Jerrod Medulla is no stranger to the stage, and on Aug. 30 he will be stepping into the spotlight at the Courtyard Theater for an exclusive free show.
Medulla, whose music is a unique blend of rock, folk, country and blues, will be playing with special guest Marina Rocksu. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are only available at the door. Guests are encouraged to get there early to ensure a seat, as Medulla usually brings a big crowd. The show starts at 8:30 p.m.
For those who haven't seen Medulla live, expect to see "Texas roots in a pinstriped suit."
"This won't be a typical Friday night show," Medulla said. "It is a special, live showcase featuring songs from my 'Speak Easy' album with a few new ones that I cannot wait to introduce to everyone. The atmosphere in this theater is amazing and we are extremely excited to show our fans appreciation for all of their support."
Medulla, a west Texas boy with dusty roots from a tiny town outside of Abilene, began trekking across the state with his guitar a few years ago. Since then, Medulla has become a household name in the Texas music scene - even grabbing the attention of Bruce Springsteen, who called Medulla's rendition of "I'm on Fire" the best he's heard.
His newest album brings a lot to the table with songs like "Feelin' Good on the Inside," co-written by Chuck Allen Floyd, and "How Bad" featuring Lindi Ortega. Medulla even gives a friendly nod to a few folks in Rockport with "Rockport Wave."
After ending the summer on a touring high, Medulla is happy to be back in North Texas.
"We have been having a blast touring all over Texas this summer and recently got back from playing in Rockport, which is like a home away from home," he said. "But, there is something about coming back home and playing. There's that certain energy that the fans bring. It just fills the room and you can feel it on stage."
The Courtyard Theater is located at 1509 H Ave., Plano. For information about Medulla, visit him on Facebook.
By Marthe Stinton, mstinton@starlocalnews.com
"How Bad," Jerrod Medulla - Medulla celebrated his first DOMA nomination this year, but that doesn't mean he hasn't been making great country albums for years now. The steamiest tune on this list, Medulla's pleasingly gruff vocals team up with the hotter-than-sin Lindi Ortega for a smoldering duet.
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2012/12/the_top_10_north_texas_country.php?ref=trending
Though he's been a honky-tonk mainstay in North Texas for years, Jerrod Medulla's latest album, Speak Easy, shows a versatility few hard-core troubadours achieve. Polished without feeling oily, Speak Easy can almost be termed a mood record. Medulla knows a dangerous woman is a lot sexier than any tractor could ever be.
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2012/10/and_the_nominees_are.php
Jerrod Medulla Breaks into the Texas Charts Top 10
In the very competitive Texas music scene, it is pretty difficult to achieve a strong chart debut so Jerrod Medulla‘s first single, ‘Stay the Night,’ really is doing something special. The song, taken from his Speak Easy album, has reached #7 on the Texas Regional Radio Report and #8 on the Texas Music Chart’s Texas Net 50.
Via a press statement, Jerrod said: “I’ve been working for over nine years on my music career to get to this point. I appreciate radio taking a chance on me.”
And you can read more about Jerrod below:
SPEAK EASY was named as one of top albums of 2012 by the Dallas Observer. The album was produced by Chuck Allen Floyd and Matt Nolen.
A slick country album that never feels overly polished. The smoky rock that Medulla folds into his honky-tonk recipe has a satisfyingly robust flavor. Also, it’s not a small deal that he landed a duet with the hotter-than-sin Lindi Ortega. Their duet, “How Bad,” is a jazzy, noirish number that would be tough for many pseudo tough guys to pull off. – Kelly Dearmore, Dallas Observer
“I went to school to be a surgical tech; however, I knew in my gut as I got older that I really did want to sing and write songs,” said Medulla, “I remember drawing pictures as a kid of singing before big crowds. Now, it’s really happening.” He has hit the road to tour in support of SPEAK EASY. He wants fans to come out to hear his new sound that he terms, “Swankabilly,” which is his own brand of blues and Country mixed together.
