TOUR DATES/TV APPEARANCES:

MARCH 5th: APPEARANCE ON ION’S METRO MAGAZINE IN FAIRFAX STATION, VA

MARCH 8TH: APPEARANCE ON WGHP’S FOX8 MORNING NEWS IN GREENSBORO, NC

MARCH 9th: APPEARANCE ON WTOC’S MID-MORNING WITH SONNY AND JODY IN SAVANNAH, GA

MARCH 10th: APPEARANCE ON WTSP’S STUDIO 10 IN ST. PETERSBURG, FL

MARCH 12th: APPEARANCE ON WLS ABC 7 NEWS IN CHICAGO, IL

MARCH 15TH: APPEARANCE ON KTUL’S GOOD DAY TULSA IN TULSA, OK

MARCH 16TH: APPEARANCE ON KFDA’S CBS MORNING NEWS IN AMARILLO, TX

MARCH 18th: APPEARANCE ON KABB’S FOX NEWS FIRST IN SAN ANTONIO, TX:

MARCH 19th: APPEARANCE ON KJTV’S GOOD DAY LUBBOCK IN LUBBOCK, TX

MARCH 22nd: APPEARANCE ON KTBC’S GOOD DAY AUSTIN IN AUSTIN, TX

MARCH 24th: APPEARANCE ON KATV’ S GOOD MORNING ARKANSAS IN LITTLE ROCK, AR

MARCH 26th: APPEARANCE ON KMPH’S GREAT DAY IN FRESNO, CA

MARCH 29th: APPEARANCE ON KATU’S AM NORTHWEST IN PORTLAND, OR

MARCH 29TH: IN-STORE AT MUSIC MILLENIUM IN PORTLAND, OR AT 6:00PM

MARCH 31ST: APPEARANCE ON KHQ’S MORNING NEWS IN SPOKANE, WA

APRIL 1st: APPEARANCE ON KARE’S SHOWCASE MINNESOTA IN MINNEAPOLIS, MN

APRIL 3RD: CONCERT AT COPERNICUS CENTER IN CHICAGO, IL

APRIL 4TH: CONCERT AT TOWSLEY THEATER AT ANN ARBOR IN ANN ARBOR, MI

APRIL 8TH: CONCERT AT K STREET LOUNGE IN WASHINGTON, DC

APRIL 9TH: CONCERT AT HIRO BALLROOM IN NEW YORK, NY

PAINTED ON WATER, the self-titled album project by the duo of vocalist Sertab Erener and composer/guitarist Demir Demirkan, is more than a breath of fresh air – it’s one of the year’s unexpected pleasures, a unique excursion through jazz, rock and the duo’s own Turkish musical and cultural heritage. The album is released on Motema Music June 9, 2009. Produced in Los Angeles and Istanbul by Painted on Water’s Demirkan and nine-time Grammy winner Jay Newland (Norah Jones, Herbie Hancock, Charlie Haden, Michael Brecker), PAINTED ON WATER moves in a warm, fluid, and organic way between jazz, modern rock, and pop-flavored vocal compositions featuring Erener’s sensual, evocative lead, and fusion-jazz instrumentals anchored by Demirkan’s guitar. Each of the album’s songs is inspired by the melodies of Turkish Anatolian classical and folk music, with English lyrics written by Demirkan and by veteran No. 1 songsmith Phil Galdston (Madonna, Celine Dion, Vanessa Williams). Album opener “Blue” was written by Demirkan for Grammy-winning guest guitarist Al DiMeola, while distinctly modern alternative-rock notes are sounded in the vividly emotional “Nothing But To Pray,” “Love We Made,” and “Before the Night.” The whimsical “One Shot” and “Mad Love” connect folk songs to blues and funk. A suite of instrumentals concludes the album, the swing-influenced “Shehnaz on Shiraz,” “Aegean Bride,” inspired by the reflections of a bride’s father, and the minimal, hypnotic “Habudiyar,” an experimental interpolation of folk material. Naming their band and the album after the traditional Turkish marbled-paper art known as Ebru, created by floating dyes on the surface of water, PAINTED ON WATER demonstrates the shifting, tangible and intangible qualities of music, emotion and art. The duo’s upcoming American appearances promise to be rich and involving multi-media events, accompanied by a live projected display of Ebru art, created onstage by the master paper-marbling artist Hikmet Barutcugil. Imbued with its many historic sources, the ethos of the album is at once Turkish, and universal: “You and me is a long, long lost story, painted on water,” is a key lyric, notes Demirkan. The concept also expresses that “life is like water, and you put the colors onto it,” adds Erener. “Making Anatolian melodies accessible with English lyrics, and having world-class eastern and western musicians -- these were the fundamentals of the album,” says Demirkan. “Because in Turkish music, all the instruments are playing the same melody, it has no harmony, no chord progressions. We wrote new melodies to harmonize the material, and completed the melodies in a western verse/chorus form. Phil Galdston interpreted the feel of the village dance songs into a contemporary lyric.” The album’s all-encompassing concept has already been mightily refreshing to long-time followers, says Erener. “We’ve performed twice as Painted On Water for the Turkish audience. They felt this familiar melody, but couldn’t put their finger on the song right away, because of the English lyric.” There’s a feeling of renewal in this new collaboration of longtime partners, adds Demirkan. “Previously, I was Sertab’s songwriter and producer. We set our pop and rock background aside, and this is the first result – not Sertab, or Demir, but a new band.” Erener and Demirkan are among Turkey’s most celebrated musicians. Erener’s 12 albums have sold in the millions in Turkey, and as far away as Japan. Guitarist, composer and PAINTED ON WATER album co-producer Demirkan became one of Turkey’s true rock stars in the Istanbul heavy metal band Pentagram. He has released three solo albums and two film scores. He and Erener co-wrote the 2003 international hit, “Every Way That I Can,” Turkey’s first and only winner in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest. Demirkan sums up: “I believe that we all spoke the same language sometime in the past. Music still has that quality, in melody and rhythm. I think everyone shares that, and it’s the basis of PAINTED ON WATER.” FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT Publicity: Patti Conte Plan A Media, LLC [email protected] Amanda Charney P: 212-337-1406, ext 15 [email protected] Jana Herzen Motema Music, LLC Tel: (212) 860-6969 212-337-1406, x16 e-mail: [email protected] www.motema.com U.S. Representation and Marketing: Janet Castiel Redwood Entertainment, Inc. Tel: (212) 543-9998 Fax: (212) 543-9911 E-Mail: [email protected] www.RedwoodEntertainment.com Daria Coppock (P) 212-337-1406, x10 [email protected] 56 W. 22nd Street, 6th Floor South New York, NY 10010

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