Loudon Wainwright III New Album Debuts On Billboard Top 200 "Haven't Got The Blues (Yet)" Available Everywhere On 429 Records

Album Reaches #6 on Heatseekers Chart

"Pungent light verses and biting turns of phrase…on the best songs, he faces impending decrepitude with a smile on his face, buoyed by Zoloft." New York Times

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Sep 18, 2014, 12:16 ET

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Loudon Wainwright III's new album 'Haven't Got The Blues (Yet)" had a smashing release week debuting solidly on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart (#162). The album's success was buoyed by across the board rave reviews as well as song/album/video premiere streams on Wall Street Journal.com, Pandora and New Yorder.com and a pair of interviews on NPR (interview segments that aired on Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me and Weekend Edition Sunday). The album also debuted in the Top 10 of Billboard's Heatseekers Chart (#6). 'Haven't Got The Blues (Yet)' features songs about depression, death but also Loudon's sui generis take on alternate side parking and the unique relationship between man and dog, living together in the city. "Haven't Got the Blues (Yet)" is available everywhere on 429 Records.

Listen to Loudon on NPR:
Wait Wait Don't Tell Me: http://n.pr/1tmygm7
Weekend Edition: http://n.pr/1lR9BHE

"Man & Dog" video premiered at The New Yorker:
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/music-video-man-dog

Loudon is touring through the fall, including a NYC CD release show at the Schimmel Center for the Arts @ Pace University on October 11: http://www.lw3.com/#!itinerary/cnnz

Order the album on:
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/AMZ_LW3_HGTB
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/ITMS_LW3_HGTB

For more information visit:
www.429records.com
http://www.lw3.com/

429 Records is a unit of The Savoy Label Group (SLG). SLG is the North American based division of Nippon Columbia the oldest music company in Japan. The Savoy Label Group has evolved into a Grammy Award winning and chart topping independent music company consistently outperforming competitors in key music categories as monitored by Billboard Magazine. The Savoy Label Group is led by Steve Vining and is based in Los Angeles, CA.

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