Macklam Feldman Management

Sarah McLachlan Signs with Sam Feldman for Worldwide Management Representation

admin — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:35:32 +0000

Sarah McLachlan has signed with Sam Feldman of Macklam Feldman Management for worldwide management representation.

A multiple Grammy and JUNO Award-winner, Sarah McLachlan is celebrated as one of the most influential singer-songwriters of the past two decades. McLachlan has sold in excess of 40 million albums worldwide and became a force in championing female artists with the inception of the groundbreaking touring festival, Lilith Fair. McLachlan was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada by the Governor General in recognition of her successful recording career as well as for her role in Lilith Fair and the many charitable donations made to women’s charities across Canada. She was also honored with the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Visionary Award for advancing the careers of women in music on the 150th Anniversary of the first women’s rights convention.

McLachlan is as well known for her many philanthropic endeavors as she is for her unique and inspired musical accomplishments, most notably, she founded the Sarah McLachlan School of Music in Vancouver in 2003, offering a music education for inner city and at-risk youth at no cost.

Sam Feldman says, “It’s a huge honour to be working with Sarah. From the beginning of her career she has been the embodiment of truly unique talent and character, which is expressed in her artistry and philanthropy. Sarah’s talent is timeless and I’m thrilled to be involved in her career.”

Sarah McLachlan is currently writing and recording a new album.

www.sarahmclachlan.com

Bette Midler Signs with Management Team

admin — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:53:56 +0000

World renowned artist Bette Midler has signed with a new management team.

Ms. Midler has brought together an experienced team that includes Sam Feldman, David Steinberg, and Larry Brezner to represent her diverse talents.

Sam Feldman is a partner in Macklam Feldman Management, a division of A & F Music Ltd., that represents James Taylor, Diana Krall and Elvis Costello, among others.

Steinberg and Brezner are partners at MBST Entertainment Inc, a division of Core Media Group. Their firm represents Robin Williams and Billy Crystal, among others.

Ms. Midler’s latest movie, Parental Guidance, was released on Christmas day and has earned over $100 million at the worldwide box office. She will be starring on Broadway this spring in the one-woman play, I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers. She is planning a new album and tour for 2014.

Bette has earned three Grammys, four Golden Globes, three Emmys and two Tony Awards, and sold in excess of 30 million records worldwide in a career that spans more than four decades. She has played memorable film roles in The Rose, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Ruthless People, Beaches and The First Wives Club, among many others. Other stage performances include Tony Award-winning Clams on the Half Shell, Experience the Divine, for which she holds the all-time record for a six week engagement at Radio City Music Hall, The Divine Miss Millennium, Kiss My Brass, and The Showgirl Must Go On at The Colosseum in Caesars Place. Outside the spotlight, she is the proud founder of the New York Restoration Project (www.nyrp.org), a nonprofit organization that revitalizes abandoned and neglected public spaces across New York City.

DR. JOHN SIGNS WITH NEW MANAGEMENT TEAM

admin — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:48:39 +0000

Six-time Grammy Award-winner and legendary New Orleans singer-songwriter, Dr. John, has recently signed with Sam Feldman and Michael Gorfaine for exclusive management representation.

Sam Feldman is a partner in Macklam Feldman Management, a division of A&F Music Ltd. that represents artists such as Diana Krall, Elvis Costello, Bette Midler, The Chieftains and James Taylor*, among others.

Michael Gorfaine is a partner in The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency and represents world-renowned composers, including John Williams, James Newton Howard and Randy Newman. *Sam and Michael also provide exclusive management representation for James Taylor.

Sam Feldman says, “Working with the iconic Mac Rebennack is an honor. It was true justice to watch him win a Grammy for Best Blues Album.”

Michael Gorfaine adds, “Mac is truly one of the all-time great influences on music, as witnessed by his on-stage collaboration with The Black Keys and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. It’s a thrill and an honor to be part of his career.”

About Dr. John

Dr. John was recently awarded the Best Blues Grammy for his 2012 album Locked Down, produced by The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach. He also joined the Black Keys and The Preservation Hall Jazz Band onstage at the Grammys’ 55^th annual telecast. Dr. John’s Nonesuch debut pays tribute to his past – particularly to seminal albums Gris-Gris and Babylon – while maintaining a solidly contemporary feel. Several of his many career highlights include 1971’s masterful album The Sun, Moon and Herbs (which included cameos from Eric Clapton and Mick Jagger) and 1973’s In The Right Place, comprising chart hits “Right Place Wrong Time” and “Such A Night.” Dr. John’s sixth and latest Grammy win augments his awards garnered in 1989, 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2008, while his musical love letter to the city of New Orleans, “N’awlinz Dis Dat or D’udda,” was awarded the prestigious Académie Charles Cros 57ème Palmarès award in France in 2004 – an accolade not bestowed upon a North American Artist since the 1970s.

About Macklam Feldman Management

Sam Feldman and Steve Macklam formed Macklam Feldman Management in 1995 when they partnered to manage the pioneering Celtic ensemble, The Chieftains. Today MFM also proudly represents internationally renowned artists James Taylor, Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, Ry Cooder, Dr. John, James Taylor, Bette Midler and Melody Gardot. Macklam Feldman Management is a subsidiary of the umbrella company A&F Music Inc. whose operating divisions also include The Feldman Agency and Bruce Allen Talent. With an acclaimed and commercially vibrant client list and diverse interests in film, television and music, A&F Music Ltd. is Canada’s largest full-service Talent Agency and Artist Management Company.

About The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency

Established in 1982, The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, Inc. represents the film industry’s top composers, music producers, songwriters, music supervisors and music editors. GSA is the premiere talent agency for music in film, television and new media.

