How to turn stellar reviews into streams, airplay, and ticket sales? You've got me there.
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Midwest here I keep coming! What’s the story? It’s touring solo all over the midwest…
If someone knows how to turn the best reviews I have ever received in the shortest amount of time into streams on various platforms (Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon), radio spins in US and Canada, and ticket sales in new cities and clubs — well I sure would love to know. As many of you read my newsletter update last week, I’ve had 6 or 7 really, really good ones. As well as from great publications and writers. Taken with a grain of salt, it feels pretty great.
Truth is, you can’t take reviews for your new album too seriously. First of all, not so great reviews might be right around the corner. Not to mention I’m doing it for the people who love what I do and of course for myself. When I have had mixed reviews in the past (and believe me I have been extremely lucky compared to some of my contemporaries), well in those cases I just chalked it up to “not everyone is gonna dig me.”
I even had one musician I know and respect put the comment, “nice reviews - it couldn’t have happened to a better team.”
OUCH! But that musician is right. I have great publicity folks sending my album out to publications for review that my music would never get in the hands of without their being on my team. I am grateful for my team, and for Blue Corn Music believing in me and both them and my manager John Porter putting such a great team together
Here’s what I do like about the reviews:
Almost every review mentions something about how my album is “refreshing,” “hard to put in a box,” or “doesn’t sound like the majority of Roots Music and Americana today.” I was really worried when a number of publicity and radio promoters turned down my record saying, “it’s not twangy enough” and/or “it doesn’t sound like what everyone is listening to right now.”
That’s exactly what the reviewers dig about it!
John Apice at Americana Highways said, “Plankenhorn is a careful distance from basic mainstream artists. He walks his own road & sometimes it seems he makes his own road."
I’m going to go ahead and take the win on that.
Now that feels great.
But I still need your help out there. “Alone At Sea” will have only been out a little less than two weeks when you read this, and every time you follow, like, share, add to a playist, view a video, call a radio station, buy the CD or LP, or share any form of my music with a friend, you are giving me a chance to bump up another level.
Many of you know how much I love my job, life, career path — whatever you want to call it, but you see how hard I am literally beating the pavement in hopes of getting just a little bit more well known outside of Texas and Vancouver Island.
The reviews mean a lot, and man they look good on my website press page, but I’m going to do this (make albums and tour) no matter what anyone says, because it’s all I know, and I love it.
Your help means the world to me! Hope to see you soon at one of these gigs…
your pal,
Plank
Rapids Brewing Company
Tue, Oct 10 @ 7:00PM
Rapids Brewing Company, Grand Rapids, MN
Plank at Rapids Brewing Co MN!
Turf Club
Wed, Oct 11 @ 7:00PM
Jeff Plankenhorn (solo) opening for Rum Ragged! Doors open at 6pm, Jeff begins at 7pm. Tickets go on sale Aug 28th. More details to come...
Kiki's House of Righteous Music
Thu, Oct 12 @ 8:00PM
Kiki's House of Righteous Music, Madison, WI
Plank at Kiki's!
Fitzgerald's
Sat, Oct 14 @ 8:00PM
Jeff Plankenhorn (solo) opening for Webb Wilder & The Beatniks at Fitzgerald's! Tix are $20-$30 for this 21+ ages show that begins at 8:30pm, doors open at 7:30pm.
Village Wine & Spirits
Sun, Oct 15 @ 2:00PM
Village Wine & Spirits, Effingham, IL
Plank Sunday Funday!
Woodsongs - Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center
Mon, Oct 16 @ 6:30PM
Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center, Lexington, KY
Very excited to take part in this NPR series with live audience!
WDVX Blue Plate Special
Wed, Oct 18 @ 11:30AM
Honored to once again take part in this series!
Analog at Hutton Hotel
Thu, Oct 19 @ 8:00PM
Analog at Hutton Hotel, Nashville, TN
Jeff brings his "Alone At Sea" tour to Nashville & The Analog! Tickets are $15 advance/$20 day-of. Doors open at 7pm, showtime is 8pm.
The Auditorium at The Douglass
Thu, Oct 26 @ 8:00PM
The Auditorium at The Douglass, Oklahoma City, OK
Album release party!
Texan Theater | Greenville
Fri, Oct 27 @ 7:00PM
Texan Theater | Greenville, Greenville, TX
Plank at CAC Temple!
