For photos from this performance, check out the Mike Farris photo gallery

Some great photos from the SXSW gig earlier this year, by Ron Baker: Mike Farris SXSW photos

Head over to the Bonnaroo web site for some great photos of Mike Farris' Bonnaroo performance

Mike blogs about his Bonnaroo experience:
Day One
Day Two

Head over to the Mike Farris photo gallery for some photos from yesterday's Radio Bonnaroo session.

 

Mike & The Roseland Rhythm Revue take to Bonnaroo's Troo Stage at 5:20pm today!

Mike Farris has been nominated for an AMA award for New Emerging Artist of the Year!

 

Winners will be announced on September 18 at the 7th Annual Americana Music Association's Honors and Awards Show, to be held at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

Check out these great Mike Farris photos from the recent Strawberry Festival gig! Thanks to Don Dowell for sharing!

Check out these photos from Marty Stuart's Late Night Jam at the Ryman Auditorium, where Mike performed with Kenny Vaughan:

 

Mike & the McCrary sisters join Orchestra Nashville for a cover of Marvin Gaye's "What's Goin' On," on June 17, at 7pm. For more information, visit the Orchestra Nashville web site

from Nashville Scene: BONNAROO FOREPLAY: CATCH EM HERE Cant make it to Bonnaroo this year? Too poor? Case of the Dust Bowl Blues? Well get your Roo fix in Nashville with these artists before they ship out to Manchester. Led by female vocalist and bassist Carol Young, Grammy-nominees The Greencards use superior singing and playing ability to produce a tight, down-home sound (4 p.m. June 7 at CMA Fan Fairs Chevy Stage). Mike Farris proves that white boys can bring the Southern soul. Either band-backed or solo-acoustic, Farris vocals demand attention and rattle with sermonizing potency (9 p.m. June 8 at Station Inn). Lez Zeppelinwait, dont you mean Led Zeppelin? No, Google, we didnt. Were talking about the all-female, Manhattan-based group ripping through Zeppelin covers with a feminine mystique (8 p.m. June 11 at Mercy Lounge; Roo ticket holders only).
 

June 4 - Marty Stuart's Late Night Jam has the look of a potential show-of-the-year. Any concert featuring Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives is a ride through sharp country, lonesome blues and bluegrass and propulsive rock 'n' roll, and the Late Night Jam finds Stuart and his guys joined by a bevy of remarkable performers. On a bill that includes Old Crow Medicine Show, Gretchen Wilson, John Rich, Kathy Mattea (her Coal album is splendid), Sunny Sweeney and the Charlie Daniels Band, look for Mike Farris to be the surprise of the evening for most ticket-holders. Farris and his ever-soulful howl have a way of taking over a room, and he'll be performing songs from his remarkable Salvation In Lights album. The Jam takes place at 10 p.m. at the Ryman Auditorium, and tickets ($29.50 and $39.50) are available at the Ryman box office, at Ticketmaster outlets or by calling 615-255-9600. 

Check out this great photo of Mike Farris fan Anika Hill singing "Sit Down Servant" with Mike at Sunday Night Shout! on May 18, 2008!

 

Be sure to visit www.freeccm.com this month to get a free download from Mike Farris!

 

Also, check out the new single "I'm Gonna Get There" just added to Mike's Myspace player!

Head over to the Mike Farris video page to check out some great live videos from Mike's in-studio set at WNCW's Studio B with Martin Anderson, May 9, 2008. 

Mike Farris: Sharing His Salvation - by Dariel Bendin

Check out these great Blind Willie McTell Festival photos by Gene Driskell!

Sunday Night Shout! at the Station Inn in Nashville has been such a huge success that we're going to keep it going through the month of May! Sunday nights, 7pm. Admission is FREE. Mike & the band, plus special guests! 

Sunday Shout at the Station Inn launched to a packed house! Mike & The Roseland Revue hit the stage with a bang and kept the crowd lifted for the next hour.  Special guest Jimmy Hall graced us with his presence singing "Wade In The Water" and "Keep On Smilin'," a Wet Willie Classic!

