Madi Diaz CD Release + Lucy Schwartz January 21, 2012

Madi Diaz's EP, Far From Things That We Know, previews songs from her forthcoming full-length Plastic Moon (available January 24, 2012). Songs like the focus track "Let's Go" reflect Madi's lifelong attraction to song craft as well a deep-rooted affinity for contrasting types of music. One part pop music and one part organic Americana, the album is a hooky, confident collection of songs that is as heartbreaking in places as it is catchy in others, sometimes within the span of a single song.

The Nashville-based musician is herself a bit of a contrast, growing up in Lancaster, PA, surrounded by Amish farms. In her early teens, she landed at the School of Rock in Philadelphia, where she was a standout student and focal point of director Don Argott's 2005 documentary. Shortly thereafter, she attended Berklee College of Music where she met long time writing collaborator Kyle Ryan. The pair moved to Nashville and quickly catapulted into the center of the city's nascent indie-pop scene, with Madi's songs gaining major exposure through television placements, such as on ABC Family's "Pretty Little Liars" and Lifetime's "Drop Dead Diva" and "Army Wives" and garnering press with major outlets like RollingStone.com, Teen Vogue, Marie Claire, and Nylon.
http://www.madidiaz.com/

Lucy Schwartz is a major talent, big and bright and bursting with energy. Lucy commands dramatic torch songs and breezy pop ditties with equal vigor, bringing a spectacular whimsy to everything she does, adding ukulele or a capella harmonies where you'd least expect them, cranking up every emotion into surround sound. Lucy created the love theme to Shrek Forever After and performed the song with her co-writer Landon Pigg on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She recently penned the international theme song for Parenthood, and her songs have been featured in more than a dozen hit television shows, from Grey's Anatomy to Make it Or Break It; ER to Brothers and Sisters.Lucy toured with Lilith Fair & sang on stage alongside Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, and Colbie Caillat. She has opened for The Weepies, The Civil Wars, Brandi Carlile, Agnes Obel, The Belle Brigade, A Fine Frenzy, and Toad the Wet Sprocket.
http://lucyschwartzmusic.com/

Official Website: http://www.jamminjava.com/