Urban Monroes

Our February Blog is up at blogspot

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We hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day! We received some news sweet enough to put on one of those little heart-shaped candies regarding the release of more new Urban Monroes music. We will be sharing that with you in the coming days. Stay tuned and check your confections for updates.

In February, we are in hot rotation on CFBX and have received numerous playlists from so many wonderful stations. We could never thank them enough. Please tune into World Wide Bluegrass on Thursdays and Saturdays to hear us on Bluegrass in the BASSment.

Happy Ground Hog Day! We are #1 in the Weekly Voted Top 10 chart at the Down Home Den and are still in hot rotation at CFBX. We thank the DJ's in Europe for playing us on their shows and Bluegrass Music Profiles for the video coverage on our song "When the Aspens Turn" as well as the European Bluegrass Blog posts on our music. As always, we thank Gentleman Jim on World Wide Bluegrass for including us in his shows which air on Thursdays and Saturdays.

Pavement and Pathways is on the Top Albums of 2011 Chart for FolkDJ Org. It was compiled from 162,000 spins. Whew..that's a lot of music

We are currently in the Top 5 of the APD Global Bluegrass Top 50 Chart. We are also in the singles chart with our new rlease " Lamp in the Window" and on the "All Time" Global Bluegrass Top 50 Chart.

Thanking KRSC, Peelgrass, Spintron, WYSO, WWB, The Bluegrass Ramble and Bill Knowlton and so many others for playing the Urban Monroes

The ECMA (European Country Music Association) Archangel Michael for spinning our new single Lamp in the Window

Here is an article in Music News Nashville about our new single "Lamp in the Window"

We are in the Bluegrass Special's Top 20 of 2011 Roundup. We thank those DJ's for playing our music!

Our new single Lamp in the Window is out and on the APD Top 50 global bluegrass chart.

Please tune in to Bill Knowlton's Bluegrass Ramble in Syracuse New York and Gentleman Jim's shows on World Wide Bluegrass to hear it and other songs by the Urban Monroes. Thanking the Peelgrass show, the European Bluegrass Blog and the Nashville DJ Playlist Showcase for the spins and the posts. CFBX has us in high rotation right now and we wish to thank them very much..

Thanking WYSO for featuring us on their Christmas Eve Show and Gentleman Jim and World Wide Bluegrass for playing the Urban Monroes on Saturday's show. The Christmas show is this Thursday so please tune in. Our Christmas single is in the Top 5 on the APD Global Top 50 Bluegrass Chart. We entered onto the APD All Time Top 50 Bluegrass Chart with 1476 downloads. Thanks to those DJ's for playing our music. We are #1 on the Weekly Top 10 on the DownHome Den and have two songs on the Fireball Mail Top 20 Bluegrass Singles Chart. Wishing everyone happy Holidays and thanks for a wonderful season of bluegrass!

We are #1 in the Top Ten listener voted songs on the Downhome Den Radio Show. Sending our love and thanks to the folks listening to and supporting the Urban Monroes.

Thanking Gentleman Jim and World Wide Bluegrass for playing our new Christmas singles on Saturday night's show. On November 30th, we officially had the #1 Album in all genres at Airplay Direct. Thanks to those wonderful DJ's playing our music

It's official. On November 30th, the Urban Monroes had the #1 Album in all genres at Airplay Direct. Many thanks to all of the dj's playing our music!

In addition our two Holiday singles were #3 and #5 in the top 50 singles in all genres

We released two bluegrass Holiday singles on the 22nd of November. On Nov 28 we are in the Top 10 on the APD All Genres Albums Chart and are on the Top 50 Bluegrass Albums Chart.

Please tune into Gentleman Jim's Show on World Wide Bluegrass on Thursday and Saturday nights to hear our new Holiday single and other songs by the Urban Monroes.

We are on the APD Top 50 Global Bluegrass Chart with several cuts from Pavement and Pathways. We are also in the Fireball Mail Top 20 Bluegrass singles chart.



