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Welcome to FabricationsHQ
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Freelance Music Writer & Music Promotion
"Putting the Words to the Music"
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Welcome to FabricationsHQ
Home to the musical articles, reviews and features by
Ross Muir
Freelance Music Writer & Music Promotion
"Putting the Words to the Music"
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Contributing writer & reviewer: Nelson McFarlane
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Muirsical Thoughts, Muirsical News
Singer, songwriter and guitarist Adam Norsworthy has brought together some of the finest & most respected musicians from the UK’s blues rock scene to back him on his forthcoming new solo album, Infinite Hotel.
For his fourth solo album, which will be released on March 4th, 2022, the versatile musician (front man & primary songwriter of The Mustangs; guitarist & songwriter in the highly regarded Milk Men; critically acclaimed singer-songwriter solo artist) is backed by a high-quality 'supergroup' band of Oli Brown (bass, guitar), Bennett Holland (keys), Rich Young (piano, synth) and Wayne Proctor (drums, production, mixing).
Infinite Hotel, a big sounding record that blends rock, blues, pop & folk, is preceded by the first single to be lifted from the album, the epic sounding blues ballad 'In Time I Will Forget You.'
For his fourth solo album, which will be released on March 4th, 2022, the versatile musician (front man & primary songwriter of The Mustangs; guitarist & songwriter in the highly regarded Milk Men; critically acclaimed singer-songwriter solo artist) is backed by a high-quality 'supergroup' band of Oli Brown (bass, guitar), Bennett Holland (keys), Rich Young (piano, synth) and Wayne Proctor (drums, production, mixing).
Infinite Hotel, a big sounding record that blends rock, blues, pop & folk, is preceded by the first single to be lifted from the album, the epic sounding blues ballad 'In Time I Will Forget You.'
Of the new single Adam Norsworthy says "I felt the song was almost like a bluesy James Bond theme tune, so I wanted one of those Bond dancing-girl silhouettes in the video.
The rest of the visuals are true to the lyrics... how the passing of deep time will one day distinguish everything that has ever grown or been built, everything that has ever been created, felt or thought.
Some people may feel that this is a depressing thought, I know others find it oddly comforting. I'm undecided myself, so I just make as much music as I can before the decay begins!"
The songs on Infinite Hotel explore themes of love, loss, mortality, the environment, and the human need to explore the cosmos and find not only meaning to life, but a new home – perhaps even a series of ‘hotel’ planets to be inhabited, one after the other, until the universe itself dies.
"There are such big themes on this album that it needed
a big sound, and we have got that," continues Adam,
"but it still boils down to the essential essence of a voice, a story and a guitar; critically, the intimacy is still there amidst the huge soundscapes of the songs."
The Mustangs, featuring Adam Norsworthy, are four-time British Blues Award nominees and one of the most-established and respected blues rock bands in the UK.
The Milk Men recently had national chart success when their latest album Deliverance broke into the Top 40 albums on The Amazon Chart.
Adam Norsworthy’s solo work, showcasing a more reflective side of the multi-faceted artist, has seen huge critical acclaim.
His 2016 album Rainbird was named singer-songwriter album of the year by various music websites including FabricationsHQ.
'In Time I Will Forget You' is available now to download or stream on all digital platforms.
Website: www.adamnorsworthy.co.uk
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The rest of the visuals are true to the lyrics... how the passing of deep time will one day distinguish everything that has ever grown or been built, everything that has ever been created, felt or thought.
Some people may feel that this is a depressing thought, I know others find it oddly comforting. I'm undecided myself, so I just make as much music as I can before the decay begins!"
The songs on Infinite Hotel explore themes of love, loss, mortality, the environment, and the human need to explore the cosmos and find not only meaning to life, but a new home – perhaps even a series of ‘hotel’ planets to be inhabited, one after the other, until the universe itself dies.
"There are such big themes on this album that it needed
a big sound, and we have got that," continues Adam,
"but it still boils down to the essential essence of a voice, a story and a guitar; critically, the intimacy is still there amidst the huge soundscapes of the songs."
The Mustangs, featuring Adam Norsworthy, are four-time British Blues Award nominees and one of the most-established and respected blues rock bands in the UK.
The Milk Men recently had national chart success when their latest album Deliverance broke into the Top 40 albums on The Amazon Chart.
Adam Norsworthy’s solo work, showcasing a more reflective side of the multi-faceted artist, has seen huge critical acclaim.
His 2016 album Rainbird was named singer-songwriter album of the year by various music websites including FabricationsHQ.
'In Time I Will Forget You' is available now to download or stream on all digital platforms.
Website: www.adamnorsworthy.co.uk
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Multi-disciplined musician, composer and producer/ director David Minasian has just released a Double
A sided single coupling the tracks 'Room With Dark Corners' & S'ummer's End.'
Following the 2020 release of his progressive art-rock album
The Sound of Dreams (featuring a who’s who of progressive rock royalty) David Minasian will release Random Dreams: The Very Best of David Minasian Vol. 1 later this year on Golden Robot Records.
A taster of the forthcoming Very Best Of first came via the remixed double-A sided single 'The Sound of Dreams' & 'Masquerade' and, now the 2021 remixes of 'Room With Dark Corners' & 'Summer’s End' (available on all digital platforms).
David Minasian enlisted the talents of Moody Blues vocalist Julie Ragins and Pentagram drummer Geof O’Keefe to help with the recording of 'Room With Dark Corners,' which originally featured on The Sound of Dreams.
One of the most compelling tracks from David Minasian’s 2010 symphonic rock masterpiece, Random Acts of Beauty, is 'Summer’s End,' featuring the emotive guitar work of David’s son Justin who delivered one of the album’s most powerful performances.
A sided single coupling the tracks 'Room With Dark Corners' & S'ummer's End.'
Following the 2020 release of his progressive art-rock album
The Sound of Dreams (featuring a who’s who of progressive rock royalty) David Minasian will release Random Dreams: The Very Best of David Minasian Vol. 1 later this year on Golden Robot Records.
A taster of the forthcoming Very Best Of first came via the remixed double-A sided single 'The Sound of Dreams' & 'Masquerade' and, now the 2021 remixes of 'Room With Dark Corners' & 'Summer’s End' (available on all digital platforms).
David Minasian enlisted the talents of Moody Blues vocalist Julie Ragins and Pentagram drummer Geof O’Keefe to help with the recording of 'Room With Dark Corners,' which originally featured on The Sound of Dreams.
One of the most compelling tracks from David Minasian’s 2010 symphonic rock masterpiece, Random Acts of Beauty, is 'Summer’s End,' featuring the emotive guitar work of David’s son Justin who delivered one of the album’s most powerful performances.
David Minasian is a keyboardist, vocalist, composer and producer who began classical piano training at the age of five. His critically acclaimed 2010 album Random Acts of Beauty became one of the biggest progressive rock releases of the year and featured a rare guest appearance by legendary guitarist Andrew Latimer of the English progressive rock band Camel.
As a motion picture producer, director and writer David Minasian has over 150 credits to his name.
He has worked alongside the likes of Mel Gibson and Martin Landau, as well as many musical icons including Elton John, The Moody Blues, Alan Parsons, Kris Kristofferson and Three Dog Night.
Listen / purchase Room With Dark Corners / Summer's End here.
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As a motion picture producer, director and writer David Minasian has over 150 credits to his name.
He has worked alongside the likes of Mel Gibson and Martin Landau, as well as many musical icons including Elton John, The Moody Blues, Alan Parsons, Kris Kristofferson and Three Dog Night.
Listen / purchase Room With Dark Corners / Summer's End here.
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Progressivelly focused singer-guitarist Dec Burke (Darwin’s Radio, Frost*, Dilemma, AudioPlastik) has just released his new, and fourth, solo album Life In Two Dimensions.
Life In Two Dimensions is an album of our times. Written against the backdrop of the UK lockdown throughout 2020, the ten track album covers themes of loss, hope and excitement, as well as the modern world of endless advertising and materialism.
Musically, the material is far from two dimensional, ranging from powerful, guitar driven numbers and more immediate rock to melodic balladeering and the more progressive.
The title track manages to successfully coalesce all of the above...
Life In Two Dimensions is an album of our times. Written against the backdrop of the UK lockdown throughout 2020, the ten track album covers themes of loss, hope and excitement, as well as the modern world of endless advertising and materialism.
Musically, the material is far from two dimensional, ranging from powerful, guitar driven numbers and more immediate rock to melodic balladeering and the more progressive.
The title track manages to successfully coalesce all of the above...
Life In Two Dimensions also features contributions from Scott Higham - drums; Kristoffer Gildenlöw (Pain of Salvation) - bass; Robin Z. (Dilemma) - piano; Guilherme Aguilar - bass & cello; Reiner Siemens - bass; Robin Armstrong (Cosmograf) - bass, backing vocals, keys, mixing, mastering.
Limerick born Dec Burke moved to the UK in 1989.
A keyboard player before moving more predominately to guitar, Burke performed with acclaimed neo-prog band Frost* on their 2008 album Experiments in Mass Appeal and 2010 live album The Philadelphia Experiment.
He also performed with Darwin's Radio as guitarist/ vocalist, recording two albums with the band – 2006's Eyes of the World and 2009's Template for a Generation.
In 2010 he released his first solo album, Destroy All Monsters, recorded at his home studio and released via ProgRock Records in the US.
The debut album was followed by Paradigms & Storylines in 2011 and Book of Secrets in 2016.
Dec Burke also features with AudioPlastik (2015's In the Head
of a Maniac) and in 2016 joined Dutch prog band Dilemma during recording for what became the band’s second album, Random Acts of Liberation (2019).
Life In Two Dimension CD, as well as a Life In Two Dimensions
t-shirt, are available to purchase from:
https://www.gravitydream.co.uk/product-category/dec-burke/
The digital download of the album can be purchased from: https://decburke.bandcamp.com/releases
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Limerick born Dec Burke moved to the UK in 1989.
A keyboard player before moving more predominately to guitar, Burke performed with acclaimed neo-prog band Frost* on their 2008 album Experiments in Mass Appeal and 2010 live album The Philadelphia Experiment.
He also performed with Darwin's Radio as guitarist/ vocalist, recording two albums with the band – 2006's Eyes of the World and 2009's Template for a Generation.
In 2010 he released his first solo album, Destroy All Monsters, recorded at his home studio and released via ProgRock Records in the US.
The debut album was followed by Paradigms & Storylines in 2011 and Book of Secrets in 2016.
Dec Burke also features with AudioPlastik (2015's In the Head
of a Maniac) and in 2016 joined Dutch prog band Dilemma during recording for what became the band’s second album, Random Acts of Liberation (2019).
Life In Two Dimension CD, as well as a Life In Two Dimensions
t-shirt, are available to purchase from:
https://www.gravitydream.co.uk/product-category/dec-burke/
The digital download of the album can be purchased from: https://decburke.bandcamp.com/releases
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Semi-legendary garden machinery obsessed thrash (or perhaps thresh?) merchants Lawnmower Deth are heading back to the studio shed for their first album in nearly thirty years.
Off the back of their Bloodstock 2021 headline appearance (described as "a perfect ninety minutes of utter stupidity" by one reviewer) Lawnmower Deth return to the music fold with their first album since 1993’s Billy.
The forthcoming Blunt Cutters is guaranteed to tears through the weeds and reignite the oddball and irreverently thrash-punk sound of the band as made (in)famous with by the likes of Ooh Crikey, It’s…Lawnmower Deth (1990) and Return of the Fabulous Metal Bozo Clowns (1992).
Formed in Nottingham in 1987, the band split in 1994 after three albums.
Reuniting after being asked to support Bullet for My Valentine at Alexandra Palace in 2008, that supposed one-off gig became a permanent fixture – the band have since graced Download six times, Bloodstock three and sightings at Hammerfest, Wildfire, Damnation and more.
