WICKED's Merideth Kaye Clark Releases 'Young Stellar Object,' 7/20

Fresh off a two-year stint in the hit musical Wicked (Elphaba standby, First National Tour), Merideth Kaye Clark is releasing a solo album: Young Stellar Object. Performing the leading role over 150 times in 30+ cities, Merideth still spent many hours a week waiting backstage for her chance to be painted green. She put this spare time traveling the country with Wicked to use, writing and recording a folk-pop album that channels her unique experience of a life being lived on the road.

The term Young Stellar Object is borrowed from astronomy, to describe a star that is not yet fully formed. This title serves as an apt description of a performer waiting to play the starring role at a moment's notice, and compliments the cosmic-themed imagery found in many of the songs ("Beautiful Silence"; "Trip to the Moon"; "Stars"; "Dawn"; "Shine On").

The album's nine tracks highlight Merideth's voice, as well as the talent of musicians from across the country and in the traveling orchestra of Wicked. Produced, engineered and mixed by Ricky Marson, the instrumental scoring is richly textured with guitar, piano, bass, cello, mandolin, harmonica, trumpet and percussion. Clark and Marson previously teamed up to create Girl Robot, an original YouTube musical (http://girlrobot.tv). Both are alumni of Emory University. Young Stellar Object will be available for digital download at iTunes, Amazon and meridethkayeclark.com starting Tuesday, July 20, 2010.

Live show dates include:
July 26: New York, NY -- Googie's above the Living Room
August 8: Kansas City, MO -- The Brick
August 11: Kansas City, MO -- The Record Bar
August 20: Atlanta, GA -- The Atlanta Room at Smith's Olde Bar
August 22: Nashville, TN -- The Rutledge

For further information, please contact Ricky Marson:
richardmarson@gmail.com; 917-531-5406