Web links: www.nitetripper.com, www.gsamusic.com

CHRISTI THOMPSON JOINS MACKLAM FELDMAN MANAGEMENT

acalimbas — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:30:07 +0000

Effective immediately, Christi Thompson joins Macklam Feldman Management (MFM) as an Artist Manager. Thompson currently manages Xavier Rudd, who joins the MFM roster under Thompson’s division, Thompson Management, a division of Macklam Feldman Management.

Sam Feldman says, “Christi’s experience in management, label and publicity makes her a welcome addition to the team at MFM. It’s an added bonus that she brings the exceptional Australian artist Xavier Rudd to our roster. ”

Enthuses Steve Macklam, “We’ve had the pleasure of watching Christi grow Thompson Management over the years and her continued success with Xavier speaks for itself. We are thrilled Christi is joining the MFM team.”

Thompson has also worked with many artists, including multi-platinum Matthew Good, Holly McNarland and Lillix, in addition to a partnership with Matthew McConaughey on Reggae Billboard chart topper Mishka. Thompson was formerly Director of Marketing and Publicity for 604 Records, International Manager for SaltX Records and was a Canadian publicist for a number of incredible artists in music, entertainment and film, notably Jim Rose Circus.

Thompson says, “I am looking forward to growing Thompson Artist Management and its artists with the skilled team at MFM. Sam and Steve are veterans in this business with an outstanding roster that speaks volumes. Theirs is a hugely successful management company and I’m happy to be a part of it.”

Thompson will be expanding Thompson Management through signing both domestic and international talent.

About Macklam Feldman Management

Steve Macklam and Sam Feldman formed Macklam Feldman Management in 1995 when they partnered to manage the pioneering Celtic ensemble, The Chieftains. Today MFM also proudly represents internationally renowned artists James Taylor, Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, Ry Cooder, Melody Gardot and Pink Martini.

Macklam Feldman Management is a subsidiary of the umbrella company A&F Music Inc. whose operating divisions also include S.L. Feldman & Associates and Bruce Allen Talent. With an acclaimed and commercially vibrant client list and diverse interests in film, television and music, A&F Music Ltd. is Canada’s largest full-service Talent Agency and Artist Management Company.

Weblinks: www.thompsonmgmt.com

“Elvis Costello in a gem of a show at the Pageant”

acalimbas — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 22:21:42 +0000

stltoday.com: Daniel Durchholz: July 3rd, 2011

Costello interpolated songs like Sonny Boy Williamson’s “Help Me,” and Them’s “I Can Only Give You Everything” into his own tunes, creating something new along the way. The technique was never more effective than when he began Bob Dylan and the Band’s apocalyptic “This Wheel’s on Fire,” then moved into his own impassioned post-Katrina plea for New Orleans, “The River in Reverse.”
It was a powerful but sobering moment in a concert that otherwise offered nearly three hours of hilarity, musicality and unabated joy.

Elvis Costello – “Pat Sajak Impersonations And A Little Sexy Swiveling?”

acalimbas — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 22:20:16 +0000

Riverfront Times: Christian Schaeffer: July 2nd, 2011

“As Costello and his crew left the stage, drummer Pete Thomas gave an errant spin of the wheel as the house lights came on. It landed on “I Want You,” almost certainly Costello’s darkest song of violent lust and barely contained sexual rage. Fitting, then, that after a night of excess, the wheel leaves us with a message about insatiable desire. The crowd certainly would have stuck around for one more song, or twenty, but Costello understands that showbiz adage: Always leaving them wanting more”

Elvis Costello – “We certainly understand the logic of only allowing pretty girls to get up there”

acalimbas — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 22:18:41 +0000

The Larryville Chronicles: July 1st, 2011

“I especially dug the second-encore jamboree with the Southern sisters from the opening act, who added some sweet pedal steel to ‘Sulphur to Sugarcane’ with Costello vamping it up to lyrics like ‘I gave up married women cause I heard it was a sin / Now I’m back in Kansas City I might take em up again.” Who doesn’t love when singers include the name of the city they’re in!”.”

Elvis Costello – “Minus The Pickle Juice”

acalimbas — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 22:17:34 +0000

ReviewSTL: Allison: July 1st, 2011

“He selected a preteen who excitedly danced her way onto the stage and spun “Bedlam” as the next song. She jived first in an on-stage lounge and later in the go-go dancer’s cage as the band performed a version that had been slightly slowed down and jazzed up since its release on 2004′s The Delivery Man.”

Elvis Costello – “Like A Phoenix, Touched For The Very First Time”

acalimbas — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 22:14:31 +0000

The Pitch: David Hudnall: July 1st, 2011

Down in front, a night’s convention of happily married couples chicken-danced to devilish and desperate songs about the hells of divorce and infidelity. “I Want You,” turned the stage lights blood red. In this trial-like song that throws a cheating heart and its victim through an incinerator, he wrenched and wailed some of his sickest lyrics three times over: Did you call his name out as he held you down? The irony was rich, jolly and irreproducible.

Then he sang the lines of the once-TV-banned “Radio, Radio.” I wanna bite the hand that feeds me / I wanna bite that hand so badly / I wanna make them wish they’d never seen me. In this bizarre world, Costello’s conquest of America turns the would-be gimmick of the Revolver Tour into a rising phoenix…

James Taylor – “He’s got a friend (four, actually) singing on tour”

acalimbas — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:27:54 +0000

Sarah Rodman, Boston.com / June 26, 2011

“You’re in the living room, but if you take two steps this way, you’re in the kitchen,’’ says Andrea Zonn with a smile.

Zonn is gamely giving a visitor the nickel tour of the cozy confines of the tour bus that she’s been living on for the past few months as part of James Taylor’s backup band.