Lawnmower Deth are also known for their Christmas single 'F U Kristmas' and enduring cover of the Kim Wilde classic 'Kids In America,' which they performed together, with two other quick-fire songs, at Download 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rSK_MnDOXs
(Whether Kim appears on Blunt Cutters, you’ll have to wait and see/ hear).
As regards the Chris Clancy (Massive Wagons, Those Damn Crows) produced album, tracks such as 'Into The Pit,' 'I Don’t Want To' and 'Deth! Maim! Kill!' are about as thrash as you can get without wanting to sue for whiplash, while songs like 'Swarfega,' 'Space Herpes' and 'Good Morning Phil' are genuinely funny (proof the band have lost none of their sense of humour).
Blunt Cutters. May tour chosen God have mercy on your souls. Oh, and fetch the compost.
Lawnmower Death – Blunt Cutters (Cherry Red Records/ Dissonance Productions).
Released on CD & Digital/ Streaming January 28th 2022
Limited Edition Transparent Green Vinyl available June 24th 2022
Track listing:
Into the Pit; I Don’t Want To; Botheration; Swarfega; Bastard Squad; Now He’s a Priest; Good Morning, Phil; Bobblehead; Raise Your Snails; Deth! Maim! Kill!; Christ Options; Hell’s Teeth; Blunt Cutters; Space Herpes; Nothing But Noise; Goodnight, Bob; Power Bagging; Agency of C.O.B.
Lawnmower Deth play the Garage in London on Saturday 18th December; more live dates are expected to be announced soon.
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Off the back of their Bloodstock 2021 headline appearance (described as "a perfect ninety minutes of utter stupidity" by one reviewer) Lawnmower Deth return to the music fold with their first album since 1993’s Billy.
The forthcoming Blunt Cutters is guaranteed to tears through the weeds and reignite the oddball and irreverently thrash-punk sound of the band as made (in)famous with by the likes of Ooh Crikey, It’s…Lawnmower Deth (1990) and Return of the Fabulous Metal Bozo Clowns (1992).
Formed in Nottingham in 1987, the band split in 1994 after three albums.
Reuniting after being asked to support Bullet for My Valentine at Alexandra Palace in 2008, that supposed one-off gig became a permanent fixture – the band have since graced Download six times, Bloodstock three and sightings at Hammerfest, Wildfire, Damnation and more.
Lawnmower Deth are also known for their Christmas single 'F U Kristmas' and enduring cover of the Kim Wilde classic 'Kids In America,' which they performed together, with two other quick-fire songs, at Download 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rSK_MnDOXs
(Whether Kim appears on Blunt Cutters, you’ll have to wait and see/ hear).
As regards the Chris Clancy (Massive Wagons, Those Damn Crows) produced album, tracks such as 'Into The Pit,' 'I Don’t Want To' and 'Deth! Maim! Kill!' are about as thrash as you can get without wanting to sue for whiplash, while songs like 'Swarfega,' 'Space Herpes' and 'Good Morning Phil' are genuinely funny (proof the band have lost none of their sense of humour).
Blunt Cutters. May tour chosen God have mercy on your souls. Oh, and fetch the compost.
Lawnmower Death – Blunt Cutters (Cherry Red Records/ Dissonance Productions).
Released on CD & Digital/ Streaming January 28th 2022
Limited Edition Transparent Green Vinyl available June 24th 2022
Track listing:
Into the Pit; I Don’t Want To; Botheration; Swarfega; Bastard Squad; Now He’s a Priest; Good Morning, Phil; Bobblehead; Raise Your Snails; Deth! Maim! Kill!; Christ Options; Hell’s Teeth; Blunt Cutters; Space Herpes; Nothing But Noise; Goodnight, Bob; Power Bagging; Agency of C.O.B.
Lawnmower Deth play the Garage in London on Saturday 18th December; more live dates are expected to be announced soon.
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Montreal-based retro-styled rock quartet The Damn Truth have released 'Tomorrow' as a single with accompanying and seriously cool music video.
'Tomorrow' is lifted from the band’s outstanding third album Now Or Nowhere, which garnered Feature Album Review (album of the month choice) on FabricationsHQ earlier in the year:
http://www.fabricationshq.com/the-damn-truth---now-or-nowhere.html
The anthemic song, complete with big earworm chorus, is accompanied by cleverly woven "time-spanning" video (a visual performance journey through the 60s, 70s & 90s; each era being a major influences on the band) directed by Ariel Levesque and Ben Gelfand at I/O Studio in Montreal.
'Tomorrow' is lifted from the band’s outstanding third album Now Or Nowhere, which garnered Feature Album Review (album of the month choice) on FabricationsHQ earlier in the year:
http://www.fabricationshq.com/the-damn-truth---now-or-nowhere.html
The anthemic song, complete with big earworm chorus, is accompanied by cleverly woven "time-spanning" video (a visual performance journey through the 60s, 70s & 90s; each era being a major influences on the band) directed by Ariel Levesque and Ben Gelfand at I/O Studio in Montreal.
The 'Tomorrow' video was as real for the band as a time travelling visual could produce – "we time travelled to some of our favourite musical eras and what a trip it was!" commented singer & guitarist Lee-La Baum, while the guys in the band actually did shave off their facial hair for the '60s' scenes, once all other sequences were shot.
"With a reputation like ours; cleaning up was a challenge" confirms drummer Dave Traina – "my upper lip hadn't seen the light of day in over a decade!"
The Damn Truth will embark on a 13-date UK tour in February 2022 as Special Guests to King King.
In addition, the band will headline their own shows at Leek Foxlowe Arts (Feb 13), Leeds Lending Room (Feb 15), Bristol Exchange (Feb 16), and Southampton 1865 (Feb 25).
Tickets are available from www.thegigcartel.com/Artists-profiles/The-Damn-Truth.htm
“We’re looking forward to touring the UK,” says lead singer and guitarist, Lee-la Baum. “Last time we played the UK was a one-night banger in London that left us wanting for more. We cannot wait to come back and hit the road in the UK!”
The Damn Truth - Special Guests to King King, February 2022
(* The Damn Truth Headline date)
York, Grand Opera House - Thursday 10th February
Newcastle, Boiler Shop - Friday 11th February
Glasgow, O2 Academy - Saturday 12th February
* Leek, Foxlowe Arts - Sunday 13th February
* Leeds, Lending Room - Tuesday 15th February
* Bristol, Exchange - Wednesday 16th February
Manchester, Academy - Thursday 17th February
Sheffield, Leadmill - Saturday 19th February
Cardiff, Y Plas - Sunday 20th February
Birmingham, Town Hall - Tuesday 22nd February
Bury St Edmunds, The Apex Arts Centre - Wednesday 23rd February
London, Electric Ballroom - Thursday 24th February
* Southampton, The 1865 - Friday 25th February
https://linktr.ee/thedamntruth www.thedamntruth.com
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"With a reputation like ours; cleaning up was a challenge" confirms drummer Dave Traina – "my upper lip hadn't seen the light of day in over a decade!"
The Damn Truth will embark on a 13-date UK tour in February 2022 as Special Guests to King King.
In addition, the band will headline their own shows at Leek Foxlowe Arts (Feb 13), Leeds Lending Room (Feb 15), Bristol Exchange (Feb 16), and Southampton 1865 (Feb 25).
Tickets are available from www.thegigcartel.com/Artists-profiles/The-Damn-Truth.htm
“We’re looking forward to touring the UK,” says lead singer and guitarist, Lee-la Baum. “Last time we played the UK was a one-night banger in London that left us wanting for more. We cannot wait to come back and hit the road in the UK!”
The Damn Truth - Special Guests to King King, February 2022
(* The Damn Truth Headline date)
York, Grand Opera House - Thursday 10th February
Newcastle, Boiler Shop - Friday 11th February
Glasgow, O2 Academy - Saturday 12th February
* Leek, Foxlowe Arts - Sunday 13th February
* Leeds, Lending Room - Tuesday 15th February
* Bristol, Exchange - Wednesday 16th February
Manchester, Academy - Thursday 17th February
Sheffield, Leadmill - Saturday 19th February
Cardiff, Y Plas - Sunday 20th February
Birmingham, Town Hall - Tuesday 22nd February
Bury St Edmunds, The Apex Arts Centre - Wednesday 23rd February
London, Electric Ballroom - Thursday 24th February
* Southampton, The 1865 - Friday 25th February
https://linktr.ee/thedamntruth www.thedamntruth.com
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Legendary progressives Caravan will release their new album It’s None Of Your Business on CD on 8th October, and on Vinyl LP on 8th November, on Madfish Music.
Pre-order: https://CaravanBand.lnk.to/ItsNoneOfYourBusiness
The album has been preceded by lead-off single 'If I was to Fly.'
The light (hearted) and fittingly airy, upbeat above-the-world's-troubles number is accompanied by equally fitting animated video.
Pre-order: https://CaravanBand.lnk.to/ItsNoneOfYourBusiness
The album has been preceded by lead-off single 'If I was to Fly.'
The light (hearted) and fittingly airy, upbeat above-the-world's-troubles number is accompanied by equally fitting animated video.
The new album, the band’s first since 2013’ Paradise Filter, features nine new songs plus one instrumental track influenced, to a degree, by the events and restrictions placed on society over the past 18 months.
Caravan are Pye Hastings (guitar, vocals), Geoffrey Richardson (viola, mandolin, guitar), Jan Schelhaas (keyboards) and Mark Walker (drums).
Noted bassist Lee Pomeroy (ELO, Rick Wakeman, Take That) is guesting as bass player, following the departure of Jim Leverton; Jimmy Hastings also guests on flute.
It’s None of Your Business was recorded, as restrictions allowed, in the old-fashioned way between 24th June and 4th July 2021 at Rimshot Studio in Bredgar.
"Sitting round in a circle having eye to eye contact, a large sound room was required" Pye Hastings explains. "I much prefer this method because you can bounce ideas off each other as they occur, and voice encouragement when the whole thing begins to click.
And it is much more rewarding to be able to throw insults at each other in person rather than down a telephone line or via email. This is something we are all very experienced at, believe me!"
That togetherness characterises Its None Of Your Business which features Caravans trademark warmth and humour; there’s also a sensitivity, reflecting the times in which we are living.
Sitting among Caravan’s typically whimsical tales ('Down From London,' 'If I Was To Fly') sit more heartfelt and poignant tracks such as 'Spare a Thought' and 'Every Precious Little Thing.'
"Spare a Thought is a song I hope will jog people to remember those unfortunate people caught up in the pandemic" continues Pye Hastings.
"The line 'all those people who denied' refers to the idiots who don't follow the scientific advice. I get angry about that and the line 'Sure are interesting times' refers to the old Chinese saying “May you live in interesting times'."
Caravan will also be on tour in the UK through October, supporting the release of their new album.
Wednesday 6th October - Basingstoke The Haymarket
Thursday 7th October Islington - The Union Chapel
Friday 8th October Brighton/ Hove - The Old Market
Thursday 14th October Chester - The Live Rooms
Friday 15th October Leeds - The Bridenwell
Saturday 16th October Bury - The Met
Sunday 17th October Wolverhampton - The Robin 2 (Bilston)
Thursday 21st October Bury St Edmunds - The Apex
Friday 22nd October Newcastle - The Cluny
Saturday 23rd October Glasgow - Òran Mór
Wednesday 27th October Bristol - The Fleece
Thursday 28th October Exeter - The Phoenix
Friday 29th October Dover - The Booking Hall
Caravan are one of the doyens of the progressive rock and the Canterbury scene, formed in 1968 and blending rock, jazz, folk and classical influences into a warm and distinctive sound.
