IAN MCFERON PERFORMS ON RTE RADIO 1 WITH PAT KENNY - 11/1/11
DUBLIN, IRELAND - Ian & Alisa perform live on Ireland's most popular radio show, Today with Pat Kenny on RTE Radio 1.

IAN MCFERON PERFORMS ON BBC RADIO DEVON - 10/22/11
DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM - Ian & Alisa visit the BBC Radio Devon studio for a live performance and morning discussion with John Grovier. Other guests for the morning show included Mark Ormrod, local singer-songwriter Ellie Williams, and Benjamin Mee (author of We Bought A Zoo).

IAN MCFERON PERFORMS ON BBC RADIO BRISTOL - 10/13/11
BRISTOL, UNITED KINGDOM - Ian & Alisa visit the BBC Radio Bristol studio for a live performance and chat on The Afternoon Show with Elise Rayner.

IAN MCFERON EMBARKS ON UK/IRELAND TOUR - October/November 2011
Ian & Alisa perform 31 shows in just 33 days across England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Ireland.

"SUMMER NIGHTS" REVIEWED BY THE MUSIC CRITIC - 9/20/11
Charlie Brown/The Music Critic - UNITED KINGDOM - "...There are many troubadours out there but unlike a lot of his polished slick contemporaries you get the feeling that with the relentless touring, travelling and 6 albums in 8 years, Ian McFeron is benefitting from doing it the hard way. He is the real deal and isn’t faking it." READ->

BLUES MATTERS REVIEWS "SUMMER NIGHTS" - August/September 2011
Merv Osborne/Blues Matters - UNITED KINGDOM - "...McFeron is a wordsmith of quality who seems at ease with acoustic guitar or paino..." READ->

"SUMMER NIGHTS" REVIEWED BY GET READY TO ROCK! - 8/25/11
Pete Feenstra/Get Ready To Rock! - UNITED KINGDOM - "...'Summer Nights' is real delight of an album, full of carefully crafted songs, weighty lyrics and a great 'live in the studio' band feel and is surely one of the most impressive independent releases of the year. Americana never sounded so good." READ->

MISSOULA INDEPENDENT REVIEWS "SUMMER NIGHTS" - 7/21/11
Erika Fredrickson/Missoula Independent - MISSOULA, MT - "...It's for turning up loud so that it wraps you up like a big sound blanket. It's the soundtrack for that moment you're gonna kick your office job in the balls and do what you've really wanted to do with your life all along..." READ->

IAN MCFERON PERFORMS LIVE ON SIRIUS-XM'S "THE COFFEE HOUSE" - 7/12/11
Ian & Alisa fly to New York City to record live versions of "I'll Come Knockin'" and several other tunes at SiriusXM. Live cuts have been added into rotation at "The Coffee House".

MAVERICK MAGAZINE GIVES "SUMMER NIGHTS" FOUR STARS - July 2011
Alan Harrison/Maverick Magazine - UNITED KINGDOM - "...You don't have to know about Ian McFeron's background to know that these songs were all probably written in cheap hotels in the middle of the night, and history tells us that's where the best ones come from..." READ->

MUSIC WITH A STORY COMES TO FRIDAY HARBOR - 6/27/11
Cali Bagby/Journal of the San Juan Reporter - FRIDAY HARBOR, WA - "...the piano was handed down to Nash McFeron in her home in Shoreline, Wash. Her 4-year-old son Ian, immediately started playing — by ear —, songs like Beethoven’s 'Moonlight Sonata.' The only time he didn’t play was during music lessons. He was the kind of kid who wanted to make his own music..." READ->

"SUMMER NIGHTS" REVIEWED BY AMERICANA-UK.COM - 6/14/11
Tim Merricks/Americana-UK - UNITED KINGDOM - "Ian McFeron has put together a tight outfit, as he always does. It’s bluesy and catchy with nods to early jazz and swing. No frills but like all the best bands everybody knows when to do their thing..." READ->

"SUMMER NIGHTS" REVIEWED BY NORTHERN SKY - 6/4/11
Allan Wilkinson/Northern Sky - UNITED KINGDOM - "...With a distinctive and clear vocal delivery, sometimes reminiscent of Lennon's raspy and heavily reverberated Rock and Roll period, McFeron's unambiguous lyrics tell each story with confidence and assurance, whilst the arrangements touch on everything from gospel, blues, soul and jazz, all within the overall genre of alt-country..." READ->

NIGHT AFTER NIGHT - 6/2/11
Jim Beal/San Antonio Express-News - SAN ANTONIO, TX - "No strangers to First Friday gatherings at the Blue Star, the Seattle-based duo...have a reason to celebrate beyond being just back in town..." READ->

