• Producer Bryan Klausing of Poetman Records selected title track "Out of the Darkness" to be released on the next volume of Acoustic Rainbow Promotional Disc to be released to over 1300 Americana Format Radio Stations. Don McLean(Writer of American Pie) will also have a new song on this release-- Previous releases of Acoustic Rainbow have featured new songs from artists Roger McGuinn, Willie Nelson, Pete Seeger, Merle Haggard, Ricky Skaggs, John Cowan, Ani DiFranko and more! 


• Cool News! The CBC (Canadian Broadcast Corp.) has offered a contract for Licensing a 20 second clip of Mikes song Edge of Dawn for a documentary they are doing. 


• Update! 9 demos completed for my next project with a few more to cut. Plan on recording 2" Tape at Shorefire Studios in Longbranch NJ-great studio used by Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi with Engineers Joe DeMaio and Dennis Drake -- Dennis has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry while at Polygram records including Eric Clapton and James Brown & is credited for Mastering the only Blind Faith Album


• Latest Press Release for "Out of the Darkness"


• http://muzikreviews.com/news_marino.php


• Very pleased to annouce that Foley Entertainment has selected 4 songs from Out of the Darkness they wish to shop to the Music Industry for me. Dr. Eugene Foley is highly respected in the Music Business, as well as being very well connected having worked with some of the industries biggest acts so I'm thrilled to have him in my corner! The songs selected were Love the Good..., Marie Jean, Stuck Out in the Rains & Sunset River. Thanks Eugene! 


• Special Thanks to Mike Volpe, Pepper Paul & Norm Donahue at WVLT Cruisin' 92.1 FM for spinning tracks off "Another World" & the great feedback!!


• "Blues Matters" publication from the UK distributes Mikes Review to over 30,000 subscribers Internationally thanks to Muzikman Hannaleck! Check out Vol 21 Sept. 2004 Issue-- Mikes Review right next to Gary Moore!!


• "Soul Survivor"-- Track #4 on Another World just placed as a Semi-Finalist in the Great American Songwriting Contest!


• Mike Marino & his Restless Soul is selected by WXPN 88.5 FM Philadelphia as the Philly Local Pick! "In Between" is being played on the Middays with Helen Leicht Show.


• Poetman Records selects Last of the Heartland Track "Edge of Dawn" for release on the Acoustic Rainbow to be sent to over 1200 Radio Stations worldwide!

REVIEWS:

• "Out of the Darkness"  receives a 9 out of 10 from Nationally respected Reviewer Keith "Muzikman" Hannaleck who writes for several major publications and online e-zines. Check out the full review here    http://www.muzikreviews.com/mikemarino.htm


• Radio Indy wrote: "Out of the Darkness" is a refreshing collection of modern folk/easy listening tunes. Vocally, Mike is captivating and has somewhat of an oldies vibe that boasts cross-generational appeal! Fans of country/folk rock will enjoy this work of art! 


• Bryan Kausing- Assc. Producer-Poetman Records/Woodsongs- Regarding "Out of the Darkness" - "The track we believe will get you the most airplay is "Out of the Darkness". It's the track most suited for radio airplay and should crossover into several different radio formats. Lyrically and vocally it's one of the best on the CD. Very melodic. Loved the arrangement. The song has a cool Traveling Wilburys vibe. We also considered Here Today, Stuck Out in the Rains, & Ulterior Motives.


• CD Review -May 2004- "Another World" by Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck National Independent Reviewer
  Regarding Mike Marino & his Restless Soul "Another World" MuzikMan writes: "These are the words of poet/sage with a guitar; like a combination of CSNY and Lou Reed, heartfelt and to the point with a real world edge to it all. As indicated by the credits on this CD, Marino is D.I.Y. kind of guy and a literal one-man musical machine. He gets a little help from his friends, although the many talents he commands are his greatest advantage with this project." The combination of Rock, Blues, Americana, Roots & Poetry are an effective vehicle for making his point known & clearly understood, in the end the mission is accomplished and that is a victory for Mike Marino and the listener"
  Check out the full review at Blues Rockers




• IndieMusic Review Jan 2002: Mike Marino & his Restless Soul's 2001 release, Last of the Heartland, is an album that spans time, space and stylistic influences. Drawn heavily from the musical heroes of his youth CSN&Y, Cream, the Beatles, Buffalo Springfield, America, and the Byrds Marino has successfully re-invented a sound that evaporated from the pop culture radar more than two decades ago. By combining elements of acoustic folk, blues and electric rock, Marino revisits the sound and style of some of the best recorded music ever made.
  Mike Marino & his Restless Soul's Last of the Heartland is a record that lyrically and stylistically recalls a time in America when things were very different than they are today. The irony is that the recycled style and stripped down production sound astonishingly fresh in these days of supergloss teenage popstars and hip-hop sampleheads.




• Ben Ohmart - 06/11/01: Voicing somewhere between Neil Young and the Eagles, Mike Marino carries his acoustics like a set of heavy memories that have grown a little lighter through the years. Beginning with 'Hidden Places,' we're told, in a rather folk-country way, 'Far off in the distance, I know a place to go / You can't find me anywhere, searching high and low / Hiding from my demons, under the sun's glow / I find the hidden places, where I can always go.'
  
  Not as somber as Dylan, but not near as delighted as Christian, this 16 track tale of folk is able to find the lite rock mold that Clapton explored for a lifetime.
  
  The outrospective 'Lonely Town' exposes the mysteries and miseries of a televised society that finds loneliness as much a norm as pavement nowadays. 'Everybody's movin' too fast anymore / We should get together more like before / Everybody's watchin' bad news on tv / Where's it gonna lead to for you and me.' Hard to say, but Marlene Howell's backing vocals lend a nicety to a subject we all know and care to ignore.
  
  Very vocal album. Not enough room in the cd booklet to type everything in. A shame because one of the best vocal performances is 'It Just Ain't Fair,' and I'd like to type in some of those words. Rather reminiscent of Dylan and blues-chosen Springsteen, with some great black-washed guitar coming through the holes in the rap.
  
  The playing sits on the top shelf, never dusty, crying out with a western edge that's easy to grow into. Never mocking, always genuine: an easy coolness in a dry and self-deceptive planet.




• "This Cd reminded me of The Band. Marino's vocals at times were very reminiscent of the late/great Rick Danco, and the roots rock instrumentation on the CD were great!" Bryan Klausing (Assoc. Producer - Acoustic Rainbow/Poetman Records)




• "Nice country-folk sound, a tad like Eric Clapton gone country" Les Reynolds (Indie Music)




• Mike Marino is now getting airplay around the world from Melbourne Australia to West Virginia thanks to Acoustic Rainbow & requests for CD's are still coming in from many stations in the states!




• "Very solid production, with an intensive voice and powerfully played. Our listeners favorite tracks so far are #4, #10, & #15" Andrea Stolle: DJ Old Stringhouse Music -- Herford Germany




• "Received your CD the other day--- Thoroughly enjoyable and well suited for several of our programs" Martin Wright - Program Manager- Plenty Valley FM 88.6 Yarrambat Australia