Founder member Pye Hastings remains as Caravan’s guiding light and primary songwriter.
Geoffrey Richardson first played with Caravan between 1972 and 1981 and returned to the fold in 1995.
Caravan are also celebrated their lavish 37-disc box set, entitled Who Do You Think We Are, which has just been released on Madfish Music.
https://burningshed.com/store/madfish/caravan_who-do-you-think-we-are_boxset
Caravan are Pye Hastings (guitar, vocals), Geoffrey Richardson (viola, mandolin, guitar), Jan Schelhaas (keyboards) and Mark Walker (drums).
Noted bassist Lee Pomeroy (ELO, Rick Wakeman, Take That) is guesting as bass player, following the departure of Jim Leverton; Jimmy Hastings also guests on flute.
It’s None of Your Business was recorded, as restrictions allowed, in the old-fashioned way between 24th June and 4th July 2021 at Rimshot Studio in Bredgar.
"Sitting round in a circle having eye to eye contact, a large sound room was required" Pye Hastings explains. "I much prefer this method because you can bounce ideas off each other as they occur, and voice encouragement when the whole thing begins to click.
And it is much more rewarding to be able to throw insults at each other in person rather than down a telephone line or via email. This is something we are all very experienced at, believe me!"
That togetherness characterises Its None Of Your Business which features Caravans trademark warmth and humour; there’s also a sensitivity, reflecting the times in which we are living.
Sitting among Caravan’s typically whimsical tales ('Down From London,' 'If I Was To Fly') sit more heartfelt and poignant tracks such as 'Spare a Thought' and 'Every Precious Little Thing.'
"Spare a Thought is a song I hope will jog people to remember those unfortunate people caught up in the pandemic" continues Pye Hastings.
"The line 'all those people who denied' refers to the idiots who don't follow the scientific advice. I get angry about that and the line 'Sure are interesting times' refers to the old Chinese saying “May you live in interesting times'."
Caravan will also be on tour in the UK through October, supporting the release of their new album.
Wednesday 6th October - Basingstoke The Haymarket
Thursday 7th October Islington - The Union Chapel
Friday 8th October Brighton/ Hove - The Old Market
Thursday 14th October Chester - The Live Rooms
Friday 15th October Leeds - The Bridenwell
Saturday 16th October Bury - The Met
Sunday 17th October Wolverhampton - The Robin 2 (Bilston)
Thursday 21st October Bury St Edmunds - The Apex
Friday 22nd October Newcastle - The Cluny
Saturday 23rd October Glasgow - Òran Mór
Wednesday 27th October Bristol - The Fleece
Thursday 28th October Exeter - The Phoenix
Friday 29th October Dover - The Booking Hall
Caravan are one of the doyens of the progressive rock and the Canterbury scene, formed in 1968 and blending rock, jazz, folk and classical influences into a warm and distinctive sound.
Founder member Pye Hastings remains as Caravan’s guiding light and primary songwriter.
Geoffrey Richardson first played with Caravan between 1972 and 1981 and returned to the fold in 1995.
Caravan are also celebrated their lavish 37-disc box set, entitled Who Do You Think We Are, which has just been released on Madfish Music.
https://burningshed.com/store/madfish/caravan_who-do-you-think-we-are_boxset
Photo by Carl Glover
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Rootsy, genre bending singer-guitarist Samantha Fish will embark on a nine concert tour of the UK through January 30th to February 8th, 2022.
The tour will include a show at London’s iconic venue Shepherd’s Bush Empire.
Special guest at all shows are Wille & The Bandits.
Tickets are available from www.alttickets.com/samantha-fish-tickets, www.gigantic.com/samantha-fish-tickets, www.samanthafish.com/tour and, for the Wolverhampton show, www.kkssteelmill.co.uk
"It was strange (and ambitious) announcing a tour because we were all locked down fighting this virus.
We’re still fighting! We’ve had to amend some dates along with a couple of new shows for our January and February 2022 UK tour, in some amazing venues. I can’t wait to get out there and play for you all"
- Samantha Fish
The tour is in support of Samantha Fish’s latest album Faster, which was released by Rounder Records on September 10th.
The album includes the singles 'Twisted Ambition,' 'Better Be Lonely' and latest offering, the driving by and checking out heavy-pop blues of 'Faster.'
The tour will include a show at London’s iconic venue Shepherd’s Bush Empire.
Special guest at all shows are Wille & The Bandits.
Tickets are available from www.alttickets.com/samantha-fish-tickets, www.gigantic.com/samantha-fish-tickets, www.samanthafish.com/tour and, for the Wolverhampton show, www.kkssteelmill.co.uk
"It was strange (and ambitious) announcing a tour because we were all locked down fighting this virus.
We’re still fighting! We’ve had to amend some dates along with a couple of new shows for our January and February 2022 UK tour, in some amazing venues. I can’t wait to get out there and play for you all"
- Samantha Fish
The tour is in support of Samantha Fish’s latest album Faster, which was released by Rounder Records on September 10th.
The album includes the singles 'Twisted Ambition,' 'Better Be Lonely' and latest offering, the driving by and checking out heavy-pop blues of 'Faster.'
Faster, the follow-up to 2019's acclaimed Kill or Be Kind, marks Samantha Fish's first collaboration with producer Martin Kierszenbaum (Lady Gaga, Sting), who co-wrote eight of the album's twelve songs and helped the multi-dimensional artist strike out into further, new sonic territory.
Never doing the same album twice is very much part of Samantha Fish’s musical modus operandi; this is a powerful live performer who has released a series of acclaimed albums that have shown her restless spirit consistently taking new musical directions.
"I'm never going be a traditional blues artist, because that's not who I am; but it's all the blues for me. When Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf came out, what they were doing didn't sound like anything that had been done in blues before. You've got to keep that kind of fire and spirit. I'm never going to do Muddy Waters better than Muddy Waters, so I have to be who I am and find my best voice."
Never doing the same album twice is very much part of Samantha Fish’s musical modus operandi; this is a powerful live performer who has released a series of acclaimed albums that have shown her restless spirit consistently taking new musical directions.
"I'm never going be a traditional blues artist, because that's not who I am; but it's all the blues for me. When Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf came out, what they were doing didn't sound like anything that had been done in blues before. You've got to keep that kind of fire and spirit. I'm never going to do Muddy Waters better than Muddy Waters, so I have to be who I am and find my best voice."
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The fact that US rock outfit Enuff Z’Nuff are rather fond of The Beatles has been well documented over the years.
Now, led by co-founder Chip Z'Nuff, the band have finally decided to go all in on their fandom with the release of Enuff Z’Nuff’s Hardrock Nite, a covers album featuring interpretations of seven of their favourite Fab Four songs and three post-Beatles tracks.
One of the latter, the band's version of ‘Cold Turkey,’ by the Plastic Ono Band, has been released as both a single and taster of what to expect when the album is released on 12th November.
Now, led by co-founder Chip Z'Nuff, the band have finally decided to go all in on their fandom with the release of Enuff Z’Nuff’s Hardrock Nite, a covers album featuring interpretations of seven of their favourite Fab Four songs and three post-Beatles tracks.
One of the latter, the band's version of ‘Cold Turkey,’ by the Plastic Ono Band, has been released as both a single and taster of what to expect when the album is released on 12th November.
In the late 80s Enuff Z’Nuff were acclaimed power-pop princes in glam-metal clothing; described as the Beatles and Cheap Trick combined and reinvented for the US hard rock landscape at that time.
Now centred around vocalist and bassist Chip Z’Nuff, the band continue to deliver their patented power-pop melded with hard rock stylings.
Enuff Z’Nuff’s Hardrock Nite - Track Listing:
Magical Mystery Tour; Cold Turkey; Eleanor Rigby; Live And Let Die; Dear Prudence; Helter Skelter; Jet; Revolution; Back In The U.S.S.R.; With A Little Help From My Friends
Pre-order link: https://orcd.co/hardrock
Enuff Z’Nuff
Chip Z’Nuff – vocals, bass, guitar
Tony Fennell – rhythm & lead guitars, vocals, key, strings
Tory Stoffregen - lead & slide guitars
Daniel Benjamin Hill – drums & percussion
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Now centred around vocalist and bassist Chip Z’Nuff, the band continue to deliver their patented power-pop melded with hard rock stylings.
Enuff Z’Nuff’s Hardrock Nite - Track Listing:
Magical Mystery Tour; Cold Turkey; Eleanor Rigby; Live And Let Die; Dear Prudence; Helter Skelter; Jet; Revolution; Back In The U.S.S.R.; With A Little Help From My Friends
Pre-order link: https://orcd.co/hardrock
Enuff Z’Nuff
Chip Z’Nuff – vocals, bass, guitar
Tony Fennell – rhythm & lead guitars, vocals, key, strings
Tory Stoffregen - lead & slide guitars
Daniel Benjamin Hill – drums & percussion
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Award-Winning, roots-blues singer-songwriter and bandleader Elles Bailey has released an Official Music Video for 'Cheats & Liars.'
The new single is musical taste of what is to come from the smoky voiced, Bristol based singer on Shining in the Half Light, which will be released next year.
Elles Bailey co-wrote every new track with a variety of collaborators (the new single was written with Ashton Tucker), then recorded the album in isolation in Devon, with her band and new producer Dan Weller.
The new single is musical taste of what is to come from the smoky voiced, Bristol based singer on Shining in the Half Light, which will be released next year.
Elles Bailey co-wrote every new track with a variety of collaborators (the new single was written with Ashton Tucker), then recorded the album in isolation in Devon, with her band and new producer Dan Weller.
'Cheats & Liars' is, through both song and video, a reminder that Elles Bailey is unafraid to be forthright or speak out against injustices.
"This song was born in darkness, desperation and isolation, in a time where information was fed to us by the media before hearing it from those 'in charge' says the singer, continuing: "I wanted the video to represent that; to be all alone in the half light yet surrounded by this 'media noise.'
"Cheats & Liars is about the people in their ivory towers who told us arts don't really matter, and to go and retrain. Thirty-eight percent of musicians, including myself, didn't get any kind of government funding, and some people lost everything.
It's been quite hard watching how arts has been undervalued at a time when that was what was bringing people together."
The new album title reflects the positivity that Elles Bailey she was determined to pay forward in dark times:
"It's called Shining in the Half Light because there we all were, in this time of complete uncertainty, fear, worry and isolation, and yet artists were still putting themselves on a screen, warts and all, and that brought people together, breaking down barriers and creating a special connection.
That to me is what the album is about. Being inspired in a time that was quite frankly, really uninspiring."
'Cheats & Liars' is now available to download & stream on all digital platforms:
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/ellesbailey/cheat-and-liars
"This song was born in darkness, desperation and isolation, in a time where information was fed to us by the media before hearing it from those 'in charge' says the singer, continuing: "I wanted the video to represent that; to be all alone in the half light yet surrounded by this 'media noise.'
"Cheats & Liars is about the people in their ivory towers who told us arts don't really matter, and to go and retrain. Thirty-eight percent of musicians, including myself, didn't get any kind of government funding, and some people lost everything.
It's been quite hard watching how arts has been undervalued at a time when that was what was bringing people together."
The new album title reflects the positivity that Elles Bailey she was determined to pay forward in dark times:
"It's called Shining in the Half Light because there we all were, in this time of complete uncertainty, fear, worry and isolation, and yet artists were still putting themselves on a screen, warts and all, and that brought people together, breaking down barriers and creating a special connection.
That to me is what the album is about. Being inspired in a time that was quite frankly, really uninspiring."
'Cheats & Liars' is now available to download & stream on all digital platforms:
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/ellesbailey/cheat-and-liars
Photo by Alan Dunkley
Elles Bailey will be back in her other "home" - that of the road - in October for her 18-date autumn & winter tour of the UK.
