/19 San Diego, CA KPRI Greenflash Festival w/Mat Kearney, Brett Dennon &
Eric Hutchinson
11/4 Santa Ynez, CA Maverick Saloon w/Steve Poltz
Tales from the Tavern Concert Series

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