Mike & The Roseland Revue will be back at the Station Inn again this Sunday night with more special guests.  Please join us!

Unfortunately, this Thursday's show (April 10) in Raleigh at the Berkeley Cafe has been postponed. Refunds available at point of purchase.

Mike will be performing on Friday, June 13 at Bonnaroo!

Mike will be doing a special weekly series at Station Inn in Nashville every Sunday night in April, called "Mike Farris presents Sunday Night Shout."

 

Doors at 6pm, shows at 7pm.

Mike & the band performing at the legendary KGSR in Austin during SXSW! Photos by Alisha Ogle:

Hear Mike Farris live from SXSW:

- on KGSR.com at 9:30AM CT on Wednesday, March 12

 

WRLT in Nashville will be broadcasting Sunday night's show from 3rd & Lindsley live (Mike opening for Fairfield Four): 

- on lightning100.com  in Nashville at 8PM CT on Sunday, March 16

Mike will be opening two shows for Blind Boys of Alabama!

 

03.21 - Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, GA

03.22 - Neighborhood Theatre - Charlotte, NC

 

*Please note: The WFPK "Live at Lunch" show previously scheduled for March 21 has been rescheduled, and will now take place on April 18. 

 

The show at the Rumba Room in Columbus, OH (also on March 21) will be rescheduled at a later date. 

Sign up for the Mike Farris street team!

 

We've also added a new page to the site for miscellaneous downloads. We've currently got Mike Farris desktop wallpapers, and Mike Farris IM icons. More to come.... 

High praise from Nashville newspaper The Tennessean!

 

 

In case you missed it, the good folks over at WPLN have archived Mike's interview from yesterday. Listen on the WPLN web site!

New t-shirts are here! Head over to the Mike Farris store to check them out. Additionally, you'll find a limited edition concert poster (first in the series), and information on how to get some Mike Farris ringtones for your cell phone! 

Very limited quantities - when they're gone, they're gone! Head over to the Mike Farris store and check it out! 

We've recently added complete lyrics for "Salvation in Lights" to the site! Check those out here!

 

For those who have not yet subscribed to "Shout!," the Mike Farris newsletter, we've just archived past issues, so you can see what you've been missing! View the archived issues here

 

Sponsorship Opportunities are now available. Sponsoring an artist like Mike Farris is a great way to align your company with a unique emerging artist, reach a loyal audience and foster goodwill with your potential clients! Visit the Sponsorship Opportunities page for more information.

Feb. 7 - Atlanta at Smith's Olde Bar
Feb 8 - Nashville at Mercy Lounge

Atlanta show marks Mike's first performance here in at least 5 years. This is an intimate solo acoustic show, highlighting the range and subtleties of Mike's amazing vocal power.

Nashville show features the Roseland Rhythm Revue, Mike's 10pc band, which will include the McCrary Sisters. This show will also feature guitar great Audley Freed!

Make sure y'all are checking the tour page regularly. Dates are continuing to roll in! Newest additions include Charlotte, Spartanburg, SC, and Marietta, IL. Check the Mike Farris tour dates page for more details. 

Check out Mike on Great American Country's "The Edge of Country" tonight!! 
AIRDATES
 
01.20.08 - 11:00 PM  ET
01.21.08 - 3:00 AM   ET
01.25.08 - 5:00 PM  ET

"What are we going to do with Mike Farris? And by we, I mean the music industry gatekeepers and those responsible for making sure great music gets to the masses. There are those who have already embraced this cause with zeal, but there are some who have yet to come to the party and it’s those folks that I’d like to light a fire under! (Attention Christian radio programmers: Are you catching a whiff of smoke?)"

Opinion: Deborah Evans Price on Mike Farris

Many thanks to Steve Hassenplug for filming, producing, and uploading some great video from the 11.03.07 AMA showcase at the Cannery Ballroom.

 

Check it out, along with other live Mike Farris video, on the video page.

