CHICAGO’S BEATNIK TURTLE GOES GREEN ON EARTH DAY WITH IRISH-THEMED CD, SHAM ROCK
By janelle | August 15, 2008
CHICAGO (April 1, 2008) – With Earth Day on thr horizon and St. Patrick’s Day just passed, Chicago-based band, Beatnik Turtle, celebrates their love of all things green with the release of Sham Rock on April 22, 2008.
Consisting of 13 rockin’ Irish pub songs energized and re-interpreted, these lovers of the Emerald Isle and Mother Earth put a twist on traditional Irish odes after making up their own St. Patty’s Day ditties.
“When coming up for songs for March at TheSongOfTheDay last year, we hit on the idea of re-interpreting these old songs into our own style,” said band member, Jason Feehan. “That is, rocking them up, plugging them in, adding horns, fixing old/out of date lyrics, treating them to new arrangements, and writing new music on top of the public domain stuff. The result is Sham Rock.”
Band members Randy Cherktow and Feehan are also releasing a book in 2008: The Indie Band Survival Guide: The Complete Manual for the Do-It–Yourself Musician through St. Martin’s Press in August to bookstores nationwide.
Combining brassy tunes with indie-pop sounds, Beatnik Turtle is a band that never slows down. Always up for a challenge, the Windy City brotherhood work and play just as hard, recording a Song of the Day or Song of the Week with the same amount of fun and dedication as one of their five full-length albums.
To request a review copy or an interview with the band please contact Matt Harris at mharris@greenlightgopublicity.com.
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