Please go to www.Reverbnation/JerrodMedulla.com
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Written by Liv Carter
Jerrod Medulla's 'Stay The Night' goes Top 10
In the competitive Texas/Red Dirt music scene, it’s tough for a new artist to get past 30 on the charts. Jerrod Medulla has defied the odds this. “Stay the Night,” his first single off his new SPEAK EASY album went all the way to number 7 on the Texas Regional Radio Report and number 8 on the Texas Music Chart’s Texas Net 50. “I’ve been working for over nine years on my music career to get to this point,” said Jerrod, “I appreciate radio taking a chance on me.”
SPEAK EASY was named as one of top albums of 2012 by the Dallas Observer. The album was produced by Chuck Allen Floyd and Matt Nolen.
A slick country album that never feels overly polished. The smoky rock that Medulla folds into his honky-tonk recipe has a satisfyingly robust flavor. Also, it’s not a small deal that he landed a duet with the hotter-than-sin Lindi Ortega. Their duet, “How Bad,” is a jazzy, noirish number that would be tough for many pseudo tough guys to pull off. – Kelly Dearmore, Dallas Observer
“I went to school to be a surgical tech; however, I knew in my gut as I got older that I really did want to sing and write songs,” said Medulla, “I remember drawing pictures as a kid of singing before big crowds. Now, it’s really happening.” He has hit the road to tour in support of SPEAK EASY. He wants fans to come out to hear his new sound that he terms, “Swankabilly,” which is his own brand of blues and Country mixed together.
Please go to www.Reverbnation/JerrodMedulla.com
By Dan Harr
“In these days of prefabricated, unadulterated, and sterilized auto-tuned, drum machine, synth-driven tastemaker-declared fake-cool “country” music, it is indeed refreshing to have a young singer/songwriter come along with some guts, glands, and honesty. I’m a little biased, because I’ve liked Jerrod Medulla since the first time I met him. He’s a down-to-earth, fun (and funny) guy... but I’ve also recognized a stellar musical talent in Jerrod’s singing, songwriting, and musical sensibilities. And I have hoped to hear that talent captured in a world-class recording. Jerrod’s new CD, Speak Easy is that recording. From the opening chords of the CD, it is immediately clear that producers Chuck Allen Floyd and Matt Nolen cut no corners when it came to achieving an exquisite production on Speak Easy. With an infectious sonic punch and clarity, the music all but jumps out of the speakers at you (listen on a good system, and turn it up)! It goes without saying that an album of this quality cannot be made without superb session musicianship, and these players nailed it. But what about the songs and the songwriting? Doesn’t matter how good a recording is, it’s the song (in my humble opinion) that counts. As revered Nashville guitarist Ray Flacke once told me in his delightful native Brit accent, “you can’t polish a turd”. Yet, our radio airwaves today are jammed with polished turds... great audio production, wasted on throwaway songs. And so it is especially satisfying to discover a record that throws all formulas out the window. Speak Easy manages to run a very tasteful gamut of musical styles without trying to follow any predetermined formula, and the songwriting is just damned top-notch. A majority of the songs on Speak Easy were written or co-written by Jerrod himself. Yet he has chosen a few very tasteful cover songs that flow perfectly. For instance, Jerrod’s take on the old Cars classic Drive... well, it just became a Jerrod Medulla song... it just clicks. It is rare for me to (a). discover a CD on which I literally can’t find a song that I don’t like, and (b). discover an artist whose songs, performances, and persona are genuine enough for me to want to write about them. And I could write exhaustive commentary on each and every song on Speak Easy. But I’m not gonna do that... I’m going to go listen and enjoy the CD some more. It’s that good, folks. I’ll close by saying this: Jerrod Medulla is not cool because he says he is or because I say he is or because some tastemaker wants to sell or tell you he is. Jerrod, like Dylan... like Cash... like Springsteen... well, he just is.”
