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We had a great feature of advance press for our Jersey show run Morristown paper The Daily Record on the day of the show. Check it out by clicking the icon below:

SURFING THE CHAOS INTERVIEW:

I continue to be blown away by the podcasting community who are just a great group of generous and smart music lovers. Most recently I had the opportunity to be interview by Randy Maugans for his wonderful and edgy Surfing the Chaos podshow. Randy asked some interesting and different questions and you’ll definitely want to check it out. Click on the icon below:

1/30/07
I’m very pleased to have been chosen as the “Band of the Week” feature on BLOGCRITICS.ORG this week and I recently sat down for a lovely conversation and interview with the esteemed music writer A.L. Harper, whose recent interviews have included Dave Stewart (of Eurythmics fame), Razorlight, and hot new band Locksley. So read on and see why I’m called “urbane” and wonder, just like I did, what it means…

CLICK BELOW TO READ THIS NEW “BAND OF THE WEEK” FEATURE INTERVIEW ON BLOGCRITICS.ORG:

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/11/18/161052.php

Thanks to A.L. for doing this! One of the nicest, more engaging and interesting people I’ve met in the business so far… 12/2/06
Anyone who knows the name Adam Curry knows that he has always been on the cutting edge of music media. You may remember him as one of the first VJ’s in the early days of a little thing called MTV(!)…More recently, Adam is known for bringing the medium of podcasting to the forefront of the music industry, and has a podcast that he created and hosts called the Daily Source Code.

Adam is known as “The Podfather” (which is a GREAT!!!) and I was honored to find out that he included one of my songs on his show on Friday October 20th!!! Check it out by clicking the icon. Subscribe and go to the 10/20/06 show.

www.dailysourcecode.com

I have to thank Jersey Todd, from The Jersey Todd Show for being THE MAN and making this happen. If Adam Curry is “The Podfather” then Jersey Todd is, well, if I knew The Godfather better I’d make a funny reference, but you know what I mean. Check out his GREAT podcast by clicking the icon:

www.jerseytoddshow.com

11/20/06

The Podcast Junkie has done an extensive interview and feature show with a lot of great questions and some music. There are some audio glitches early on but they do get corrected, so stick through it. Its an excellent interview and well worth it. Click on the icon to the left to get to the home page.

Everyone's favorite podcasting uncle, UncleShag, has done a show featuring an interview with Phil and some tunes. Check it out on the link to the left and support UncleShag and his Longtown Podcast! Its a GREAT DAILY podshow that will introduce you to some excellent stuff you've never heard.

6/13/06
OFFICIAL CD RELEASE PARTY!!!

When: Tuesday 7/25/06 8:00pm
Where: Johnny D’s Uptown Restaurant and Music Club
17 Holland St.
(Davis Sq)
Somerville, MA 02144
Link: http://www.johnnyds.com/
Comments: This will be huge! An official CD Release Party for Schoolbus Window Paper Heart! More details for this will be forthcoming…..

“BOSTON CITY LIMITS” at Paddy O’s on Wednesdays

We’re playing every Wednesday night at Paddy O’s near Faneuil Hall in Boston (33 Union St.). The music starts at 9pm and in addition to the music we’ll be having different kind things like drawings giving away Red Sox tickets, with proceeds going to benefit The Jimmy Fund, drink specials, special guest musicians and bands, etc. It’s a bit of a work in progress, so were not exactly sure when these kinds of little goodies and extras will start up (don’t worry, we won’t be starting the Sox giveaways in November), but two things are for sure…..first, the music has begun! And second, there’s nothing like Faneuil Hall in the summertime!!!

Come down and check it out on a Wednesday night! (Please check the dates page of the website, as there might be some Wednesdays off)

FLY PHIL AYOUB AIRLINES???!!!

The song “No Heart Ache” was included in SAS Scandinavian Airlines In-Flight entertainment program! It was on their Country Music channel for the month of May along with songs from Faith Hill, Big & Rich, Kenny Chesney, Reba McEntire, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood. No word on what kind of impact it had on tourism in Scandinavia…

Click on the link below to see (scroll down past Lena Olin to the Country Music Channel 11 on page 18):

http://www.flysas.co.jp/images/travelinfo/inflight/IFE_MAY06.pdf

THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME NUMBER TWO

“River to Ocean” selected for Musselman Triathlon Compilation CD. Selected as a top 25 finalist and received 2nd highest number of votes to be included on the CD.