Mike Farris, Salvation in Lights (INO/Columbia). The rocker turns to gospel and, using standards and originals, tells a rousing tale of redemption that mirrors his own back-from-the-depths story.
- Nick Cristiano, Philadelphia Inquirer

Nick Cristiano's Top 10 Country/Roots Albums of 2007

Sorry for the late notice, but Mike's performance this morning (11:30am) will be streaming live from wdvx.com

You've asked, we've answered! Shopping at the Mike Farris store using Paypal just got a bit easier, with the addition of "View Cart" and "Continue Shopping" buttons. Thanks for your feedback and happy shopping! 

Martyrs - Chicago, IL - 10.11.07
The Union - Naperville, IL - 10.12.07

 

These downloads will require some basic knowledge of Bit Torrent. Here is a Bit Torrent FAQ. 

 

Special thanks once again to Mark E for recording these show and making them available online!

Congratulations to Mike Farris fan Elizabeth Forbes, who has been chosen as the winner of  the contest from October's e-mail newsletter. Elizabeth will receive a signed copy of "Salvation in Lights," "Goodnight Sun," "Walk With the Sun," and the 7" vinyl single for "Time To Burn."

 

The new newsletter will be going out any day now. The contest was such a popular feature that we're going to continue it - if that isn't a reason to join the Mike Farris mailing list right now, we don't know what is!!!

Check out this great live video of "The Lonely Road," from Mike's performance on "The Kitchen Sink" on The Gospel Music Channel:

"The Lonely Road" - exclusive live video

Christianitytoday.com has voted "Salvation in Lights" the best Christian record of 2007!!! 

- Larry Timko, WIKX, Charlotte Harbor/Fort Meyers, FL

 

For this and many other rave reviews from the AMA's, read this story: Mike Farris continues to create a buzz

Mike has been asked by the Gospel Music Channel to pen the theme music for their new show entitled "The Kitchen Sink." Additionally, the show will be featuring "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" as the show's opening theme. 

 

"The Gospel Music Channel (GMC) will give fans a weekly dose of everything Christian/gospel music in the new weekly primetime series The Kitchen Sink set to premiere this Sat. Nov. 17 at 8:00 p.m."

 

For more information on the show, check out this press release. 

Fire up your bit torrent client of choice and head over to etree to download the show from The Basement in Nashville, 08.18.07.

 

Special thanks to Mark E for recording this show and making it available online!

For those that have been wondering how they can pick up the recently released Sony Connect set, visit the Sony Connect store*.

 

Please note: in order to use Sony's service, you'll need Internet Explorer and will need to download their Sonicstage application. More details from them when you visit their site.

 

Set list:

1. Devil Don't Sleep

2. Know Good, Know How

3. The Lonely Road

4. Selah! Selah!

5. Change Is Gonna Come

6. Little Drummer Boy 

The official Mike Farris store is back up! Head on over there for limited edition vinyl, cds, posters, and stickers!

"Salvation In Lights" continues its ascent up the Billboard Americana charts, to #23!!! 

 

Also, check the tour page for all Mike Farris tourdates. Birmingham, Nashville, Naperville (IL), Pinewood (TN), we're coming your way!

Mike is doing an instore performance tonight at 8 PM at the Baltimore Chop bookstore/coffee shop at 625 Washington Blvd. for more information, visit the Baltimore Chop web site or visit their web site.

"Salvation In Lights" made its debut on the Billboard Americana chart last week at #40, and has since moved up to #34!

 

More dates have been added, visit the tour page for all Mike Farris tour dates.

Stay tuned to the tour page; dates are starting to roll in, with more on the way! 

The positive reviews for "Salvation in Lights" continue to roll in! Check out the press page for these as they become available!

 

Nashville fans can check us out at the Basement on August 18th! Check the tour page for the details on that show.

Thank you to everyone who has written in with well wishes and prayers. My apologies for not personally addressing each one, but please know that it made a great deal of difference to all of us to witness the outpouring of support in this trying time.

