Noteworthy in Nantucket

ASCAP songwriters Ingrid Michaelson (accompanied by songwriter Allie Moss) and Josh Ritter (Sony/BMG; ASCAP Sammy Cahn Lyricist Award winner) performed private showcases on Nantucket Island this summer. Both nights were hosted and produced by Ed Romanoff and PineRock Productions, with support from ASCAP. Ritter's Nantucket set was followed later in the night by more casual performances that included Ritter, and other ASCAP songwriters Dan Mackenzie and Ed Romanoff. Also attending the showcase (and the surf sessions that followed) were Lynn Grossman (manager, Ingrid Michaelson/music supervisor House), Gabriel Unger (Rolling Thunder Artist Management) and Terry Kellogg, (Executive Director of 1% For The Planet.)

Michaelson's banner year has seen her song "The Way I Am" charting at Pop, Hot AC, and AAA radio across the country. Michaelson's music reached to the #2 Pop album, #11 overall album, #3 Pop song, and #4 song overall on iTunes. All unprecedented feats for an independent release. Josh Ritter followed up his sold-out US fall tour by sweeping through the UK followed by a sold-out tour in Ireland. He was the musical guest on BBC's Later...with Jools Holland, right alongside The Who. He recently appeared on the cover of No Depression magazine. Paste magazine has deemed him "One of the Greatest Living Songwriters." And Entertainment Weekly featured him as one of the "10 Most Exciting Artists Right Now." Raves have continued from the New York Times, USA Today, and NPR for both his new album and live show, while television viewers Fox TV's House heard Josh's song "Good Man" featured during that show's season finale episode. Dan Mackenzie (Emmy-nominated songwriter and ASCAP Sammy Cahn Lyricist Award winner) is the writer and producer of Joss Stone's 07 holiday single, "All I Want For Christmas."