5/15/06
MORE CD COMPILATIONS:

I’ve been fortunate enough to have been chosen for two forthcoming CD sampler compilations, and am in the running for a third.

*WMVY radio has chosen “Lying and Stealing” to be on their Fresh Produce vol. 2 CD compilation. No release date has been set, but more information will be coming soon, both here and on the website. Anyone that has heard this station knows how cool it is and how thrilled I am to be selected.

*Ground Control’s Boston Rockers for Life (prevention of drunk driving) has also chosen “Lying and Stealing” to be included on their CD sampler. There were 960 artists/bands who applied and 22 chosen. It’s a great cause and I’m happy to be a part of it. It is scheduled for a late-June release.

*I am in the running (pun-intended) for a spot on the 2006 Musselman Triathlon Festival & Compilation CD (maybe I should have said “in the running, swimming, and biking…”). The song is “River to Ocean” and its one of 25 finalists vying for 15 tracks on the disc. But I do need some help! It’s a voting process, so if anyone would like to cast a vote (or a few), please do so. You can actually vote once PER DAY if you'd like, so if you, you know, want to put it in your reminder calendar to do it every day....or if you really want to go crazy, you can do it from multiple emails as well. Just click on the link below:

http://www.sonicbids.com/voting/default.asp?poll_id=93

The voting ends on May 25th. As many of you know, I've worked very hard and it’s always been a dream of mine to, um, do a triathlon (???), be included on a triathlon sampler CD (???). Something like that….

5/9/06
A fan has created a Phil Ayoub Fan Club website. Click here to link.


3/9/06
Phil Ayoub featured in Pollstar Magazine’s “Gigs & Bytes” column, March 6,2006 issue.


2/07/06
NEW RADIO PLAY: WBCN in Boston, WDHA in New Jersey, WXPN in Philly…and VIPER ROOM SHOW.

WBCN (in Boston of course) and WDHA in New Jersey have each added “Carnival Days” to playlists of programs featured on their stations. WXPN in Philadelphia has added “White Feather” to their new release program playlist. Thanks to Shred at BCN,Jim Monaghan at DHA, and Dan Reed at XPN for those adds.Check out WBCN’s Boston Emissions Sunday evenings from 10-12, WDHA’s All Mixed Up Sunday mornings from 6-10, and WXPN’s New Release Tuesdays on that night from 8-9pm. In addition to Philly, WXPN can also be heard in South Jersey, Baltimore, Harrisburg, and Lehigh Valley. Most of the following stations can also be heard on the web as well.

“Carnival Days” added to 104.1 WBCN’s Boston Emissions program playlist.
www.wbcn.com

“Carnival Days” and "White Feather" added to 105.5 WDHA’s All Mixed Up (N.J.) program playlist.
www.allmixedupradio.com

“White Feather” added to 88.5 WXPN’s New Release Tuesdays (PA) program playlist.
www.xpn.org

“No Heart Ache” added to 94 WHJY (Providence, RI) Soundcheck program playlist.
www.whjy.com

“Scenes From An American Highway Rest Stop” added to 91.5 WMFO’s On the Town with Mikey Dee (Boston, MA) program playlist.
www.wmfo.com
www.myspace.com/onthetown

"No Heart Ache" added to 1.FM Radio playlist.
www.1.fm/StationPages/songdb.aspx?Station=country

"Carnival Days" added to Queens Radio's Bridgeen & Mark (Ireland) program playlist.
http://quis.qub.ac.uk/radio/

“No Heart Ache” added to 95.9 WATD’s Tomorrow’s Dreams program playlist.

“Scenes From An American Highway Rest Stop” added to 105.5 WDHA’s All Mixed Up (N.J.) program playlist.

“Lying and Stealing” added to 91.5 WMFO’s On the Town with Mikey Dee (Boston, MA) program playlist.

"Lying and Stealing" added to 88.1 KWVA's Snap, Crackle, Pop! (Eugene, OR) program playlist.


VIPER ROOM SHOW:

I’ll be playing a set at the legendary Viper Room in West Hollywood, CA on Wednesday night March 22. For all details see the Dates page of this site. How cool is that?! (rhetorical question)


To read the entire feature from the Sun Chronicle December 2005, click here

UPDATED PRESS, ETC.-ADDENDUM-1/22/06

Compilations, etc:

“No Heart Ache” selected for Promo Only Country Radio CD, February 2006, along with tracks by Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, Rascal Flatts, Clint Black, and others.