The past few days I realized that one of the most important things I can do is get back to work and carry "S.I.L."  in Rose' name. Afterall, this entire thing was her idea....I'll share a story with you guys; a few nights before Rose died, I was up in her room and had been up for what seemed like weeks with no sleep. Around 2 in the morning I decided I would do some business and read emails, etc..well, about once a week I google my name and "Salvation In Lights" to look for articles, reviews, etc. so I can send out to the people who need to see these things. I've been doing all this since Rose fell ill in February, pretty much managing myself since that time (there was a time when that woulda been a scary, scary thought, hehehehehe!). I came across a review from Barnes and Nobles and read it and she POPPED up out of bed, actually sat UP in bed and started going on and on about how she just couldn't believe all this was happening and started to tell me how the pain that had been crippling her minutes before was now GONE!! She was so genuinely happy for us both! I realized then that she was amazed at the timing of all these things...that she was in her twilight and that our hard work over for the past 15 years had finally come to this beautiful fruition in just the nick of time. The next morning I said goodbye to Rose. We hugged and cried for several minutes and then she asked me if I thought this was the end, to which I told her, no...3 days later the most wonderful person I have ever known was gone from here...it's still unreal to me. I'm better today though. I have worked piled up and it's forcing me to move forward and work...we have tours we need to schedule (and we still don't have a booking agent for secular, and that's proven to be harder than gettin a record deal!!) so  I'm having to book shows on my own...I have to begin the search for a new manager or management company..AND I had back surgery the week Rose fell ill and so I am recovering from THAT still!!!! One awesome item of note is that Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour, out of Lexington Kentucky, has invited us up to play on Sept. 10th at the amazing Kentucky Theater!! This is really really amazing to me in that Rose had forwarded their newsletter to me for YEARS now, saying she really wanted us to play the show one day! HAHAHAHAHA!!!  I'm sure she is not so amazed at how things work out now, but very proud and happy, none the less!!!! I love you Rose!

Thanks again, everybody, for being so thoughtful and kind! I really wish I could have written you all back personally, but there's just too too many of you now!!! If anyone has any ideas as to where we can come play our music, now's the time to speak up!! It's time this caravan gets rollin down the highway!!!!

Here's hoping you all have a uniquely amazing day and week!

Blue skies,

Mike 

Chris Jorgenson of the Billings Gazette had some great things to say about "Salvation in Lights." Read the review here. 

Vincent Wynne at listennashville.com says "Expect Farris's new record to earn him a grammy nomination, and his live show is simply amazing."

"One of the year's biggest buzz artists in Christian music touches on his love of blues-rock and gospel, his struggles with addiction, and his new life in Christ."

 

Read the interview here

listennashville.com called Mike Farris' cd-release show one of the best performances in Nashville in 2007!

 

Check out Mike Farris and The Rosedale Rhythm Revue live on the Gospel Music Channel's Front Row Live! The world television premiere is June 30 at 8pm EDT, with encores scheduled for July 3 and 17 at 9pm EDT.

 

 

Enter to win a guitar autographed by Mike Farris over at the Gospel Music Channel web site!  

"When people speak of buzz albums, they usually refer to young artists with a fresh sound or skillfully crafted songwriting. You know, something with commercial appeal. An old-school blues record with covers of gospel music standards wouldn't seem likely to cause a stir, yet there's excitement throughout the Christian music biz over Salvation in Lights by the relatively unknown Mike Farris."

 

Read the entire review here.

Please note: The Gospel Music Channel 1 hour special, "Front Row Live," featuring Mike and his entire band, will air at 8pm EDT on June 30, not 9pm, as previously reported. 

Mike Farris is the iTunes Discovery Download for the week of 06.12.07. Download the first song from "Salvation in Lights," "Sit Down Servant" for FREE on iTunes now!

It is our distinguished honor to announce to you for the first time, an evening with Mike Farris featuring the 14th St. Rhythm Revue LIVE IN CONCERT.