Ticket purchasing: https://www.ellesbailey.com/tour
Oct 8 : Bristol, Thelka
Oct 9 : London, The Garage
Oct 28 : Newbury, Arlington Arts
Oct 29 : Kirton in Lindsay, Town Hall
Nov 3 : Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
Nov 4 : Manchester, Night and Day
Nov 5 : Liverpool, Philharmonic
Nov 12 : Greystones, Sheffield
Nov 19 : Shoreham, Ropetackle Art
Nov 21 : Exeter, Phoenix
Nov 23 : Cambridge, Junction 2
Nov 26 : Bewdley, Music in the Hall
Nov 27 : Lichfield, Guildhall
Nov 28 : Fleet, The Harlington
Dec 4 : Bath, Chapel Arts (sold out)
Dec 9 : Glasgow, King Tuts
Dec 11 : Gateshead, Sage
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Ticket purchasing: https://www.ellesbailey.com/tour
Oct 8 : Bristol, Thelka
Oct 9 : London, The Garage
Oct 28 : Newbury, Arlington Arts
Oct 29 : Kirton in Lindsay, Town Hall
Nov 3 : Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
Nov 4 : Manchester, Night and Day
Nov 5 : Liverpool, Philharmonic
Nov 12 : Greystones, Sheffield
Nov 19 : Shoreham, Ropetackle Art
Nov 21 : Exeter, Phoenix
Nov 23 : Cambridge, Junction 2
Nov 26 : Bewdley, Music in the Hall
Nov 27 : Lichfield, Guildhall
Nov 28 : Fleet, The Harlington
Dec 4 : Bath, Chapel Arts (sold out)
Dec 9 : Glasgow, King Tuts
Dec 11 : Gateshead, Sage
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British prog-blues rock trio The Mentulls will release their third studio album Recipe For Change on 22nd October on ProgBlues Music.
The first single, the hooky pop and classy rock-craft of 'Easy To Walk Away,' is out now.
The first single, the hooky pop and classy rock-craft of 'Easy To Walk Away,' is out now.
Recipe For Change follows 2015’s critically acclaimed and multi-faceted Reflections, a well-crafted blend of progressively arranged, 70s influenced blues rock, classic rock, melodic rock and impressive instrumentalism.
The new album is also the first to feature vocalist and multi-instrumentalist David Neil Crabtree, who joins founder members and brothers Andrew and Jamie Pipe (guitars and keyboards, respectively).
Crabtree, who’s own work as a singer/songwriter is highly acclaimed, is a fine fit alongside the Pipe brothers (Andrew Pipe was one of the youngest ever British Blues Awards nominees, two years running; Jamie Pipe continues to work with a multitude of top artists outside of The Mentulls).
Recipe For Change offers up more of The Mentulls trademark progressive-yet-hooky, accessible songcraft, much as artists like Genesis, Toto, Peter Gabriel, Journey and Rush all did in the late 70s and early 80s.
However this is no Reflections sequel, as the Recipe For Change title suggests – this is also the next chapter for The Mentulls and a subtle shift in style.
Written over the course of four years (and including three songs co-written with respected songwriter John P Taylor) and recorded during the various lockdown/s, Recipe For Change features a group of songs based around the story of a person who yearns for the countryside and a simpler way of living, after becoming weary of everyday city life and all its pressures.
Recipe For Change was produced by Wayne Proctor (who also plays drums on the album) and Andrew Pipe; it also features Raven Eye’s Oli Brown on backing vocals.
“Recipe For "Change has taken many hours of work and dedication from everyone involved and we are all incredibly proud of this record. It’s a dream album for us, in many ways.
This is definitely an album for anyone who loves melodic rock music, with intricate, progressive instrumental sections, big choruses and heartfelt lyrics."
- The Mentulls
Pre order the album (CD and Vinyl) and check out the various bundle offers here:
https://themerchdesk.com/shop/index.php?route=product/manufacturer/info&manufacturer_id=108
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The new album is also the first to feature vocalist and multi-instrumentalist David Neil Crabtree, who joins founder members and brothers Andrew and Jamie Pipe (guitars and keyboards, respectively).
Crabtree, who’s own work as a singer/songwriter is highly acclaimed, is a fine fit alongside the Pipe brothers (Andrew Pipe was one of the youngest ever British Blues Awards nominees, two years running; Jamie Pipe continues to work with a multitude of top artists outside of The Mentulls).
Recipe For Change offers up more of The Mentulls trademark progressive-yet-hooky, accessible songcraft, much as artists like Genesis, Toto, Peter Gabriel, Journey and Rush all did in the late 70s and early 80s.
However this is no Reflections sequel, as the Recipe For Change title suggests – this is also the next chapter for The Mentulls and a subtle shift in style.
Written over the course of four years (and including three songs co-written with respected songwriter John P Taylor) and recorded during the various lockdown/s, Recipe For Change features a group of songs based around the story of a person who yearns for the countryside and a simpler way of living, after becoming weary of everyday city life and all its pressures.
Recipe For Change was produced by Wayne Proctor (who also plays drums on the album) and Andrew Pipe; it also features Raven Eye’s Oli Brown on backing vocals.
“Recipe For "Change has taken many hours of work and dedication from everyone involved and we are all incredibly proud of this record. It’s a dream album for us, in many ways.
This is definitely an album for anyone who loves melodic rock music, with intricate, progressive instrumental sections, big choruses and heartfelt lyrics."
- The Mentulls
Pre order the album (CD and Vinyl) and check out the various bundle offers here:
https://themerchdesk.com/shop/index.php?route=product/manufacturer/info&manufacturer_id=108
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Power blues-rock guitarist singer-songwriter Troy Redfern has released a new single from his excellent new album ...The Fire Cosmic! to dovetail with his UK tour dates supporting Robert Jon & The Wreck (September 16th–26th).
The new single 'Stone' is the fourth song to be lifted from the much acclaimed ...The Fire Cosmic!, following on from the well-received 'Sanctify,' 'Ghosts' and 'Waiting For Your Love.'
Stream the new single at http://smarturl.it/troyredfernTFC
Written on a his vintage National guitar, 'Stone' is described by Troy Redfern as "an Appalachian style roots rocker that builds into a stratospheric anthem, and features a slide guitar solo that stretches out across vast sonic horizons."
The new single 'Stone' is the fourth song to be lifted from the much acclaimed ...The Fire Cosmic!, following on from the well-received 'Sanctify,' 'Ghosts' and 'Waiting For Your Love.'
Stream the new single at http://smarturl.it/troyredfernTFC
Written on a his vintage National guitar, 'Stone' is described by Troy Redfern as "an Appalachian style roots rocker that builds into a stratospheric anthem, and features a slide guitar solo that stretches out across vast sonic horizons."
'Stone' and the album feature bassist Dave Marks (Hans Zimmer) and drummer Darby Todd (The Darkness, Paul Gilbert); ...The Fire Cosmic! is also graced on one song by guitarist Ron “Bumblefoot’ Thal (Sons of Apollo).
Collectively it’s "the ultimate dream team" as described by Troy Redfern, on what is his best album to date, recorded at the famous Rockfield Studios in Wales.
"It was important for me to capture the raw energy of three guys playing live in the same place, at the same time, and for the album to sound massive. It was a much bigger sound than anything that I’ve released before. As soon as we heard the first takes in the control, we were blown away. We knew that we captured something special. It sounded fantastic." - Troy Redfern
Troy Redfern & band will be Special Guest on the following tours:
Robert Jon & The Wreck UK Tour; September 2021
Dates & tickets: www.alttickets.com and www.planetrocktickets.co.uk
The Quireboys UK Tour; October/November 2021 (and four dates in June 2022)
Dates & tickets: www.thegigcartel.com
Wille & The Bandits UK Tour; March/April 2022
Dates & tickets: www.willeandthebandits.com
When Rivers Meet UK Tour April/ May 2022
Dates & tickets: www.thegigcartel.com
(Further information on each of the above tours can be found on News Items/ Announcements further down this page).
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Collectively it’s "the ultimate dream team" as described by Troy Redfern, on what is his best album to date, recorded at the famous Rockfield Studios in Wales.
"It was important for me to capture the raw energy of three guys playing live in the same place, at the same time, and for the album to sound massive. It was a much bigger sound than anything that I’ve released before. As soon as we heard the first takes in the control, we were blown away. We knew that we captured something special. It sounded fantastic." - Troy Redfern
Troy Redfern & band will be Special Guest on the following tours:
Robert Jon & The Wreck UK Tour; September 2021
Dates & tickets: www.alttickets.com and www.planetrocktickets.co.uk
The Quireboys UK Tour; October/November 2021 (and four dates in June 2022)
Dates & tickets: www.thegigcartel.com
Wille & The Bandits UK Tour; March/April 2022
Dates & tickets: www.willeandthebandits.com
When Rivers Meet UK Tour April/ May 2022
Dates & tickets: www.thegigcartel.com
(Further information on each of the above tours can be found on News Items/ Announcements further down this page).
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As debut shows go, none-too-shabby…
"They might be described as 'alt-rockers from Bournemouth' but from the outset of strong debut album 'Don’t Turn Out The Lights,' and that very track, it’s clear the ball-park of Skinny Knowledge (given studio birth by songwriter & drummer turned front man Andy L Smooth) is big, anthemic crowd-pleaser numbers."
– FabricationsHQ
"They might be described as 'alt-rockers from Bournemouth' but from the outset of strong debut album 'Don’t Turn Out The Lights,' and that very track, it’s clear the ball-park of Skinny Knowledge (given studio birth by songwriter & drummer turned front man Andy L Smooth) is big, anthemic crowd-pleaser numbers."
– FabricationsHQ
Purchase the debut album from Skinny Knowledge, Don't Turn Out the Lights, here:
https://skinnyknowledge.co.uk/product/dont-turn-out-the-lights-cd/
https://skinnyknowledge.co.uk/product/dont-turn-out-the-lights-cd/
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British southern-tinged rockers Bad Touch have just released a rocking cover of Edwin Starr's 1969 Soul R&B hit, 'Twenty-Five Miles,' as a single.
Purchase/ stream the single here: https://found.ee/badtouch_twentyfivemiles
Produced by noted producer Chris Sheldon (Foo Fighters, Gun, Feeder) at the new Marshall Studio in Bletchley, the Norfolk based quintet’s rendition stays faithful to the soul vibe of the original but with a lot more blues-rock guitar weight.
Of the classic tune, Bad Touch front man Stevie Westwood says "This was one of the most fun song’s we have recorded, putting a rock spin on such a classic Motown track we felt like we had a bit more freedom with where we could take it. It’s loud, it’s funky and most importantly; it’s got soul!"
Purchase/ stream the single here: https://found.ee/badtouch_twentyfivemiles
Produced by noted producer Chris Sheldon (Foo Fighters, Gun, Feeder) at the new Marshall Studio in Bletchley, the Norfolk based quintet’s rendition stays faithful to the soul vibe of the original but with a lot more blues-rock guitar weight.
Of the classic tune, Bad Touch front man Stevie Westwood says "This was one of the most fun song’s we have recorded, putting a rock spin on such a classic Motown track we felt like we had a bit more freedom with where we could take it. It’s loud, it’s funky and most importantly; it’s got soul!"
Bad Touch were one of the first bands to enter the new Marshall Studio to record the single.
A state-of-the-art recording facility located at Marshall Amplification’s global headquarters in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, the console is built around a 70s Neve 8048, heavily modified and customised for Marshall by Neve specialist Blake Devitt.
"After such an awful 18 months for the music business, to be invited to such a space was a real gift," continues Stevie Westwood. "We thank Chris Sheldon for making the songs sound interstellar!"
You can also view the recently released 20 minute film documentary on Bad Touch’s time at Marshall Studio here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhiA4rBwNoQ
Bad Touch will embark on their Better Late Than Never UK tour in November & December 2021 (rescheduled from April 2021; all original tickets remain valid).
