Check out the track Hurt by Erik Hassle who just signed to Universal Republic. The track climbed the Sweden charts for over a year – check out the video here.

Nick Howard will be performing at the Mercury Lounge in NYC on August 27th. Howard originally from Brighton , UK, now residing in NYC has been on the Top 40 and Hot AC Activator radio charts for the last 13 weeks and is one of the few, if not the only, unsigned artist to see his name and music on these charts for this long. Nick Howard’s song ‘A Better Man‘ was chosen as the theme for the trailer to the widely anticipated independent film ‘Knuckle Draggers’ which will be making a national and independent film festival tour this year with a prospective release to audiences in late 2009. Contact: stu@914music.com

Check out Mikey Wax who will be performing at Canal Room in NYC on August 20th. Mikey’s song “In Case I Go Again” was selected as the winner of The Unsigned Artist radio contest held by WRMF/97.9 FM, a top 40 radio station in South Florida.
The video for “In Case I Go Again” has 15,000+ views in less than 2 months. For fans of John Mayer and Coldplay. Contact: management@mikeywax.com

Paula Abdul wrote on Twitter

“With sadness in my heart, I’ve decided not to return to #IDOL. I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent, but most of all…being a part of a show that I helped from day 1 become an international phenomenon”.

Check out the track Hummingbird by Trey Lockerbie. He is a local singer/songwriter from Nashville and has a upcoming show at The Rutledge, opening for Green River Ordinance. His track “Sullivan Street” received an honorable mention for a lyric contest in American Songwriter Magazine. For fans of Coldplay and John Mayer. Contact: Trey@BruceMcKayEnt.com