Brian Burns - Ghost of the Baker Hotel, Multiple Award Winning Songwriter, Singer and Texas History Educator
Jerrod Medulla - Speak Easy
A slick country album that never feels overly polished. The smoky rock that Medulla folds into his honky-tonk recipe has a satisfyingly robust flavor. Also, it's not a small deal that he landed a duet with the hotter-than-sin Lindi Ortega. Their duet, "How Bad," is a jazzy, noirish number that would be tough for many pseudo tough guys to pull off. - Kelly Dearmore
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2012/06/the_best_local_releases_of_201.php?page=3
“The slickest of this round-up, Medulla's Speak Easy is also his slickest album to date. Slick isn't meant to sound frivolous or poppy. In fact, the collection boasts a proper amount of country music themes ("Badly Bent" is about a broken down truck and a guy without any cash to have it fixed) and at the very worst, it might be categorized as a modern country album, which doesn't have to be a pejorative. The bluesy roadhouse atmosphere created is perhaps best hammered home with the tune "How Bad," as Medulla duets with the red-hot Lindi Ortega, a Toronto-based rockabilly beauty currently touring with Social Distortion, on a dangerously sexy tune. While a cover of the Cars' "Drive" is novel, we're not sure it necessarily fits in with the rest of the album thematically or musically, but it's a good tune amongst some quality offerings”. RIYL: Dierks Bentley, Roger Creager, Eli Young Band and hearing '80s pop tunes sandwiched between "Redneck Mother" and "Family Tradition."
Kelly Dearmore- Dallas Observer
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2012/05/melissa_arnold_in_recent_month.php
Texas music of late seems stuck on stop in another of its periodic pendulum swings where the college kids and the DJs think only one particular sound counts. One could be forgiven for having thought the whole Red Dirt thing would’ve run its course by now. That movement had its moments, and some of its stalwarts are making better music now than they ever have before. So no knock on the scene, or whatever the cool kids are calling it these days. But heaven have mercy, and with apologies to Waylon, hasn’t this Red Dirt shit done got out of hand?
Wasn’t always thus. There was a time when Texas music was every bit as big as Texas itself. The “why” behind all that was simple to understand, too. In a nutshell, what sets Texas apart is that it remains a place where you are supposed to dream big. Not just a place where anybody can do so – that’s the paltry American dream. In the Lone Star state, having the ability to shoot for the stars isn’t anywhere near enough. Rather, aiming high is exactly what everyone is supposed to do. The history books are brimming with fantastic tales of men and women who took that expectation to its fullest extent. It’s not just an Anglo-centric cultural thing, either. Something about the land itself, and what it requires in order for mankind to extract a living, gets rooted down deep in the soul. You want Texas dreamers? Forego the usual route with Stephen Austin and company; start with Buffalo Hump. His dreams came in the form of a vision, and resulted in a Comanche raid to the sea that still gets talked about today. Go read up on Cabeza de Vaca, and how his dreams worked out. But before you mourn for him, remember that he swung for the fences before ballparks were even invented. Think of the Parker family, and the myriad and widely varied prices they paid for their dreams. Yet theirs remains a frontier story which in the end brought a measure of forgiveness, and even unexpected unity between warring peoples. You could also saddle up and ride a piece with Audie Murphy, whose Texas roots and mindset played hell with Nazis during WWII. That was a man right there, the one leading all the other good ones who were running to the sound of the guns. But while you’re trying to remember what you think you’re supposed to know about Audie, here’s something you probably didn’t know: he wrote songs in his later years. Songs recorded by renowned performers as widely disparate as Dean Martin and Charley Pride. You can look it up.
That’s Texas. And that’s Texas music, too. The real music, the honestly good stuff, only flows from the deepest wells. It sparkles and refreshes like the purest waters from the oldest springs, and it dances just as mightily in the midst of tornadoes as it does under a summer sun. Lone Star dreamers being what they are, and the place being what it is, the depths and breadths of Texas music wind up peerless in the world. For every Lightnin’ Hopkins, a Doug Sahm. For every Willie Nelson, a Selena. ZZ Top to Janis, Jerry Jeff Walker to Cary Swinney, and all points in between. These are the lessons the hardcore “Texas Country” fans are missing. Nothing intrinsically wrong with enjoying the hell out of a Kevin Fowler show, or feeling like just maybe Pat Green wrote a song about your life. But it’s a crime against your soul to neglect the journey past the pretty sounding cover boys and into the depths of what Texas music is worth.
