This Chicago born, guitar slinging songwriter just hit the top forty iTunes charts with his 5.25.2010 EP release "After the Morning After". “Todd Carey not only attracts your attention, he holds it…Carey's music is filled with class, style and the occasional electric guitar that strokes the listeners’ curiosity level making it an easy decision to want to hear more”

Produced by Mikal Blue (Colbie Caillat, Five for Fighting) The new "After The Morning After" EP “kind of runs the course of a relationship,” Todd describes. “My last record was about the birth and the bright-eyed newness of a relationship, but this group of songs is more diverse.” “The First Day” offers an optimistic outlook of endless possibilities and reminds listeners to take time to enjoy the journey, while “Gotta Be Next to You” pines that despite the convenience of technology, it can’t replace the feeling of being in the presence of a loved one. “Once in a Lifetime” acknowledges the turning point in a relationship and reveals hints of desperation. The most contemplative song on Sessions, “After the Morning After” is one of resign, reflecting on the joy and pain of touring. It confesses that praise from fans, while appreciated, can also ring empty, particularly when life on the road affects relationships at home. Todd knows the touring routine well, as he crisscrossed the country, playing over 250 shows, selling out hometown shows in Chicago and Wisconsin, and became a fixture on the college circuit while promoting "Watching Waiting".

Songwriter Tift Merritt lives in New York City. A North Carolina native, Tift began her music career in the clubs in Chapel Hill. Though she loves the city, she still considers North Carolina home.

Tift released her debut album Bramble Rose in 2002 on Lost Highway Records with Ethan Johns producing. The Associated Press called it the best debut album of that year in any genre. Her follow-up release, 2005's Tambourine, produced by George Drakoulias, earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Country Album (even though it wasn't a country album, but a soul shakedown barn burner, but hey we'll take it) and three Americana Music Awards Nominations for Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, and Song of the Year for Good Hearted Man. Tift toured extensively with Elvis Costello, and was featured on Austin City Limits, who subsequently released a DVD of the footage.

In 2006, Tift took an accidental hiatus in Paris. Another Country, with George Drakoulias again at the helm, was her first release on Fantasy Records (Concord Music Group). The album was written at a piano in a rented Paris flat. "I first heard Tift Merritt some years ago during a writer's night at a small club," said her friend Emmylou Harris. "She stood out like a diamond in a coal patch and everyone there knew she carried a promise of great things to come. She has more than fulfilled that promise with the lovely Another Country." The album was nominated for another Americana Music Association and earned this accolade from Paste Magazine's four star review, "A force to be reckoned within any genre she approaches."

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Free Download of The Right Now's "7 to 10" (Previously Available Only On Vinyl & Unavailable Anywhere Else) with Advance Ticket Purchase! Details in Order Confirmation Email.

Home is the feeling that bubbles up irrepressibly inside of you when you arrive exactly where you belong. Coincidentally, the feeling that you get when you listen to The Right Now is awfully similar.

The Right Now plays soul music, and soul music is all about feeling; not style, not fashion, but emotion. The band’s new album Carry Me Home, set to be released on March 3, 2010, lives within the four walls erected by the arresting lead vocalist Stefanie Berecz, the stellar songcraft of Brendan O’Connell, the spot-on horns and layers of back-up vocals, and a solid bedrock of rhythm.

Stefanie Berecz’s voice is what takes the songs on Carry Me Home from infectious to revelatory. Nowhere is that more evident than on the album’s title track. Begun in a hushed, delicate tone, Berecz weaves a tender lullaby, gradually building in intensity but never mindlessly belting. The band matches her every step of the way. The Right Now is tighter than tight, at times functioning almost as a single instrument rather than a collection of players; never overplaying, always exerting effortless control over its dynamics.

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