“Scenes From An American Highway Rest Stop” chosen by Arts United of Washington (DC) to be used in their upcoming performance of The Scenic Route, opening May 6, 2006.

Radio:

“Carnival Days” added to 104.1 WBCN’s Boston Emissions program playlist.

12/10/05

91.5 WMFO's "On the Town with Mikey Dee" has added "Scenes From An American Highway Rest Stop." "On the Town..." has been an institution in the Boston music scene for many years and airs Wednesdays 8:30-11pm.

To make an request at WMFO:
617-627-3800
AIM: DJ MFO
http://www.wmfo.org/
http://www.myspace.com/onthetown


11/28/05

STILL HUNGRY? HOW ABOUT A BIG HELPING OF “FULL-BAND SHOW,” WITH A LITTLE SIDE OF “RADIO PLAY”…

Unofficial CD release party? Warm up show? Somewhere in between?

We’ll be having our first full-band show on Thursday December 8th at 8pm at The Times Bar in Boston. The line-up will feature lead guitar, bass, drums, and keyboards and will be the first time any of the new songs have been played live in public by a band. Call it an unofficial CD release party? Call it a warm-up show? Probably call it somewhere in between.

Remember The Times? Of course you do. You know, I used to think, just as you did, that The Times was only fun when Riverside Train played there, but I have a little secret for you guys….I’ve been there when other bands have played, or a DJ, and its just as much fun. Ok, not just as much, but its in the same ballpark for sure. Dare I say that this show will be as good as the old RST shows at The Times? No, of course not. Those shows were legendary, like Springsteen at The Stone Pony in the early ‘70’s. But it will be a great night of new music, some oldies, some covers, some Times burgers, and some good Guinness. And an 8pm start, perfect to get home at a decent hour on a school night.

For all the details, check out the Dates page.


Radio Radio

Schoolbus Window Paper Heart got its radio debut last night (as far as I know it was its debut) when Big Jim of 94 HJY in Providence played “No Heart Ache” on the Soundcheck program (and he pronounced my name correctly!).

Here’s the Soundcheck link, which includes the playlist for each week’s show:

http://www.whjy.com/pages/soundcheck.html

If any of you guys happen to be listening on Sunday nights, feel free to email Big Jim with a request at bigjim@whjy.com

Please do me one favor, though, only contact him if you actually can listen to the show. Although I would appreciate dozens of emails clamoring for him to play the song over and over and over again, like people did when Elvis’ “That’s All Right” debuted (yes, they did email…), I have a feeling that that wouldn’t go over very well unless people actually listened as well.

I have to say, Jim plays some really good music on that program. There’s a new Street Dogs song that I like a lot, and also the Providence band ZOX has a great new album out called The Wait. “Can’t Look Down” is my favorite song from that one. It’s a great one.

TV (REMEMBER IT ADDS 30 POUNDS):

I’m going to be performing back-to-back weeks on the Cambridge Cable Television Show “BeLive: Sunshine Foundation.” It will air live Thursday December 1, and Thursday December 8, from 4:30 to 5. It’ll be two different shows, with different songs played live. As it is currently planned, the show on the 1st will be solo, and the show on the 8th will be me, along with keyboard player extraordinaire Evan Harriman. You can tune in to channel 9 in Cambridge to see the shows. Here’s their website for more info:

http://www.cctvcambridge.org/

Important note: You all know how the saying goes…”TV adds 30 lbs.” So if any of you catch either of the shows, please keep that in mind…




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Thank you and welcome to philayoub.com, the website of singer/songwriter Phil Ayoub. Phil will be releasing his debut solo record Schoobus Window Paper Heart this Fall. Produced by Tim Bradshaw, keyboardist/guitarist with David Gray, and also featuring drummer Ed Toth (formerly Vertical Horizon, currently Doobie Brothers), the record consists of 12 new tracks written or co-written by Ayoub.

Schoolbus Window Paper Heart

1) White Feather
2) Carnival Days
3) Lying and Stealing
4) Scenes From An American Highway Rest Stop
5) River to Ocean
6) Cinderella and the Subway
7) Low (or Libra)
8) Goodnight Kiss
9) No Heart Ache
10) If I Walk Down Her Path
11) Believe
12) Mother’s Day (Run)

Live dates to follow…