“Sailing,” the new single from platinum-selling Capitol singer-songwriter Avant, will appear as an iTunes exclusive EP on April 7, 2009. The artist has been on tour since late January in Je’Caryous Johnson’s popular stage play Love Overboard, co-starring with KeKe Wyatt, Carl Payne, Karen Malina White and Khalil Kain, and playing remaining runs in California, Texas and Oklahoma through early May.

“Sailing,” Avant’s new-style re-invention of the Christopher Cross ballad standard, is already a national Top 20 hit on adult-targeted Urban AC radio, and was the No. 1 most-added song in the format at its release to radio earlier in March. It joins Avant’s long-lived previous single in the Billboard Urban AC airplay Top 20, where “When It Hurts” is currently No. 7 after 28 weeks on the chart, peaking at No. 3.

For the iTunes EP, the album version of “Sailing” is combined with three tracks previously unreleased to the domestic market: “Yes,” “You Are More” and “Provocative.”

The self-titled album’s kick-off single “When It Hurts” also remains on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in the Top 40, after an eight-month chart run, peaking at No. 15. At the turn of the year, a viral video for the album track “Break Ya Back” also created major internet buzz around the album.

The Capitol album Avant debuted at No. 6 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart at its December, 2008 release, and entered in the top 30 in Billboard’s Top 200 national album chart. It is AVANT’s fifth album, and his first for Capitol Records. Album track collaborators on AVANT include such innovators and hitmakers as Trackmasters (LL Cool J, Nas), The Architects (Missy Elliott), Anonymous Entertainment’s Eric Dawkins and Tony Dixon, and DJ Smurf aka Collipark (Soulja Boy).

Adams has been performing “Hey There, Mrs. Lovely” live since 1999 but has never song committed the fan favorite to a studio record until now. The other six tracks on the EP are a sampling of love songs culled from Adams’ impressive oeuvre: “Answering Bell” from 2001′s Gold, “Desire” from 2002′s Demolition, “Blossom” from 2005′s Cold Roses, “Two” from 2007′s Easy Tiger, “My Love For You Is Real” from the same year’s Follow The Lights EP, and “Evergreen” from Ryan & the Cardinals’ most recent album, Cardinology, released last fall.

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals are on tour for a month beginning February 20. The subject-to-change schedule is:

February
20 Shubert Theater New Haven, CT
21 Orpheum Theater Boston, MA
22 Wellmont Theater Montclair, NJ
26 Missouri Theater Columbia, MO
27 Uptown Theater Kansas City, KS
28 Brady Theater Tulsa, OK

March
2 Abraham Chavez Theate El Paso, TX
4 Majestic Theatre San Antonio, TX
5 River City Performing Arts Theater Baton Rouge, LA
6 Alabama Theatre Birmingham, AL
9 Florida Theatre Jacksonville, FL
11 North Charleston Performing Arts Center Charleston, SC
12 Township Auditorium Columbia, SC
14-15 War Memorial Nashville, TN
16 Palace Theatre Louisville, KY
18 Minglewood Hall Memphis, TN
19 Saenger Theatre Mobile, AL
20 Fox Theatre Atlanta, GA

Oasis will release “I’m Outta Time,” a special iTunes exclusive EP on December 9th. This EP, includes previously unreleased material – a demo version of the current Liam Gallagher penned single ‘I’m Outta Time” and remix versions of ‘The Shock of the Lightning’ and ‘To Be Where There’s Life.”

Oasis is currently on their Dig Out Your Soul American tour playing to sold out audiences across the country.

“…it’s undeniable Oasis is at the top of its game again.” OC Register

“By combining the melodies of the Beatles with the thunder of the Who,
Oasis has arguably defined the sound of British rock for the past 15
years.” Variety

“Oasis are a living jukebox…..their laddish swagger iconic.” LA
Weekly

“Dig Out Your Soul has hints of psychedelic pop, blues rock and stands among this year’s best straight-up, old-school rock records.” New York Post

“Gallagher brothers’ heaviest record since 1997′s Be Here Now is also their best…..Oasis have their devil back.” Blender

“Oasis is back with one of its best albums in years…” NPR

“Oasis’ latest is heavier on groove than normal, and there are a couple of gripping moments, especially Liam’s stately, Lennonesque ballad I’m Outta Time.” Rolling Stone

Track Listing for “I’m Outta Time”
I’m Outta Time (Album version)
I’m Outta Time (Remix)
I’m Outta Time (Demo)
The Shock Of The Lightning (The Jagz Kooner Remix)
To Be Where There’s Life (Neon Neon Remix)