Special guests on all shows (except Leo’s Red Lion) are Midlands rockers Piston.
Tickets are available from www.badtouchrocks.co.uk/gigs-tours
Bad Touch are Stevie Westwood (vocals), Rob Glendinning & Daniel Seekings (guitars), Michael Bailey (bass), George Drewry (drums).
A state-of-the-art recording facility located at Marshall Amplification’s global headquarters in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, the console is built around a 70s Neve 8048, heavily modified and customised for Marshall by Neve specialist Blake Devitt.
"After such an awful 18 months for the music business, to be invited to such a space was a real gift," continues Stevie Westwood. "We thank Chris Sheldon for making the songs sound interstellar!"
You can also view the recently released 20 minute film documentary on Bad Touch’s time at Marshall Studio here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhiA4rBwNoQ
Bad Touch will embark on their Better Late Than Never UK tour in November & December 2021 (rescheduled from April 2021; all original tickets remain valid).
Special guests on all shows (except Leo’s Red Lion) are Midlands rockers Piston.
Tickets are available from www.badtouchrocks.co.uk/gigs-tours
Bad Touch are Stevie Westwood (vocals), Rob Glendinning & Daniel Seekings (guitars), Michael Bailey (bass), George Drewry (drums).
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London based guitarist-singer-songwriter Jack J Hutchinson will embark upon his largest UK tour to date through October & November.
The tour dates will be an opportunity for fans and gig goers to hear new songs from the forthcoming studio album from Jack J Hutchinson, which will be released next year.
"It’s been a long time coming!" enthuses Hutchinson.
"The response we’ve had playing festivals this year since things started opening up again has been unreal - people singing the words back to new songs halfway through, crazy!
We can’t wait to bring everyone a hard rocking show and have a good time - that's what it’s all about for me; pulling the guitar on, adjusting the hat and getting up on stage playing for people."
Punctuating this tour will be the pre-order/pre-save for new album The Hammer Falls, due for release early in 2022 and distributed by EyeSore Merch.
The heavily guitar driven album was recorded at Momentum Studios, Devon, mixed by Josiah J Manning (Inglorious, Kris Barras Band, Moriaty, Wille and The Bandits) and mastered by the Grammy award winning Stardelta (Noel Gallagher).
Jack J Hutchinson has now released the first single from the album, 'Call Of the Wild.'
The track is available on strictly limited edition split red and black 7" vinyl and digital, exclusively through Eyesore Merch, who recently released exclusives by Blackberry Smoke, Mason Hill and Wayward Sons.
The tour dates will be an opportunity for fans and gig goers to hear new songs from the forthcoming studio album from Jack J Hutchinson, which will be released next year.
"It’s been a long time coming!" enthuses Hutchinson.
"The response we’ve had playing festivals this year since things started opening up again has been unreal - people singing the words back to new songs halfway through, crazy!
We can’t wait to bring everyone a hard rocking show and have a good time - that's what it’s all about for me; pulling the guitar on, adjusting the hat and getting up on stage playing for people."
Punctuating this tour will be the pre-order/pre-save for new album The Hammer Falls, due for release early in 2022 and distributed by EyeSore Merch.
The heavily guitar driven album was recorded at Momentum Studios, Devon, mixed by Josiah J Manning (Inglorious, Kris Barras Band, Moriaty, Wille and The Bandits) and mastered by the Grammy award winning Stardelta (Noel Gallagher).
Jack J Hutchinson has now released the first single from the album, 'Call Of the Wild.'
The track is available on strictly limited edition split red and black 7" vinyl and digital, exclusively through Eyesore Merch, who recently released exclusives by Blackberry Smoke, Mason Hill and Wayward Sons.
Jack J Hutchinson October/ November UK Tour dates.
2nd October – The Factory, Worthing
6th October – The Portland Arms, Cambridge*
8th October – The Waterloo, Blackpool*
9th October – EBGBs, Liverpool*
21st October – The Brickmakers, Norwich*
22nd October – The Patriot, Crumlin*
23rd October – The Tivoli, Buckley***
24th October – Bannermans, Edinburgh*
27th October – Nightrain, Bradford*
28th October – The Asylum 2, Birmingham*
29th October – Trillians, Newcastle
5th November – Chelmsford City Football Club
6th November – Leo’s Red Lion, Gravesend**
7th November – Esquires, Bedford*
17th November – The Black Heart, London*
20th November – St Austell Band Club, St Austell
27th November – Mad Hatters, Inverness
* Firekind special guests
** Loz Campbell & Verity White special guests
*** Verity White special guest
Tickets: https://jackjhutchinsonmusic.com/2021/01/15/uk-tour-2021/
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2nd October – The Factory, Worthing
6th October – The Portland Arms, Cambridge*
8th October – The Waterloo, Blackpool*
9th October – EBGBs, Liverpool*
21st October – The Brickmakers, Norwich*
22nd October – The Patriot, Crumlin*
23rd October – The Tivoli, Buckley***
24th October – Bannermans, Edinburgh*
27th October – Nightrain, Bradford*
28th October – The Asylum 2, Birmingham*
29th October – Trillians, Newcastle
5th November – Chelmsford City Football Club
6th November – Leo’s Red Lion, Gravesend**
7th November – Esquires, Bedford*
17th November – The Black Heart, London*
20th November – St Austell Band Club, St Austell
27th November – Mad Hatters, Inverness
* Firekind special guests
** Loz Campbell & Verity White special guests
*** Verity White special guest
Tickets: https://jackjhutchinsonmusic.com/2021/01/15/uk-tour-2021/
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Award winning British husband and wife blues-rock duo When Rivers Meet – Grace Bond (lead vocals, mandolin, violin) & Aaron Bond (guitar, vocals) – have announced details of their highly anticipated sophomore album Saving Grace and news of a Headline UK tour in 2022.
Saving Grace will be released by One Road Records on Friday 19th November; it will be available on Coloured Vinyl, CD and Digital.
A first single, 'Testify,' has now been released with accompanying music video.
Saving Grace will be released by One Road Records on Friday 19th November; it will be available on Coloured Vinyl, CD and Digital.
A first single, 'Testify,' has now been released with accompanying music video.
Saving Grace is the follow-up to the band’s critically acclaimed debut album We Fly Free, released in 2020, and their previous two EPs, The Uprising and Innocence of Youth.
Earlier this year WRM became the first-ever artist or band to win four awards at the UK Blues Awards (Blues Band of the Year; Blues Album of the Year; Emerging Blues Artist of the Year; Most Inspirational Online Performance of the Year).
WRM were also voted Best New Band by the listeners of Planet Rock at the radio station’s The Rocks Awards.
With Saving Grace, WRM have set out to produce a blues rock album with a more upbeat, punchy, and exciting sound, as confirmed by Aaron Bond:
"We wanted the album to have more of an upbeat rock feel. We knew exactly what we wanted before we set off to record Saving Grace. We’re so pleased with the result and just hope everyone else loves it as much as we do!"
"Although we wanted to do something different from our previous work, we still wanted all the same elements that make our music distinctive and recognisable as When Rivers Meet," continues Grace Bond, adding that "we also wanted to keep a live, authentic vibe to the new album to retain the energetic feel in the music."
As with their previous album and EPs, Saving Grace was recorded at the Boathouse in Suffolk with producer & engineer Adam Bowers, who also contributes additional instrumentation (drums, bass, keys and trumpet on specific songs).
WRM will undertake a Headline UK tour in support of the album through April & May of 2022.
Special Guest on all dates will be Troy Redfern and his band.
Tickets are now on general sale via The Gig Cartel and See Tickets
https://www.thegigcartel.com/Artists-profiles/When-Rivers-Meet.htm
https://www.seetickets.com/search?q=when+rivers+meet
When Rivers Meet Official Website: www.whenriversmeet.co.uk
Earlier this year WRM became the first-ever artist or band to win four awards at the UK Blues Awards (Blues Band of the Year; Blues Album of the Year; Emerging Blues Artist of the Year; Most Inspirational Online Performance of the Year).
WRM were also voted Best New Band by the listeners of Planet Rock at the radio station’s The Rocks Awards.
With Saving Grace, WRM have set out to produce a blues rock album with a more upbeat, punchy, and exciting sound, as confirmed by Aaron Bond:
"We wanted the album to have more of an upbeat rock feel. We knew exactly what we wanted before we set off to record Saving Grace. We’re so pleased with the result and just hope everyone else loves it as much as we do!"
"Although we wanted to do something different from our previous work, we still wanted all the same elements that make our music distinctive and recognisable as When Rivers Meet," continues Grace Bond, adding that "we also wanted to keep a live, authentic vibe to the new album to retain the energetic feel in the music."
As with their previous album and EPs, Saving Grace was recorded at the Boathouse in Suffolk with producer & engineer Adam Bowers, who also contributes additional instrumentation (drums, bass, keys and trumpet on specific songs).
WRM will undertake a Headline UK tour in support of the album through April & May of 2022.
Special Guest on all dates will be Troy Redfern and his band.
Tickets are now on general sale via The Gig Cartel and See Tickets
https://www.thegigcartel.com/Artists-profiles/When-Rivers-Meet.htm
https://www.seetickets.com/search?q=when+rivers+meet
When Rivers Meet Official Website: www.whenriversmeet.co.uk
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Joe Bonamassa has announced the release date of his forthcoming studio album and confirmed his return to teh UK in 2022 for his first British shows in three years.
Time Clocks will be released on Friday October 29th via Provogue/Mascot Label Group in the UK and Europe, and by J&R Adventures throughout North America. The album will be available on CD, Vinyl and digital.
UK and European fans can pre-order the album here: www.mascotlabelgroup.com/collections/joe-bonamassa
Fans in North America can pre-order the album here: https://shop.jbonamassa.com/collections/time-clocks
A new single from the album, the "moving on" hard rhythm and purposeful blues of 'The Heart That Never Waits,' has now been released complete with official music video.
Time Clocks will be released on Friday October 29th via Provogue/Mascot Label Group in the UK and Europe, and by J&R Adventures throughout North America. The album will be available on CD, Vinyl and digital.
UK and European fans can pre-order the album here: www.mascotlabelgroup.com/collections/joe-bonamassa
Fans in North America can pre-order the album here: https://shop.jbonamassa.com/collections/time-clocks
A new single from the album, the "moving on" hard rhythm and purposeful blues of 'The Heart That Never Waits,' has now been released complete with official music video.
Album artwork by Hugh Syme
In support of the album, Joe Bonamassa and his celebrated band will perform five concerts in the UK in April and May of 2022, including two nights at the legendary Royal Albert Hall (see Tour Dates further below).
A 48-hour ticket pre-sale will start at www.planetrocktickets.co.uk from Wednesday 8 September 2021.
Tickets will go on general sale on Friday 10 September from www.jbonamassa.com/tour-dates and www.ticketmaster.co.uk
Time Clocks is a testament to the credentials of Joe Bonamassa and a toast to his long-time fans.
"What started out with the intentions of being a trio record turned into probably my most adventurous and involved record to date!" confirms Joe Bonamassa.
The renowned guitarist and his long-time producer Kevin Shirley brought in the legendary Bob Clearmountain to mix the tracks, with Clearmountain declaring that "this is one of the best albums I've mixed in years."
The album, recorded in New York City at Germano Studios/The Hit Factory, features Anton Fig (drums, percussion), Steve Mackey (bass), Lachy Doley (piano), Bunna Lawrie (didgeridoo) and Bobby Summerfield (perc), along with Mahalia Barnes, Juanita Tippins & Prinnie Stevens on backing vocals.
The artwork on the album was created by famous graphic artist Hugh Syme (Rush, Aerosmith, Whitesnake).