"SUMMER NIGHTS" REVIEWED BY FLYINSHOES REVIEW - 5/22/11
John Davey/Flyinshoes Review - UNITED KINGDOM - "...every song here is really strong and what really hooked me in was his neat way of expressing a sentiment; simple lines like "Come see me (before you go)" have a way of getting to the nub of the matter with poetic neatness..." READ->

"I'LL COME KNOCKIN'" ADDED INTO ROTATION AT SIRIUS-XM "THE COFFEEHOUSE" - Spring 2011
Other stations playing cuts from Summer Nights are: CIUT, KAXE, KBCS, KBOO, KEXP, KFAN, KDHX, KDNK, KPFT, KPOV, KRVM, KSMF, KUMD, KWMR, WERU, WETS, WHAY, WHFC, WJHS, WMKY, WMSV, WMUD, WQBR, WUSO, WUWM, WVIA, Country Bear Radio, Radiofreeamericana, Wildman Steve Radio, in the UK on: BBC, Bob Harris BBC Radio 2, The Bay Radio, The Miller Tells Her Tale, Radio Nan Gaidheal, On The Crooked Road, Gilded Palace of Sin, Nan Gaidheal, in Ireland on: RTE Radio 1, Midweek Music Miscellany, in the Netherlands on: Radio Noordoost Friesland & Rootsparadise, RADIOGIRL on Dollard Radio, Blueprint - Radio Parkstad, Songriver, Folk & Blues Girl - Dollard Radio, Tuesday Night Americana Music Club, Acoustic Rain, PeelGrass, Radio Noordoost Friesland & Rootsparadise, in Germany on: Hillbilly Rockhouse, Roots - Ems-Vechte-Welle, Hillbilly Rockhouse /Countrymusic24.com, and in Spain on Plastico Elastico

"SUMMER NIGHTS" REVIEWED BY LONESOME HIGHWAY - 5/8/11
Stephen Rapid/Lonesome Highway - DUBLIN, IRELAND - "...Summer Nights though is definitely a grower and the music slowly revealing its strengths with each listen. The production and players given McFeron's songs the perfect soil from which they can grow..." READ->

"SUMMER NIGHTS" REVIEWED BY A FIFTY CENT LIGHTER & A WHISKEY BUZZ - 5/6/11
Nelson Gullett/A Fifty Cent Lighter & A Whiskey Buzz - KNOXVILLE, TN - "We move from Australia to Seattle for our next artist, Ian McFeron and his sixth CD Summer Nights. For this record, McFeron went to Nashville..." READ->

"SUMMER NIGHTS" REVIEWED BY FAIR OAKS ENTERTAINMENT - 4/25/11
ULVERSTON, UNITED KINGDOM - "...If I had to compare this album with another one then the feel of it reminds me quite a bit of some of Neil Young's early albums ~ "After The Goldrush" perhaps? I can't think of a finer compliment than that..." READ->

IAN & ALISA "LIVE FROM STUDIO C" ON KDHX, 88.1fm - 4/22/11
SAINT LOUIS, MO - "Summer Nights, the new album by Ian McFeron, leaves an impression upon the soul, with the resonating sounds of the acoustic guitar..." LISTEN&READ->

IMPROMPTU TAPING BY THE DULUTH SCENE - 4/12/11
While the Duluth Aerial Bridge was raised for boat traffic, Ryan Dahlberg of the Duluth Scene suggested taping "Hard Since You've Been Gone" in the road of downtown Duluth. WATCH->

IAN & ALISA "LIVE FROM STUDIO A" ON KUMD, 103.3fm - 4/12/11
Ian & Alisa visit the University of Minneapolis' KUMD in Duluth to perform songs from the new album, and to chat about visiting Bob Dylan's home town. LISTEN->

IAN & ALISA VISIT "THE PULSE" AT BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY- 4/1/11
Ian & Alisa stop by Boise State University's "The Pulse" to chat with Dustin and play a few tunes. LISTEN->

IAN MCFERON BAND VISIT THE MARTY RIEMER SHOW - 3/16/11
Ian & the band visit the "Moldy Basement" of The Marty Riemer Show to talk about the new album, Hollywood's 10 worst Tweets, and to bare witness to Jody Brother's and Marty's profound love for reality TV. WATCH->

IAN MCFERON RECORDING NEW ALBUM IN NASHVILLE - January 2011
Ian and Alisa visit Nashville to record Ian's sixth studio album at Studio G! with guitarist and producer Doug Lancio (Patty Griffin, John Hiatt). Additional guest musicians include drummer Brad Pemberton (Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Willie Nelson), bassist Billy Mercer (Ryan Adams, Mindy Smith, Todd Snyder), and keyboardist Micah Hulscher (Wanda Jackson, Dusty 45's).