Top Billing Down Under '09

Edison
Like their namesake, Edison strives for invention and passion in the music they create. Their hard-driving sound is roots-based and organic, yet earsplitting. Edison celebrates an ever-endangered brand of underground rock-n-roll spirit. In an era in which much of modern rock has devolved into digitized pre-fab anger management, Edison understands that a thorny dose of raw emotion, searing imagery, and fully developed sonic arrangements are the wellspring from which true cutting edge music flows.

Edison is a combination of raw talent, musical education, and on-the-road experience, with vocalist Ethan Isaac, guitarist Joel Kelley, drummer Todd Budich, and bassist Martin Delahaye. Both Isaac and Kelley got their start in the upstate NY music scene, Isaac with rock band Wooden, and Kelley with High Tower. Drummer Budich hails from Berklee College of Music, adding a formal education to a band rife with natural musical ability and passion. Delahaye’s previous band, 202, was signed to Sony Records, and has toured extensively in South America, opening for bands including Ozzy Osbourne, Marilyn Manson and Incubus. Delahaye has also recorded with different artists on over ten albums for record labels such as Sony, BMG and EMI-Virgin.

Edison has gained a sound reputation both internationally and domestically. The popularity of the band is skyrocketing, with widespread press from the Wall Street Journal, ABC World News Tonight with Charles Gibson, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Pollstar, The NY Post, and Fuse. In the past two years, Edison has been traveling overseas to play for the troops and has done five tours in war zones and on bases spanning Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Djibouti, Italy, and Germany. Edison’s support for the troops has not only been an international event, however. In 2007, the band played a nationally publicized show for the US Navy in the heart of Times Square during Fleet Week.

In 2006, the band recorded an EP, Seven, that produced several critically acclaimed singles, including "Ocean Waves," which has received airplay on college and commercial radio stations throughout various markets, from Woodstock's own WDST, to Albany's beacon rock station, WHRL. Currently, Edison is in the studio recording their first full-length album, scheduled for release in the spring of 2009.

Edison keeps things fresh by creating timeless, message-driven songs free from the formulaic trappings of copycat pop iconography. Their music is vital and essential, and hibernating fanatics might just be convinced to crawl back out of their burrows and restore rock-n-roll to its rightful place.


Arizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals Show Team consists of current members of the Cheerleading squad that perform for many events throughout the world. The fun-filled program is guaranteed to bring excitement and energy to your special event. The show includes an array of dances and games that allows for audience participation. The amazing choreography ranges from the Beach Boys and limbo contests to Elvis impersonations, fire dancing, and the latest in hip hop music.

The Cardinals Show Team has traveled the globe performing for military bases in Egypt, Korea, Kuwait, Iraq, Japan, and Turkey. In addition, they visit domestic bases to teach children's cheerleading clinics and provide entertainment for the whole family. The Arizona Cardinals Cheerleaders are proud to support our military troops!


J. Chris Newberg
J. Chris Newberg’s refreshingly smart and edgy humor, delivered with a streetwise sense of philosophic cool, has propelled the guitarist/songwriter-cum-comedian to the forefront of the National comedy scene.

While critics have been singing his praises in the press, audience members are offering true testimonial to Newberg’s talent, roaring with laughter and clamoring for more of this hip and authentic new personality. Newberg’s standup comedy cleverly combines his hilarious and off-beat observations on life with original, acoustic guitar songs and infectious melodies. Picture Bob Dylan and his six-string with Dennis Miller’s incisive, cerebral wit. Well, not quite Dennis Miller, but definitely the occasional big word. Got it? Good, now you can begin to glimpse the unique, side-splitting talent that is J. Chris Newberg.

Newberg has spent much of adult life on the road. Whether it was performing in a bar just shy of capacity (See: Empty) or to his eventual gathering and collecting members of The Chris Army, his loyal fans. This initially began while he was touring and performing with the likes of the Counting Crows, Oasis , and John Mellencamp, but has since grown much larger through his undeniable Viral Video following. With his friends at comedy.com, J Chris has written and produced several short humorous videos that have received well over 7 million views. See for yourself. Just go to Youtube.com/jchrisnewberg, Break.com, Funnyordie.com, collegehumor.com, myspace.com/jchrisnewberg, jchrisnewberg.com or comedy.com and search his name. Make sure that you have some time, because there is a lot of stuff on there.

Newberg has been seen on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing, The History Channel, Fox Sports and countless national commercials and voice over spots. Check your local listings because if he’s not in your town this week, I am sure it’s only a matter of time before he will be. He is a graduate of the Second City and alumni of the famed Motor City Improv. He is a Pisces and a firm believer that everything is a word that can usually describe most things. Other words he uses at will: Stuff, Planet, Evolution, Frost, Shoulders, Poison, Rafting, and the list goes on and on. A biography is supposed to give you a glimpse of what J Chris Newberg is all about. Well, I have just told you, so why don’t you make a little effort to laugh on your own at him. Get to the internet and see what everyone is talking about. If you don’t have a computer, than get to satellite radio Sirius or XM, it won’t look the same, but you will still hear the funny. If you don’t know what computers or cable radio are, well then I have a really cool sponge to sell you. - TOM ABERNATHY LONDON HARMONY 2008