Time Clocks will also be Joe Bonamassa’s first album mixed to utilize spatial audio with Dolby Atmos and available for fans on Apple Music.
Having recently completed a short summer tour in the US, Joe Bonamassa will be back on tour for the autumn season with further shows across the country before heading out to sea for his Keeping The Blues Alive At Sea VII cruise, sailing from Miami to Ocho Rios in Jamaica through February 21st to 25th.
Bonamassa will also be tourign in 2022, inclsuifgn teh five UK dates
A 48-hour ticket pre-sale will start at www.planetrocktickets.co.uk from Wednesday 8 September 2021.
Tickets will go on general sale on Friday 10 September from www.jbonamassa.com/tour-dates and www.ticketmaster.co.uk
Time Clocks is a testament to the credentials of Joe Bonamassa and a toast to his long-time fans.
"What started out with the intentions of being a trio record turned into probably my most adventurous and involved record to date!" confirms Joe Bonamassa.
The renowned guitarist and his long-time producer Kevin Shirley brought in the legendary Bob Clearmountain to mix the tracks, with Clearmountain declaring that "this is one of the best albums I've mixed in years."
The album, recorded in New York City at Germano Studios/The Hit Factory, features Anton Fig (drums, percussion), Steve Mackey (bass), Lachy Doley (piano), Bunna Lawrie (didgeridoo) and Bobby Summerfield (perc), along with Mahalia Barnes, Juanita Tippins & Prinnie Stevens on backing vocals.
The artwork on the album was created by famous graphic artist Hugh Syme (Rush, Aerosmith, Whitesnake).
Time Clocks will also be Joe Bonamassa’s first album mixed to utilize spatial audio with Dolby Atmos and available for fans on Apple Music.
Having recently completed a short summer tour in the US, Joe Bonamassa will be back on tour for the autumn season with further shows across the country before heading out to sea for his Keeping The Blues Alive At Sea VII cruise, sailing from Miami to Ocho Rios in Jamaica through February 21st to 25th.
Bonamassa will also be tourign in 2022, inclsuifgn teh five UK dates
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The legendary Vanilla Fudge, the original line-up of Mark Stein, Carmine Appice, Vincent Martel and the late Tim Bogert, are together one final time to take listeners on a psychedelically-tinged journey through their fully fudged up, six-minute version of The Supremes classic 'Stop In The Name Of Love,' dedicated to "The Legacy Of Tim Bogert."
Back in 2019, vocalist & keyboardist Mark Stein put together an idea for Vanilla Fudge to do an arrangement for 'Stop In The Name Of Love,' hoping to capture the lightning in a bottle that happened with the band’s classic arrangement of The Supremes 'You Keep Me Hangin’ On' back in 1967 (a track that has remained current decades after its release thanks to TV and film placements such as The Sopranos finale and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood respectively).
While the Fudge was out on tour later in 2019 they went into the studio and laid down tracks that would be the foundation of this new release, as Mark Stein explains:
"In mid-2019 I put together a blueprint for an arrangement for Stop in the Name of Love; later that year we went into the studio and recorded the track. We planned to complete it but there were delays and then the pandemic put everything on hold."
By the time they got around to completing the song, renowned bassist Tim Bogert was very ill, but he managed to record his parts at Jorgen Carlsson’s (the bass player for Gov't Mule) studio in LA.
Tim Bogert sadly passed away in January of this year.
"It was very cool that we were able to get Timmy on the track" adds guitarist Vince Martel; "he gave me a great template to build on with my guitar. I created an East Indian raga intro in the spirit of our early albums and rocked out at the end. Hold on tight everybody, cause here comes The Fudge!"
'Stop In The Name Of Love' is available now via Golden Robot Records.
Vanilla Fudge Official Website: www.vanillafudge.com
While the Fudge was out on tour later in 2019 they went into the studio and laid down tracks that would be the foundation of this new release, as Mark Stein explains:
"In mid-2019 I put together a blueprint for an arrangement for Stop in the Name of Love; later that year we went into the studio and recorded the track. We planned to complete it but there were delays and then the pandemic put everything on hold."
By the time they got around to completing the song, renowned bassist Tim Bogert was very ill, but he managed to record his parts at Jorgen Carlsson’s (the bass player for Gov't Mule) studio in LA.
Tim Bogert sadly passed away in January of this year.
"It was very cool that we were able to get Timmy on the track" adds guitarist Vince Martel; "he gave me a great template to build on with my guitar. I created an East Indian raga intro in the spirit of our early albums and rocked out at the end. Hold on tight everybody, cause here comes The Fudge!"
'Stop In The Name Of Love' is available now via Golden Robot Records.
Vanilla Fudge Official Website: www.vanillafudge.com
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Progressive blues trio the Five Points Gang have just released their debut album Wanted on Lunaria Records.
Relatively new to the blues/rock scene, the band have however already made an impression since releasing their live album back in 2019, before the Covid blues came calling.
The double album’s worth of thirteen tracks lyrically navigates through the topics of love, life and social issues/ injustices to a backdrop of progressively themed blues, rock and contemporary funk.
Order the album here: https://fivepointsgang.bandcamp.com/releases
As a taster the opening track of the album, 'How Long,' with an accompanying video that gets the importance of the message across, has been released as a single.
Relatively new to the blues/rock scene, the band have however already made an impression since releasing their live album back in 2019, before the Covid blues came calling.
The double album’s worth of thirteen tracks lyrically navigates through the topics of love, life and social issues/ injustices to a backdrop of progressively themed blues, rock and contemporary funk.
Order the album here: https://fivepointsgang.bandcamp.com/releases
As a taster the opening track of the album, 'How Long,' with an accompanying video that gets the importance of the message across, has been released as a single.
Five Points Gang began life in early 2019 after jamming at a rehearsal studio in Notting Hill.
The band formed around the pairing of guitarist/ vocalist Joe Pearson (who had recently relocated from South Wales) and bassist Dinho Barral (an even more recent arrival from Brazil) with a mandate to "bring blues into the 21st Century."
A collection of original songs soon followed, as featured at gigs (including the aforementioned live album Live at the Premises) and festival appearances.
During the lockdown/s, Joe Pearson & Dinho Barral recorded and released several isolation tracks, which featured various notable artists from the blues scene, including musicians from Barral’s home town in Brazil.
One of these recordings featured French drummer, Gaet Allard, who was such a good fit he became a permanent fixture, completing the Five Points Gang picture.
After only a few weeks of writing, the trio had enough material for a double album’s worth of debut album produced by Julian Baraness, who sonically balanced the band’s live sound with their heavier rock energy and hooky, harmony vocal work.
"This album represents the first time I’ve been truthful on a recording. I started playing guitar 29 years ago, and I feel that this album finally achieves the ambitions I had as an 8 year old." - Joe Pearson
Five Points Gang - Wanted
Joe Pearson – vocals/ guitars; Dinho Barral – bass, vocals; Gaet Allard – drums, vocals.
Guest musicians: Chris Rand – Hammond B3, saxophones; Julien Baraness – guitars, vocals
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The band formed around the pairing of guitarist/ vocalist Joe Pearson (who had recently relocated from South Wales) and bassist Dinho Barral (an even more recent arrival from Brazil) with a mandate to "bring blues into the 21st Century."
A collection of original songs soon followed, as featured at gigs (including the aforementioned live album Live at the Premises) and festival appearances.
During the lockdown/s, Joe Pearson & Dinho Barral recorded and released several isolation tracks, which featured various notable artists from the blues scene, including musicians from Barral’s home town in Brazil.
One of these recordings featured French drummer, Gaet Allard, who was such a good fit he became a permanent fixture, completing the Five Points Gang picture.
After only a few weeks of writing, the trio had enough material for a double album’s worth of debut album produced by Julian Baraness, who sonically balanced the band’s live sound with their heavier rock energy and hooky, harmony vocal work.
"This album represents the first time I’ve been truthful on a recording. I started playing guitar 29 years ago, and I feel that this album finally achieves the ambitions I had as an 8 year old." - Joe Pearson
Five Points Gang - Wanted
Joe Pearson – vocals/ guitars; Dinho Barral – bass, vocals; Gaet Allard – drums, vocals.
Guest musicians: Chris Rand – Hammond B3, saxophones; Julien Baraness – guitars, vocals
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Blues rock & British folk outfit The Starlite Campbell Band, featuring husband and wife duo Suzy Starlite-Campbell and Simon Campbell, will release their new album The Language of Curiosity on 4th November; the album is the follow-up to the band’s critically acclaimed and European award nominated debut, Blueberry Pie.
You can pre-order the album here: https://shop.starlite-campbell.com/ and purchase new Starlite Campbell Band apparel at: https://shop.starlite-campbell.com/collections/apparel
The Language of Curiosity, like the band, continues to push boundaries and creatively melt and fuse genres, inspired by production techniques of late 60s to early 70s British rock and blues with a sprinkling of psychedelia, as immortalised by Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, Cream, the Yardbirds, Small Faces, Faces, early Led Zeppelin and Free.
The album has been preceded by three singles - the slow and soulful 'Lay it Out On Me,' the 'Free'-styled sound of 'Stone Cold Crazy' and now 'Gaslight,' an old-school rock and roll number that channels the Stones and The Faces but with a contemporary twist and a Gaslighting lyricism that points to the manipulative, perception changing attempts by the powers that be to alter truth and facts to their own benefit.
You can pre-order the album here: https://shop.starlite-campbell.com/ and purchase new Starlite Campbell Band apparel at: https://shop.starlite-campbell.com/collections/apparel
The Language of Curiosity, like the band, continues to push boundaries and creatively melt and fuse genres, inspired by production techniques of late 60s to early 70s British rock and blues with a sprinkling of psychedelia, as immortalised by Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, Cream, the Yardbirds, Small Faces, Faces, early Led Zeppelin and Free.
The album has been preceded by three singles - the slow and soulful 'Lay it Out On Me,' the 'Free'-styled sound of 'Stone Cold Crazy' and now 'Gaslight,' an old-school rock and roll number that channels the Stones and The Faces but with a contemporary twist and a Gaslighting lyricism that points to the manipulative, perception changing attempts by the powers that be to alter truth and facts to their own benefit.
The Starlite Campbell Band will be out on the road in the UK & Europe in October and November in support of The Language of Curiosity (see tour dates poster below); further details (more dates are expected to be added) and ticket information can be found at: https://starlite-campbell.com/gigs
Additionally, the duo are writing and recording a new British folk album, The Coat, at their Supertone Records recording studio near Lisbon, Portugal.
The album, which will feature instrumentation such as Suzy Starlite’s King John acoustic bass and Simon Campbell’s Touchstone walnut mandolin, is set for release in early 2022.
Additionally, the duo are writing and recording a new British folk album, The Coat, at their Supertone Records recording studio near Lisbon, Portugal.
The album, which will feature instrumentation such as Suzy Starlite’s King John acoustic bass and Simon Campbell’s Touchstone walnut mandolin, is set for release in early 2022.
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Chicago-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter-guitarist JD Simo has released a new single, 'Know it All.'
The song is lifted form forthcoming album Mind Control, which will be released 5th November on Crows Feet.
Pre-order the album: https://orcd.co/mindcontrol Digital services for 'Know it All': https://orcd.co/knowitall
Of the song and its message, JD Simo says "it’s the importance of humility, avoiding the knee-jerk response of speaking when I should listen or just openly admitting when I don't know something or am wrong.
I strive to be a better human being and often the things I'm most judgmental about in others are those I need to work on most myself."
The song is lifted form forthcoming album Mind Control, which will be released 5th November on Crows Feet.
Pre-order the album: https://orcd.co/mindcontrol Digital services for 'Know it All': https://orcd.co/knowitall
Of the song and its message, JD Simo says "it’s the importance of humility, avoiding the knee-jerk response of speaking when I should listen or just openly admitting when I don't know something or am wrong.