We posted our November blog at BLOGSPOT for your perusal

We are #4 on the Fireball Mail Top 20 Bluegrass Singles Chart. Many thanks you to the DJ's playing our music..








We have 25,000 people in our social network. You can join us at Myspace, Reverbnation, Facebook, Blogspot and our domain www.urbanmonroes.com.


We played to packed -to-the- rafters, standing-room- only crowd at the Old Liberty Theater for Birdfest! Nothing beats a bluegrass audience!


Please join us Oct 8th at 8pm at the Old Liberty Theater in Ridgefiled Washington for Bluegrass at Birdfest! It's blast ...lots of bands..tons of fun Read about it HERE



Here is an article about our upcoming single release at: Music News Nashville


"Pavement and Pathways, the Urban Monroes' second CD, rolls down the band's backwoods super-highway on a tour of bluegrass' rural roots and modern skylines; a stretch of road where Old Joe Clark and Secret Agent Man merge from the same onramp. The vehicle that drives Pavement and Pathways is an adroit arranging ability fortified with a divine pairing of sublime voices and precision picking. Navigating that pavement and those pathways, the Urban Monroes put an added twist into every mile of the excursion, taking the most scenic route at every opportunity and seeking the adventure in every song. With a panoramic view through inspiring originals and a driving rootsy style unrelentingly their own, Pavement and Pathways is a joyride down the Appalachian Trail's fast lane." The Fireball Mail

"Urban Monroes Flying into Fall at the Historic Old Liberty Theater " Click HERE To Read

Buy "Pavement and Pathways" at: iTunes or CDBaby or Rhapsody

Here is an article at Cybergrass about the Urban Monroes

The link below goes to an article in Music News Nashville about an upcoming show we are playing." Two Days and 100,000 People Jammin' with Salmon" Music News Nashville



Latest Review -"Pavement and Pathways, the band's second full length CD travels across 38 minutes of high flying, energetically infused bluegrass that spans the gamut from powerful original vocal beauties like "Hole in My Heart" to the adventurous instrumental arrangement of "Old Joe Clark" and the picturesque "When the Aspens Turn". None of this would be possible without the band's combination of vocal talents, instrumental skill and fearless execution of un-explored country as in their grassed version of "Secret Agent Man" . This four piece band has all three in their guidance system expertly mapping a musical highway that is fast, furious and fun. From start to finish Pavement and Pathways traverses a road of original and traditional material that takes you to places you've never been before.- Blue Jam Magazine

This month we are again on the Folk and Bluegrass DJ's "most played bands" chart . We sure do like being there!

We also received a very shiny magazine in the mail from Nashville TN showing that we moved up nine spots on the Top 35 Bluegrass Chart in Powersource with our latest Single "You Don't Have to Move that Mountain"

Fan Review: "...the music itself is like a portal to another world... It's hard to explain, but really well-done bluegrass always makes me feel like this. "

Fan Review: "This reminds me of the music I was raised on. It brings back wonderful memories of another time... Her voice, those guitars and banjos, the way they're used for percussion as well as playing, I like pretty much everything. "



We hope you can join us at Clatskanie Bluegrass Festival this weekend. Here's an article at Cybergrass with the details.
Click Here

We spent both June and July on the Top 35 Bluegrass Chart at Powersource Magazine and we were in the Top 30 on the European Americana Chart. Today both of our CD's are in the APD Top 50 Global Bluegrass Chart. We are very grateful to those DJ's playing the Urban Monroes.

Here's an article at Music News Nashville with Urban Monroes News Click Here

Our most recent single "You Don't Have To Move That Mountain" is on the Top 35 Bluegrass Chart in Powersource Magazine

Here's an article at Cybergrass- Bluegrass Music News Network on the Urban Monroes Read Here

Review from Blue Jam Magazine "Pavement and Pathways, the band's second full length CD travels across 38 minutes of high flying, energetically infused bluegrass that spans the gamut from powerful original vocal beauties like "Hole in My Heart" to the adventurous instrumental arrangement of Old Joe Clark and the picturesque "When the Aspens Turn". Read More