That’s where Jerrod Medulla comes in. Raised in Tuscola, TX, a little bitty town down south of Abilene, Medulla’s got all the native cred he needs. Fifth generation Texan on his mama’s side, y’all. Did the ranch work, stayed close to the family, earned his stripes and let the storied roots of his raising run deep. Here’s where the road gets a little interesting, though. On his daddy’s side, those roots are straight from Sicily. Your own thoughts on La Cosa Nostra and all the Godfather clichés aside, Sicilians aren’t far removed from Texans in the ways that they’ll band together and buck the odds. Or in their fanatic devotion to exceptional food. The two groups just come at it all from different perspectives. Which means Medulla often found himself in the middle growing up. Unlike some who opt for said middle’s easy rolling gait, however, this kid decided it all needed to be taken in. So while he was tacking up a working horse and earning his saddle sores, he was also spending time in the kitchen with a paring knife and the oral tradition of family recipes. With music from both family trees providing depth and color to the worlds he was making his own. Not a bad way to grow up, but also one that sorta sets a high bar in terms of expectations. How’s a kid deliver on all that?
He pays his dues around Lubbock for several years while attending college and working as a surgical tech. Hones his craft, finds his voice, and somewhere along the way also finds that others appreciate what he’d hidden away and thought of as mainly a personal hobby. Eventually he goes ahead and answers music’s call, making it a career instead of an option. And a record like Speak Easy is the result.
If the title doesn’t give it away, the album artwork will – this ain’t any of the Hanks we’re talking about. Not a whole lot of straight-ahead country goodness. And that’s a refreshingly wonderful thing. There may be more than a little dirt on Medulla’s boots, but there’s an utter absence of Red Dirt clichés in his music. The whole picture starts to coalesce as soon as you pick up the jewel case. What Medulla’s done here is go whole-hog with the album concept. Not many around Texas these days do this anymore, and it’s often due more to price constraints than to desire. But just as is the case with a new Brian Burns record, it’s always a joy to find an artist who’s after the whole shebang. Speak Easy sets a tone for retro styles, old cars and suspenders, while invoking just a whiff of some bourbon or maybe a freshly opened can of Pearl. Pop the disc in and hit play, you get all that aura plus a damned sight more.
Songs are all over the map, genre-hopping as easily as the gearshift on a well-maintained old truck. Pop ‘em into place, step on the gas and go, that sort of feel. Some cuts (“Shouldn’t Be Doin’ This,” “Hey”) are swampy and grimy, haunting in a coastal bayou sort of way. Think Tony Joe White. Or if you’re a fan of HBO’s True Blood, think Jace Everett’s growl and that dissonant guitar on the show’s intro song. It takes a level of mastery to set this sort of mood, sustain it, and get down in the crevices of a listener’s soul. Medulla makes it happen. Other tracks sound as if they could have come from completely different records, but Jerrod makes the pieces fit. “Don’t Say You Don’t” captures the energy, excitement and anticipation of dusk on a Saturday night the way Bryan Adams used to circa the Cuts Like a Knife album when we were all young and the world was our stage. “Rockport Wave,” on the other hand, embodies the spirit and joy of the Texas coast every bit as ably as Buffett ever made us understand Key West. Does it without slipping into Buffett/Chesney clichés, too. This is real surf rock, the kind anyone who’s fought a big one on the line trying to concentrate on the fish instead of on the campfire later understands. All the sounds of Gulf waves and buddies and rum right here. Listen to this song without thinking real hard about firing up the truck and heading for Mustang Island. Dare ya.