I strive to be a better human being and often the things I'm most judgmental about in others are those I need to work on most myself."
JD Simo has garnered praise and bolstered his fan-base on both sides of the Atlantic since splitting his band SIMO in 2017 and going solo.
Issuing two studio albums and logging hundreds of live shows in that time, JD has also collaborated with the likes of Jack White, Tommy Emmanuel, Luther Dickinson, Dave Cobb and Blackberry Smoke (he has also spent time as part of Grateful Dead founder Phil Lesh’s Phil & Friends).
JD Simo’s well-received 2019 solo debut Off At 11 and self-titled 2020 follow-up connected the missing link between Woodstock and Motown; a fusion of fluid and fiery fretwork and vital yet vulnerable vocals.
With Mind Control the music boundary breaking musician delivers his most unique and rawest album yet, the genesis of which began in lockdown when he started cutting tracks in his makeshift studio at home, joined by long-time collaborator Adam Abrashoff (drums) and old friend Adam Bednarik (bass).
A near inexhaustible supply of shared influences has informed the sounds laid down by the trio, including the hill country trance blues of Junior Kimbrough, RL Burnside and Asie Payton, the hypnotic Afrobeat of Fela Kuti and Tony Allen, the warped psychedelia of Captain Beefheart and Funkadelic, the old school blues of John Lee Hooker, Earl Hooker and Lightnin' Hopkins and the rawer rock of The Stooges and Nirvana.
"It is a lot!" laughs JD Simo, "but the idea of the lockdown, and after fighting Covid, it just all came naturally from us. We literally did what we know to cope and that is what I am most proud of on this record.
I hope that what resonates for people is, of course, the music, but also the vibe of the record which is a positive theme of growth, self-help and also struggles with addiction and mental health baked inside a haunting, low-down musical landscape. It's raw, funky and real."
JD Simo will head out on a lengthy US tour in late September.
UK and mainland Europe dates will follow in 2022.
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Issuing two studio albums and logging hundreds of live shows in that time, JD has also collaborated with the likes of Jack White, Tommy Emmanuel, Luther Dickinson, Dave Cobb and Blackberry Smoke (he has also spent time as part of Grateful Dead founder Phil Lesh’s Phil & Friends).
JD Simo’s well-received 2019 solo debut Off At 11 and self-titled 2020 follow-up connected the missing link between Woodstock and Motown; a fusion of fluid and fiery fretwork and vital yet vulnerable vocals.
With Mind Control the music boundary breaking musician delivers his most unique and rawest album yet, the genesis of which began in lockdown when he started cutting tracks in his makeshift studio at home, joined by long-time collaborator Adam Abrashoff (drums) and old friend Adam Bednarik (bass).
A near inexhaustible supply of shared influences has informed the sounds laid down by the trio, including the hill country trance blues of Junior Kimbrough, RL Burnside and Asie Payton, the hypnotic Afrobeat of Fela Kuti and Tony Allen, the warped psychedelia of Captain Beefheart and Funkadelic, the old school blues of John Lee Hooker, Earl Hooker and Lightnin' Hopkins and the rawer rock of The Stooges and Nirvana.
"It is a lot!" laughs JD Simo, "but the idea of the lockdown, and after fighting Covid, it just all came naturally from us. We literally did what we know to cope and that is what I am most proud of on this record.
I hope that what resonates for people is, of course, the music, but also the vibe of the record which is a positive theme of growth, self-help and also struggles with addiction and mental health baked inside a haunting, low-down musical landscape. It's raw, funky and real."
JD Simo will head out on a lengthy US tour in late September.
UK and mainland Europe dates will follow in 2022.
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Legendary artist and studio maestro Alan Parsons has announced a 5th November release date for a new live album entitled The NeverEnding Show : Live In The Netherlands.
It will be available as a 2CD+DVD, Blu-ray and 3LP (Black, Crystal or Blue Transparent (the latter is a Frontiers Webstore exclusive). Pre-order link: https://orcd.co/parsonslive
The NeverEnding Show : Live In The Netherlands was recorded at a performance in Utrecht by the Alan Parsons Live Project on 5th May 2019 at the Tivoli venue.
With the band on customary fine form and energised by an enthusiastic audience, the album captures an amazing performance by what is arguably the definitive line-up of musicians with whom Alan Parsons has toured his music.
It will be available as a 2CD+DVD, Blu-ray and 3LP (Black, Crystal or Blue Transparent (the latter is a Frontiers Webstore exclusive). Pre-order link: https://orcd.co/parsonslive
The NeverEnding Show : Live In The Netherlands was recorded at a performance in Utrecht by the Alan Parsons Live Project on 5th May 2019 at the Tivoli venue.
With the band on customary fine form and energised by an enthusiastic audience, the album captures an amazing performance by what is arguably the definitive line-up of musicians with whom Alan Parsons has toured his music.
As a bonus, the album includes the brand new studio song 'The Never Ending Show,' with an accompanying video on the DVD and Blu-ray formats.
'The Never Ending Show' also offers a taste of the new studio album that Alan Parsons is currently working on for release in 2022.
His current studio album, The Secret, was released on Frontiers Records a fortnight before the recording of this live show. It can be streamed or purchased at: radi.al/AlanParsonsTheSecret
The Alan Parsons Live Project – The NeverEnding Show : Live In The Netherlands; CD Track listing:
CD1: One Note Symphony; Damned If I Do; Don't Answer Me; Time; Breakdown + The Raven (Medley); I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You; Psychobabble; Luciferama
CD2: Don't Let It Show; I Robot; Limelight; Standing On Higher Ground; As Lights Fall; I Can't Get There From Here; Prime Time; Sirius + Eye In The Sky (Medley); Old And Wise; (The System Of) Dr. Tarr And Professor Fether; Games People Play; The Never Ending Show (new studio track)
Alan Parsons - lead & backing vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards
P.J. Olsson - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
Todd Cooper - vocals, sax, recorder, acoustic guitar, percussion
Jeff Kollman - guitars, vocals
Tom Brooks - keyboards, vocals
Dan Tracey - guitars, vocals
Guy Erez - bass, vocals
Danny Thompson - drums, vocals
Jordan Asher Huffman - guest vocals
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'The Never Ending Show' also offers a taste of the new studio album that Alan Parsons is currently working on for release in 2022.
His current studio album, The Secret, was released on Frontiers Records a fortnight before the recording of this live show. It can be streamed or purchased at: radi.al/AlanParsonsTheSecret
The Alan Parsons Live Project – The NeverEnding Show : Live In The Netherlands; CD Track listing:
CD1: One Note Symphony; Damned If I Do; Don't Answer Me; Time; Breakdown + The Raven (Medley); I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You; Psychobabble; Luciferama
CD2: Don't Let It Show; I Robot; Limelight; Standing On Higher Ground; As Lights Fall; I Can't Get There From Here; Prime Time; Sirius + Eye In The Sky (Medley); Old And Wise; (The System Of) Dr. Tarr And Professor Fether; Games People Play; The Never Ending Show (new studio track)
Alan Parsons - lead & backing vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards
P.J. Olsson - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
Todd Cooper - vocals, sax, recorder, acoustic guitar, percussion
Jeff Kollman - guitars, vocals
Tom Brooks - keyboards, vocals
Dan Tracey - guitars, vocals
Guy Erez - bass, vocals
Danny Thompson - drums, vocals
Jordan Asher Huffman - guest vocals
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Australian teenage rocker Cassidy Paris has released a new single, 'Wannabe.'
The song is lifted from her forthcoming 5-track EP FLIRT, which will be released 1st September
Pre-order here: https://www.ecwid.com/store/store14194061/
The rocky punk-pop of 'Wannabe' sees Cassidy Paris delivering a song based on personal experience about society’s obsession with popularity through lyrical finger pointing at fakery and celebrity.
"The song focuses on the obsession today’s youth has on popularity and how they are willing to sacrifice their friendships and integrity for it" says Cassidy Paris, continuing: "they all want to be Tik Tok or YouTube Stars. I have never really understood how people can fake friendships; talentless people are trying to become famous for doing nothing at all."
The song is lifted from her forthcoming 5-track EP FLIRT, which will be released 1st September
Pre-order here: https://www.ecwid.com/store/store14194061/
The rocky punk-pop of 'Wannabe' sees Cassidy Paris delivering a song based on personal experience about society’s obsession with popularity through lyrical finger pointing at fakery and celebrity.
"The song focuses on the obsession today’s youth has on popularity and how they are willing to sacrifice their friendships and integrity for it" says Cassidy Paris, continuing: "they all want to be Tik Tok or YouTube Stars. I have never really understood how people can fake friendships; talentless people are trying to become famous for doing nothing at all."
'Wannabee' follows on from 2020 single 'Like I Never Loved You,' which received rave reviews worldwide.
'Like I Never Loved You' will also feature on the EP.
Inspired by female rockers such as Lzzy Hale, Joan Jett, Pink, Pat Benatar & Avril Lavigne, the fiercely determined Cassidy Paris is on a mission to inspire a new generation of younger fans to not only listen to Rock n Roll, but pick up a guitar instead of a phone.
From early on, Cassidy Paris wanted to deliver a strong message through her music.
In 2018 she released the ballad 'Stand,' a heartfelt song about standing up for yourself as a young woman. She continues to deliver that message by promoting anti-bullying through performances at many schools around Melbourne; she is also an active campaigner for the worldwide Metalheads Against Bullying organisation.
Musically, Cassidy Paris’s talents have not gone unnoticed – Fender have joined forces with her as an endorsee of Fender Squier Guitars and she made the semi-finals of the International Songwritng Competition (ISC) for Best Rock Song and Best Unsigned Artist.
Cassidy Paris recently joined Polestar’s roster of bands, which will see her tour the UK in 2022.
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'Like I Never Loved You' will also feature on the EP.
Inspired by female rockers such as Lzzy Hale, Joan Jett, Pink, Pat Benatar & Avril Lavigne, the fiercely determined Cassidy Paris is on a mission to inspire a new generation of younger fans to not only listen to Rock n Roll, but pick up a guitar instead of a phone.
From early on, Cassidy Paris wanted to deliver a strong message through her music.
In 2018 she released the ballad 'Stand,' a heartfelt song about standing up for yourself as a young woman. She continues to deliver that message by promoting anti-bullying through performances at many schools around Melbourne; she is also an active campaigner for the worldwide Metalheads Against Bullying organisation.
Musically, Cassidy Paris’s talents have not gone unnoticed – Fender have joined forces with her as an endorsee of Fender Squier Guitars and she made the semi-finals of the International Songwritng Competition (ISC) for Best Rock Song and Best Unsigned Artist.
Cassidy Paris recently joined Polestar’s roster of bands, which will see her tour the UK in 2022.
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London based soul-bluesman Mississippi MacDonald has released a new single entitled 'I Was Wrong.'
The track, which can be purchased from the artist's Bandcamp page, is lifted form his forthcoming new album Do Right, Say Right, which will be released on 19th November.
'I was Wrong' is underpinned by a classic slow-blues hook and bolstered by organ, horns, percussion and an understated but expressive Albert King styled solo from Mississippi MacDonald.
"You know, blues is often misunderstood." says MacDonald, continuing: "It’s not sad music; there’s great humour, great joy and there’s celebration. When the chips are down and it looks like you can’t go on, there’s always something – there’s no heartbreak or bad luck that a horn section, a Hammond Organ and a few Albert King licks can’t cure. That’s what this record is all about!"
The track, which can be purchased from the artist's Bandcamp page, is lifted form his forthcoming new album Do Right, Say Right, which will be released on 19th November.