"I received the new CD today and all I can say is WOW!! Every song is great!"-Jim Chatfield World Wide Bluegrass

Click Here for Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News Network article on Clatskanie Bluegrass Festival

July DJ Reviews for "Pavement and Pathways" :

"Nice Work!"- KRCC
"The CD Sounds GREAT"-CHRW
"Great CD" -WMSR Radio
"You Sound Great"-KBVL

Urban Monroes Newest CD release "Pavement and Pathways" appeared on the following charts in July
Top 50 Bluegrass APD Global Chart
Top Artists Folk Music Chart Folk DJ Org
Top 50 Bluegrass Roots Music Report Chart
Top 50 Albums All Genres APD Chart



Both of our CD's are in the APD Top 50 Bluegrass Albums Chart in July. We are also in the APD Top 50 Albums Chart for all genres and we are in the Top 20 Albums Chart for all Genres on the Washington Roots Report. We are also in the Top Artists Folk Music Chart from Folk DJ Org.. A multitude of thanks to those DJ's playing our music and to the fans who tune in and listen.



Click HERE to read our July Blog at Blogspot

Event listing for Clatskanie Bluegrass Festival. http://classifieds.thestranger.com/seattle/ViewBand?oid=1275234



The following is a list of recent shows playing our music that either sent us info, or that fans let us know they heard us on, or that we heard ourselves:

Thanking, Pacific Pickin, KPVL-Yellowstone Public Radio, Sirius XM, Galaxy Radio, WGWG, KRSU, Bluegrass Mix,KRLC, WMNF WXCS,WKSU,WGLT,WAMC-Bluegrass Time, KCSN-Bluegrass Etc...,KVMR, CHRW,KAFM, the Bluegrass Ramble, WAMU-The Bluegrass Breakdown, Worldwide Bluegrass-Bluegrass in the Bassment,WNHU,Festival Radio,Radio Eagle-107-FM, WVGF, Peelgrass Radio, Daybreak in Dixie, KPFC, KXCV, Southern Style-PBS-106.7 FM, Hillbilly Rockhouse, CITR, WYSO, WMNF, Highway 61, KCSN, WUSB, ECMA, WNHU, WHFR, WNEC, CKUT,Inner-fm org, Mike Kears,WildmanSteve Radio, Backroads Bluegrass, Lonesome Pine RFD, The LION FM, KPDO, WSPN, GotRadio, Siskiyou Bluegrass Show, Hillbilly Rockhouse, WNHU,KXCV,KRNW.

It is impossible to know each station playing us and we know there are many. We extend our gratitude to all of you. Thanks so much for playing the UM's! We greatly appreciate it!

June has come and gone and we look back on a wonderful month. Our new CD "Pavement and Pathways" spent 3 consecutive weeks on the RMR Top 50 Bluegrass Chart and all four weeks in the Top 10 on the APD Global Bluegrass Albums Chart with seven singles in the Top 50 Bluegrass Singles chart. We were also in the Top 50 Albums for all genres in the last week. A very successful CD release! Besides that...Just got back from a great week at the festival in Weiser. We all needed showers ...badly!...and a lot of sleep!

Click HERE for Urban Monroes at Clatskanie Bluegrass Festival Event Listing. Also, for our schedule check below.




We officially released Pavement and Pathways in May and the response couldn't have been better. We were in the top sellers at various outlets. We had three singles released from the album on Kentucky's Poetman Records. The singles were "You Don't Have To Move that Mountain", "When the Aspens Turn" and "Time of Your Life". The CD showed up on many different charts and we appreciated all of the attention it got and the people who featured our music. We especially want to thank Gentleman Jim from World Wide Bluegrass who has been playing our music on every show, twice a week since 2008. We could never thank him enough for his support and friendship. We selected the song "Secret Agent Man" and recorded it with Jim in mind. It's dedicated to him and his show Bluegrass in the BASSment. So when we got the following review from Backroads Bluegrass yesterday, it made us very happy: "The piece de resistance was "Secret Agent Man". What a great finish!! I was speechless the entire time this project was playing."

