Traditional spirituals, turn-of-the-century New Orleans Gospel, and a slice of influence from Johnny Cash describes the musical portrait from INO Records’ artist Mike Farris, whose musical background stems from founding the Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies to touring with the likes of Blues Traveler, Sheryl Crow and the Allman Brothers Band.  Farris’ INO debut, Salvation in Lights, is set to release June 26th.
 
Mike Farris’s music and soulful voice is capturing the likes of iTunes, today it is the featured Discovery Download where you can download “Sit Down Servant” for free at the link below, as well as attention from Barnes & Noble.com, Burnlounge Magazine, CCM Magazine, and Aspiring Retail.  Farris will wow Music City with two local performances during street week (see below for details). 

Farris shares the excitement and anticipation on the upcoming release, "These are the best days of my life!! A year ago at this time I was
recording the basic tracks for what was to become the album Salvation In Lights. I have every reason to be anxious, worried, scared and full of fear, but today, as I write, yours truly is worry free. We have incredible things happening that I would have never dreamed would happen.  All in all I have been blessed in so many ways and given so many things that I honestly thought was beyond reach! I have to remind myself that it wasn't that long ago that wondered if I would ever get to play music again, and now here I am, having the chance to play my favorite music in the world with the best musicians and singers in the world, enjoying what is truly, the best days of my life.”

ITunes Discovery Download: “Sit Down Servant”
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=257445272&s=143441&i=256743278

Early Reviews
“Mike Farris finds salvation through Southern rock rebellion.”  ~ Burnlounge Magazine

“Mike Farris has the soul of a true blues musician...on the whole, Salvation in Lights, while rooted in the blues, feels more like a sunny day.”
~ Aspiring Retail

“Expect a variety of musical styles centered around a soulful vocalist. One can’t help but want to hear Farris’ band live, freed from the constraints of production.” ~ CCM Magazine

About “Salvation in Lights”
Salvation in Lights is a traveling tent-revival of an album, working its way up the banks of the Mississippi River from New Orleans through Memphis and onto points north. Recorded at the same Nashville house-studio where White Stripes/Raconteurs leader Jack White recorded Loretta Lynn's award-winning Van Lear Rose album, Farris' sophomore solo effort uses the musical language of spirituals, timeless stories of struggle, some of which are centuries-old slave spirituals, and soul to tell a uniquely redemptive story.

For more information: http://www.mikefarrismusic.net