That’s how the genius of Jerrod Medulla works. His songs espouse and regularly enhance all the best aspects of life in Texas. But they do it without worn-out references to I-35, Shiner, and Luckenbach. There’s a steel guitar, but it doesn’t get left alone just crying in the night. Here, it adds bounce and joy. Credit both Medulla’s songwriting and exceptional production work from Chuck Allen Floyd and Matt Nolen. Speak Easy is one of the best sounding records you’ll hear in 2012, but it’s never over-produced. Just right. The studio work, which too often gets in the way, here serves simply to hold the door open and usher listeners in for the panoramic view. Puts us in mind of the way Kevin Higgins’ jaw-dropping Find Your Shine record sounded, and Speak Easy works just as well on many levels.
Majority of the songs are Medulla originals, but as is often the case with the best artists, some fantastic covers and overlooked nuggets from others make the playlist as well. The standout here is “Rough Crowd,” a Bobby Pinson tune. Pinson was BMI’s 2009 songwriter of the year, and his songs are regularly recorded by Nashville’s brightest stars. The fact that those folks choose other tunes and ignore this one tells you all you need to know about Music Row. But listen to Medulla inhabit every inch of this tune and you will get a shiver down your spine.
Those who dance on the dark side
Live in hell for most of their lives
Fighting back their demons
On the road they’re headed down
The ramblers and the rogues and rakes
You’d think would push him away
But he was always somewhere to be found
Thank God Jesus runs with a rough crowd
The obvious cover in the track list is “Drive,” that old ‘80s standard from The Police. Don’t let that throw you, though. Medulla out-Stings, well, Sting. Sings the song the way it should have been sung, imbues it with the nuance and meaning all those synthesizers obscured back in the day. If you’ve ever heard Springsteen’s stripped-down version of “Born in the USA” from the 18 Tracks album, you know what we mean. This cover lets the real song out. Fantastic stuff.
It’s been a long time since an artist as promising, as talented, and as genuinely humble and friendly as Jerrod Medulla has stumbled onto the stage of Texas music. Won’t say he’s the second coming of Sir Doug, but will say he appears as willing to play with wide ranges of sounds and atmospheres as Sahm ever was. Maybe not the conjunto and salsa and whatnot, but still. A wide range. This early in a career, it’s a refreshing a promising sign. All the legends in Texas got legendary by carving out their own trails; they did it their way. Plenty of followers did just fine as well, but legends never follow. They jump off the shoulders of giants and lead. Keep an eye on Jerrod Medulla. There’s a better than even money chance you’ll find yourself down the line wanting to say you knew about him back when.
Dave Pilot - Outlaw Magazine
Full Band
Acoustic with Guthrie Kennard and Rachel Stacy
Acoustic
First Shiner Sunday
Acoustic with Matt Nolen, Chuck Allen Floyd and Matt Martindale
Full Band
21+ Free Admission
21+
21+
21+
21+
Private Party
21+
KHYI 2nd Annual Cooler N' Hell Festival at Southfork Ranch in Parker, Texas. Doors open at 2:30pm, music starts at 3:00pm. RAY WYLIE HUBBARD, CORY MORROW, WILLIAM CLARK GREEN, ZANE WILLIAMS, KEVIN DEAL, DARRYL LEE RUSH, JERROD MEDULLA, MARK DAVID MANDERS, THE RUSTY BROTHERS, CROW BLACK CHICKEN
Full Band - Doors open at 7:30pm
FREE Admission
Full Band
Acoustic
Full Band
Full Band
21+
2 Day Festival
Top 5 "Festival of the Year" - by Texas Regional Radio Music Awards
As seen in: New York Times, Southwest Airlines Spirit Magazine, Texas Monthly, Texas Highways and many more.
Robert Earl Keen • Leon Russell • Mark Powell & Lariat • Cooder Graw • Jason Boland • Ray Wylie Hubbard • Gary P. Nunn • Billy Joe Shaver • Jamie Richards • Mike McClure • The Damn Quails • Tommy Alverson • Jerrod Medulla • Bracken Hale
...AND MANY MORE!