Some of the songs from the album were released as singles in prior months in advance of the release of the full project and the following are some of the charts that we have been on going back to October.

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Our new CD Pavement and Pathways is #4 on the APD Top 50 Global Bluegrass Albums Chart for June...is in the Top 50 Bluegrass Albums on the National Roots Report chart and is #2 on the Washington Roots Report Chart and Links below

June APD Top 50 Global Bluegrass Albums Chart

June Top 50 Global Bluegrass Singles Chart

June Roots Report Chart for Washington

June National Roots Report Chart

We are on the May Roots Chart

Here are some new reviews:

"I love your voice and the soul in your sound" Lonesome Pine RFD

"You have a great sound! I can't wait to share your music with my listeners" Jeanie at the Bluegrass Mix

"...You then took a breath before burning the paint off the walls with "My Window Faces The South & Wheel Hoss". Wow!! I wish I had that much energy!! Building the crescendo even more you played "Old Joe Clark, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, & Fireball Mail". The piece de resistance was "Secret Agent Man". What a great finish!! I was speechless the entire time this project was playing. I played this project several times & I'm sure I haven't heard everything. I keep finding different pockets of "goodies" that I haven't heard before. The instrumental work by the band was AWESOME... I thoroughly enjoyed the project & I can't wait to share it with my listeners. This project will be getting a lot of airplay... It was worth the wait!! Backroads Bluegrass KCBL

We want to let DJ's know that if you haven't received the CD yet, we also have singles from Pavement and Pathways released on Poetman AR Volume 35 (When the Aspens Turn) and Volume 33 (Time of Your Life)

Urban Monroes Pavement and Pathways Press Release at Bluegrass Music Profiles.

Pavement and Pathways has been shipped to dj's and should either be there already or is on its way. Thanks to those many dj's who have received it and are spinning tracks from the album. We really appreciate it so much!

Thanks to Prescription Bluegrass and Bluegrass Music Profiles for sharing our press releases!



Digital copies of Pavement and Pathways are now available at CD Baby. You can buy the entire project or individual mp3's. www.cdbaby.com/urbanmonroes2 We have been in the top sellers there. Physical copies are available at our website. You will be able to get mp3's at iTUNES, Rhapsody and other fine digital retailers soon at an internet near you.



Our May "Blogspot" blog is updated. Click HERE to read.

We posted some of the charts that we have been in since October in our Myspace Blogs for your perusal. There are more coming.


We wish to thank all of those amazing dj's for playin our music. Shows from WWB, WAMU, Bluegrass Mix, the European Country Music Association Radio, DJ's from the Nashville Showcase Playlist Board,our friends from KGNU, KRSC and so many more. We are grateful to you.




Some news and reviews to get April started, no foolin'.

We are on the RMR Roots Top 50 Bluegrass Chart CLICK HEREto view

Thanks to 1410 downloads by DJ's We are #13 in the APD All Time Global Bluegrass Albums for April. Thanks so much to the DJ's playing the Urban Monroes. Whether from our CD's or from downloads...we appreciate the airplay greatly. We are in the Top 30 Bluegrass artists reported on the National Folk Chart at ReverbNation and we are in the apd Top 50 Global Bluegrass Albums in April.

"bluegrass makes up the biggest part of my show. I love your track - such superb musicianship with a very distinctive sound. " WYN FM

"It is very good stuff indeed, very fresh and appealing approach to bluegrass" Highway 61

"My listeners keep asking for the cd that contained "You Don't Have to Move That Mountain".

Come read about all that's going on at our blog by
Clicking Here.

We were in the Top 10 of the Top 50 APD Global Bluegrass Chart for MarchClick To See Chart



Just what is OFOAM: Origami Fields Out Around Mars? Originally Found On A Meatloaf? You can find out at Cybergrass by clicking here. We'll be visiting the nice folks of OFOAM when we play the Ogden Music Festival. You should stop by and visit too if you get the chance.

Also at Cybergrass is an article about our single release on Poetman
CLICK HERE to read that article.




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