 

Friday, June 29th, 2007

at the historic and amazing *Downtown Presbyterian Church, Nashville, TN

Doors: 7:00pm
Showtime: 8:00pm

Ticket Information:  on sale Monday, June 11th, 2007 via TicketWeb OR go by Grimey's in Nashville, to purchase. For more info on Grimey's, visit Grimey's web site

*This is not your average concert venue!! Downtown Presbyterian Church was built in 1816. It is a registered historic national landmark. The sanctuary itself is designed in "Egyptian Revival" style and is quite honestly, stunningly beautiful. We feel it is the perfect place to officially debut Mike Farris and his new album Salvation In Lights and we are all honored that the fine folks at DPC would allow us to use this facility for this rare concert event. This building, as you'll find, is just as unique and wonderful as the music itself. So prepare yourself for a night of superb music and inspiration in Nashville's most amazing hidden gem for this very rare performance inside the walls of historic Downtown Presbyterian Church!.

Don't forget to stop by Grimey's on Tuesday, June 26th for an acoustic set with Mike Farris and members of the Rosedale Ave. Rhythm Revue!!! This is the day of the release!

Infuze had this to say about "Salvation in Lights":

 

“Farris takes the themes, the rhythms and the soul of the spirituals and shows that whether classic or new, songs which touch on the need for healing and redemption are just as relevant today as they were in decades and centuries past.” 

The Gospel Music Channel will be airing the 1 hour special, "Front Row Live," featuring Mike and his entire band at 8pm EDT on June 30 to coincide with the release of "Salvation in Lights." Here's a link to see if your local cable service provider does/does not carry GMC. If not, you'll also find instructions on how to request the station in your area.

 

If you miss the initial airing, don't fret, they'll be airing it several times after AND even more good news is that GMC has taped several more shows featuring Mike:

• Hot List is a video countdown show where Mike will be in studio counting down his favorite videos. This show airs at 8pm EDT on August 18.
• He also cut some commercials and all kinds of other little tidbits, including a Q & A
  

If you really feel the need to keep up with all the goings on, getting GMC in your neck of the woods is a good idea.

Here we go folks!! Grimey's Music is hosting an in-store with Mike Farris and his band  on the street date of Salvation In Lights, which is June 26th at 6pm. Mike will be doing songs off the album and then will gladly sign your copies of S.I.L., of course. Make plans now to be there. For more information on Grimey's, check out the link below! Hope to see you there!

 

Grimey's New and Pre-Loved Music web site 

The Yellow Tangerine - A Two Night Musical Experience 

BB King's

152 2nd Ave. North 

Nashville, TN 

04.23.2007, 04.24.2007 - 6pm

 

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Click here for the show flyer

The Gospel Music Channel recently invited us to do a live one hour special on our music.We brought the full band, which is 11 pieces total!

 

The show was shot entirely in high definition, and is set to air sometime later this year - check back for updates on that or sign up for the mailing list! For more thoughts on our day at the Gospel Music Channel taping, please check out the Mike Farris myspace blog 

It’s been a while and we’re so glad to be back.  We hope you’ll join Mike on a very special journey into the future with a collection of songs that are sure to stir your spirit, body and mind.  These songs, some original and some reworked traditional gospel compositions, flow seamlessly and express the joyfulness of life even through the trials and tribulations of everyday existence.  Salvation In Lights is a celebration, an uplifting experience.

 

Mike was born to sing these songs and to share them with you.  We were very fortunate to find INO Records and Jeff Moseley, a visionary in a world sadly lacking of heroes, who immediately “got” what Mike was attempting to do.  INO is a Christian label based in Nashville, their secular partner is Columbia/Sony.
 
Many of you know Mike through his years with our beloved Screamin’ Cheetah Wheelies, his stint with Double Trouble, Peaceful Knievel and his previous solo work, Goodnight Sun.  This album, Salvation In Lights, is based on his love of inspirational music and a culmination of all his previous works.  He is musically and vocally at the pinnacle of his career.
 
Salvation In Lights will be released on June 12, 2007.  We will post all news including tour plans as they become available.  Please sign up for the mailing list so we can stay in touch with you.  We will be adding news on an almost daily basis, so please check back often!  You are very important to us!  We will need your support to bring Mike and his music to the world.
 
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