2 Day Festival
Top 5 "Festival of the Year" - by Texas Regional Radio Music Awards
As seen in: New York Times, Southwest Airlines Spirit Magazine, Texas Monthly, Texas Highways and many more.
Robert Earl Keen • Leon Russell • Mark Powell & Lariat • Cooder Graw • Jason Boland • Ray Wylie Hubbard • Gary P. Nunn • Billy Joe Shaver • Jamie Richards • Mike McClure • The Damn Quails • Tommy Alverson • Jerrod Medulla • Bracken Hale
...AND MANY MORE!
Jerrod Medulla Acoustic with Gus Samuleson
Free Show - 18 and up
7pm-10pm
Jerrod Medulla Acoustic with Special Guest, Mark Powell
Free Show - 18 and up
8pm-10pm
Free Lunch Show
Free- Acoustic Songwriters Series
Jerrod Medulla, Jamie Richards and Scott Burgess 12pm-1pm
Private Acoustic Show in McKinney, TX for the Myers
Jerrod Medulla, Gus Samuleson and Nate Kipp
All Ages
5574 HWY, 276 ROYSE CITY, TX 75189
Fuzzy's Taco Shop - Burleson
Private Acoustic Show
With Aubrey Lynn England
Song Swap with Rachel Stacy and Guthrie Kennard
W/ Mark Mckinney, Dave Thomas, and Zach Coffey
Song Swap
21+ Show starts at 10pm
Private Show
Acoustic
Acoustic on the Ocean
Full Band
Acoustic
Private Show
Private Show
Acoustic Show
Acoustic Private Show
Private Event - Acoustic in Copper Canyon, TX
Private Event in Sweetwater, TX.
Lubbock, TX
FULL BAND
West Texas, TX
FULL BAND
Jerrod Medulla with Marina Rocks and Guthrie Kennard at Ranch Roadhouse LIVE with Jim Nash and Carey Dean on 106.9 The Ranch this Sunday at The Rockett Cafe And Club.
FULL BAND
Acoustic Set
Rockett Cafe and Club located at 5790 FM 813 Rockett, TX
Benefit is from 4pm-9pm
Christoval, TX.
Located in Frisco Square, Frisco Texas
Acoustic Show
Private event - Acoustic
Located in Frisco Square, Frisco Texas
Acoustic Show
SouthFork Ranch
3700 Hogge Drive Allen, TX
Enter through GATE 5
$20 All you can eat
Kids 10 and under free (unless eating crawfish)
Silent Auction
Raffle
All proceeds go to Mike and his family
HUGE lineup of music!
This is a rain or shine event.
Family friendly event
BYOB
Everyone take a look at the link below for information on Mike. The journal entries tell his story.
https://www.facebook.com/teammikegood/posts/1674276672837991
Jerrod Medulla Acoustic 7pm-10pm
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Outlaws and Legends 2016
Jerrod Medulla - 12pm
http://www.outlawsandlegends.com/
April 1-2, 2016
Top 5 "Festival of the Year" - by Texas Regional Radio Music Awards
As seen in: New York Times, Southwest Airlines Spirit Magazine, Texas Monthly, Texas Highways and many more.
Come celebrate Texas Independence Day in a BIG way at the 6th Annual Outlaws and Legends at the Back Porch of Texas, conveniently located off of I-20 and Hwy 277. This year will be the fourth year the Ben Richey Boys Ranch will be the recipient of ticket proceeds from the event. This year will be bigger and better than the previous years, which has averaged more than 5,500 attendees per year, 30+ of the most prolific music artists within one weekend, and various general, VIP, Tailgate, Primitive Camping, and RV packages to suit your desired festival experience!
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Private House Concert - 8pm-10pm
Private Concert - Midland, TX.
McKinney, TX.
113 W. Hickory Street Denton, TX.
with TJ Broscoff
House Event - PRIVATE
House Concert - Private
Texas Songwriter Series - Jerrod Medulla and Mark Powell - On the patio
Show is 8:30pm-10pm
http://www.lytlelandandcattle.com/
Songwriter Series - Abilene, TX.
Abilene, TX