Sat, Oct 28 @ 7:30PM
Plank at CAC Temple!, Temple, TX
Album Release Party!
Dr Plankenstein's Halloween Horror Show
Tue, Oct 31 @ 8:00PM
Dr Plankenstein's Halloween Horror Show, Austin, TX
IT'S ALIVE!!!! Come join us for the mahem
McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Thu, Nov 2 @ 7:00PM
McGonigel's Mucky Duck, Houston, TX
Back at the duck for album release show!
The Redbird Listening Room
Fri, Nov 3 @ 7:30PM
The Redbird Listening Room, New Braunfels, TX
Looking forward to getting back to the premiere listening room in New Braunfels
Alone At Sea Record Release Show at The Stateside at The Paramount
Sat, Nov 4 @ 8:00PM
Jeff Plankenhorn Alone At Sea Record Release Show at The Stateside at The Paramount, Austin, TX
The Stateside Theater & The Saxon Pub present...
Blue Corn Music recording artist Jeff Plankenhorn’s Austin Record release show for Alone At Sea at The Stateside Theater on November 4th. Jeff will be backed by an all-star Austin band.
His new album, Alone At Sea - will be released worldwide on September 29th (CD, digital, LP) via Blue Corn Music. It was Produced by Colin Linden (Bruce Cockburn, Keb Mo). It features the following singles: “Do A Little Dancing” (July 12th), “Alone at Sea” (Aug 16th), “The Mess” (Sept 6th), “Bluer Skies” (Sept 20th), “Juggling Sand (radio edit)” (Oct 13th), and “Alone At Sea” Spanish & French versions (Nov 1st).
Michael O’Connor & Jeff Plankenhorn @ Rockport Songwriter Festival 2023
Sun, Nov 5 @ 7:00PM
Rockport Songwriter Festival 2023, Rockport, TX
Join me on Nov 5th for a song swap with Michael O'Connor at this amazing festival
Jeff Plankenhorn @ Palindrome Port Townsend Event Center
Sun, Dec 3 @ 5:00PM
Palindrome Port Townsend Event Center, Port Townsend, WA
Rainshadow Recording presents...
Jeff Plankenhorn on his solo songwriter/storyteller tour at Palindrome/Port Townsend Events Center. Doors open at 6:30pm. Show begins at 7pm for this all ages event. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.
Spanish Ballroom at Elks Temple
Mon, Dec 4 @ 7:00PM
Spanish Ballroom at Elks Temple, Tacoma, WA
Jeff Plankenhorn (solo) at The Spanish Ballroom at Elks Temple w/special guest TBA. Doors open at 6pm, music begins at 7pm. More details to come...
Tractor Tavern
Tue, Dec 5 @ 8:00PM
Jeff Plankenhorn (solo) at The Tractor Tavern w/special guest TBA. Doors open at 7pm, music begins at 8pm. More details to come...
Brewminatti
Thu, Dec 7 @ 7:00PM
Returning to this awesome venue - the coffee...oh so good
McMenamins Edgefield
Fri, Dec 8 @ 7:00PM
McMenamins Edgefield, Troutdale, OR
Jeff Plankenhorn (solo) at McMenamins Edgefield! A FREE SHOW that begins at 7pm.
The Commons Cafe and Taproom
Sat, Dec 9 @ 7:00PM
The Commons Cafe and Taproom, Bend, OR
Great venue! Great peeps! Come on out.
Rivercity Players
Thu, Jan 11, 2024 @ 7:00PM
Rivercity Players, Campbell River, BC
Solo acoustic storyteller show
Michael O’Connor & Jeff Plankenhorn @ The Post at River East
Wed, Mar 13, 2024 @ 6:00PM
The Post at River East, Fort Worth, TX
Michael O'Connor & Jeff Plankenhorn join forces for their annual tour Texas Tour together and hit The Post at River East tonight. Doors open at 6pm (great food to he had), music starts at 8pm. More details to come...
Michael O’Connor & Jeff Plankenhorn @ Devil's Backbone Tavern
Sun, Mar 17, 2024 @ 1:00PM
Devil's Backbone Tavern, Fischer, TX
Michael O'Connor & Jeff Plankenhorn join forces for their annual tour Texas Tour together and hit The Devil's Backbone Tavern this afternoon between 1-4pm. More details to come...