'I was Wrong' is underpinned by a classic slow-blues hook and bolstered by organ, horns, percussion and an understated but expressive Albert King styled solo from Mississippi MacDonald.
"You know, blues is often misunderstood." says MacDonald, continuing: "It’s not sad music; there’s great humour, great joy and there’s celebration. When the chips are down and it looks like you can’t go on, there’s always something – there’s no heartbreak or bad luck that a horn section, a Hammond Organ and a few Albert King licks can’t cure. That’s what this record is all about!"
Do Right, Say Right is Mississippi MacDonald’s seventh album, continuing the line from Devil's Chain, American Accent and Dress For The Money (all with The Cottonmouth Kings), 2017’s Mississippi MacDonald and Steve Bailey With The Soul Fixers, 2018’s Shake ‘Em On Down (with Steve Bailey) and last year’s This Is How It Is.
Dress For The Money and American Accent reached #1 and #3 respectively in the UK IBBA Blues Charts.
Mississippi MacDonald and Steve Bailey With The Soul Fixers was one of the IBBA Top 12 Picks of 2017; the album also garnered significant airplay, including on BBC Radio 2’s The Paul Jones Show, with Jones described it as "a really, really excellent album."
With Do Right, Say Right Mississippi MacDonald forges further ahead on his musical journey.
Fans of classic Blues and soul and original talent will find rich pickings within.
“It’s modern; it’s not musical archaeology. It’s authentic and celebrates a rich, fantastic tradition.
It’s soul-blues and you’ve got to put your best into it."
- Mississippi MacDonald
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Dress For The Money and American Accent reached #1 and #3 respectively in the UK IBBA Blues Charts.
Mississippi MacDonald and Steve Bailey With The Soul Fixers was one of the IBBA Top 12 Picks of 2017; the album also garnered significant airplay, including on BBC Radio 2’s The Paul Jones Show, with Jones described it as "a really, really excellent album."
With Do Right, Say Right Mississippi MacDonald forges further ahead on his musical journey.
Fans of classic Blues and soul and original talent will find rich pickings within.
“It’s modern; it’s not musical archaeology. It’s authentic and celebrates a rich, fantastic tradition.
It’s soul-blues and you’ve got to put your best into it."
- Mississippi MacDonald
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Nuneaton based rock trio Dig Lazarus will self-release their debut album Don’t Threaten Me With a Good Time on 15th October.
The album is the follow up to the band's 2019 EP Figure It Out, a release that saw the trio introduce themselves as burgeoning artists and ones to catch live.
Recorded and produced with Dave Draper (The Wildhearts), the full-length debut is the culmination of nearly ten years of playing and writing music together, featuring songs from across that entire period.
With the tone set from the get-go by short opening track 'Sermon' (featuring Jesse Hughes from the Eagles of Death Metal) and new, lead-off single 'Sky Tonight' and on to album closer 'Time Froze' (a muscly slice of alt-rock blues featuring close friend and inspiration Ally Dickaty from The Virginmarys), Don’t Threaten Me With a Good Time is an album of catchy alt-rock, harmony-driven hook choruses, heavyweight riffs and big beats, underpinned by lyrics musing on change, loss, and self-discovery.
The album is the follow up to the band's 2019 EP Figure It Out, a release that saw the trio introduce themselves as burgeoning artists and ones to catch live.
Recorded and produced with Dave Draper (The Wildhearts), the full-length debut is the culmination of nearly ten years of playing and writing music together, featuring songs from across that entire period.
With the tone set from the get-go by short opening track 'Sermon' (featuring Jesse Hughes from the Eagles of Death Metal) and new, lead-off single 'Sky Tonight' and on to album closer 'Time Froze' (a muscly slice of alt-rock blues featuring close friend and inspiration Ally Dickaty from The Virginmarys), Don’t Threaten Me With a Good Time is an album of catchy alt-rock, harmony-driven hook choruses, heavyweight riffs and big beats, underpinned by lyrics musing on change, loss, and self-discovery.
The band – Ash Tustain (lead vocals, guitars), Atticus Hall-McNair (vocals, bass), Jack Cotterill (drums, percussion) – met as teenagers, and have spent the past few years honing their stoner surf meets alternative rock sound in venues across the UK supporting the likes of, among others, The Virginmarys, The Brew, Massive Wagons and The Amorettes, as well as a slot at Camden Rocks Festival.
The Virginmarys UK Tour (with special guests Dig Lazarus)
30th Sept - SOUTHAMPTON @ The Joiners
1st Oct - BRIDGWATER @ Cobblestones
2nd Oct - SWINDON @ Level 3
3rd Oct - SHEFFIELD @ Corporation
4th Oct - BRISTOL @ Exchange
7th Oct -STOKE ON TRENT @ Eleven
8th Oct - SUNDERLAND @ Independent
9th Oct - EDINBURGH @ Opium
10th Oct - HUDDLESFIELD @ Parish
13th Oct - CHESTER @ The Live Rooms
14th Oct - HULL @ New Adelphi Club
15th Oct - BIRMINGHAM @ Dead Wax
16th Oct - MANCHESTER @ Academy 3
https://www.thevirginmarys.com/tour
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The Virginmarys UK Tour (with special guests Dig Lazarus)
30th Sept - SOUTHAMPTON @ The Joiners
1st Oct - BRIDGWATER @ Cobblestones
2nd Oct - SWINDON @ Level 3
3rd Oct - SHEFFIELD @ Corporation
4th Oct - BRISTOL @ Exchange
7th Oct -STOKE ON TRENT @ Eleven
8th Oct - SUNDERLAND @ Independent
9th Oct - EDINBURGH @ Opium
10th Oct - HUDDLESFIELD @ Parish
13th Oct - CHESTER @ The Live Rooms
14th Oct - HULL @ New Adelphi Club
15th Oct - BIRMINGHAM @ Dead Wax
16th Oct - MANCHESTER @ Academy 3
https://www.thevirginmarys.com/tour
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Nashville based (but far from traditionally Nashville sounding) duo The Bloody Nerve have returned five years on from their noted debut album Taste (a creative blend of Delta meets the Rolling Stones (had they been from Nashville) meet alt-pop blues) with a bigger, bolder and rockier statement that will be second album, All Blood, No Treasure.
The new album is a two-fold concept; while the songs tell "the story about the battle of individualism and collectivism that is somehow still raging on today" as outlined by guitarist/ singer Stacey Blood, the album itself will be conceptually serialised and released "episodically" (and by "Act," via four EPs) like a Netflix series.
The first act of three episodes/ tracks, Act 1, is out now, as is 'Episode 3 : Roads' as a single, with accompanying video.
Of the song, Bloody Nerve vocalist Laurie Anne Layne says "A lot of the album was written over a few years but Roads was written right before the pandemic - ‘‘Clean up, you’re contagious,” right?
Coming from November of 2019, that’s been a pretty spooky lyric lying around.
The song is about the culture wars of the 21st Century, but who knew an actual contagion would be flashing shades of that in our world just a few months later? Yeah, pretty spooky!"
The new album is a two-fold concept; while the songs tell "the story about the battle of individualism and collectivism that is somehow still raging on today" as outlined by guitarist/ singer Stacey Blood, the album itself will be conceptually serialised and released "episodically" (and by "Act," via four EPs) like a Netflix series.
The first act of three episodes/ tracks, Act 1, is out now, as is 'Episode 3 : Roads' as a single, with accompanying video.
Of the song, Bloody Nerve vocalist Laurie Anne Layne says "A lot of the album was written over a few years but Roads was written right before the pandemic - ‘‘Clean up, you’re contagious,” right?
Coming from November of 2019, that’s been a pretty spooky lyric lying around.
The song is about the culture wars of the 21st Century, but who knew an actual contagion would be flashing shades of that in our world just a few months later? Yeah, pretty spooky!"
'Roads,' a radio broadcast styled call top arms over an uncompromising and anarchic post-punk soundscape, follows on from the grunge 'n' roll of 'Episode 2 : What’s It Say? (About You)' and last year’s ear catching (courtesy of Laurie Ann Layne’s powerful vocal performance) 'Episode 1 – A Million Arms.'
All three tracks make up Act 1, which is available now on all digital platforms and a limited edition CD.
CD link: https://thebloodynerve.com/product/all-blood-no-treasure-act-i/
Website: https://thebloodynerve.com/
"All Blood, No Treasure ain’t going to be no flash in the pan. It will be a slow-burner (lots of mileage), and like all good television series, there will be lots of cliff-hangers along the way!" - Stacey Blood
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All three tracks make up Act 1, which is available now on all digital platforms and a limited edition CD.
CD link: https://thebloodynerve.com/product/all-blood-no-treasure-act-i/
Website: https://thebloodynerve.com/
"All Blood, No Treasure ain’t going to be no flash in the pan. It will be a slow-burner (lots of mileage), and like all good television series, there will be lots of cliff-hangers along the way!" - Stacey Blood
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Renowned rock & metal singer Jeff Scott Soto will release a new solo album, The Duets Collection Vol. 1, on 8th October.
A retrospective with a twist, the album contains re-recordings of favourite songs from Soto's varied, multi-projects career, but with an added vocal duet touch.
A taster of the album was first heard via 'Mysterious' (originally performed by Talisman), on which Jeff Scott Soto is joined by Eric Martin of Mr. Big.
A second song, 'I'm Going Home' (originally by Soul SirkUS), has now been released; the song features Deen Castronovo (Revolution Saints, Journey) on duet and harmony vocals.
A retrospective with a twist, the album contains re-recordings of favourite songs from Soto's varied, multi-projects career, but with an added vocal duet touch.
A taster of the album was first heard via 'Mysterious' (originally performed by Talisman), on which Jeff Scott Soto is joined by Eric Martin of Mr. Big.
A second song, 'I'm Going Home' (originally by Soul SirkUS), has now been released; the song features Deen Castronovo (Revolution Saints, Journey) on duet and harmony vocals.
With global pandemic induced downtime, Jeff Scott Soto decided to create an interesting, re-recorded "best of," one that quickly turned into a truly international vocal affair.
Aside from Eric Martin, The Duets Collection Vol, 1 features Erik Mårtensson (Eclipse, W.E.T.), Johnny Gioeli (Hardline), Deen Castronovo (Revolution Saints, Journey), Nathan James (Inglorious), Russell Allen (Symphony X), Renan Zonta (Electric Mob), Dino Jelusick, Mats Leven (Candlemass, TSO), BJ (Spektra, SOTO) and Alirio Netto (Shaman, Queen Extravaganza).
Jeff Scott Soto launched his career at the age of 18 as lead vocalist on Yngwie Malmsteen’s debut album Rising Force and follow-up Marching Out.
Those initial steps into the rock and metal spotlights led to a career in which he has played and worked with numerous artists in multiple genres, from the AOR of Eyes and Takara and hard rock and metal of Talisman, Axel Rudi Pell and Soul SirkUS to his time with Journey, working with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and the melodic rock supergroup W.E.T.
Jeff Scott Soto has also maintained a solo career and fronts his own band, SOTO; more recently he became part of acclaimed progressive metal supergroup Sons of Apollo.
The Duets Collection Vol. 1 – Track listing:
Livin’ The Life (ROCK STAR) - with Erik Mårtensson
Don’t Let It End (MALMSTEEN) - with Dino Jelusick Mysterious (TALISMAN) - with Eric Martin
Believe in Me (JSS) - with Nathan James
Coming Home (SOUL SIRKUS) - with Deen Castronovo
I’ll Be Waiting (TALISMAN) - with Alirio Netto
Callin’ All Girls (EYES) - with Russell Allen
Colour My XTC (TALISMAN) - with Renan Zonta
Warrior (AXEL RUDI PELL) - with Johnny Gioeli
Holding On (JSS) - with BJ
Again 2 B Found (HUMANIMAL) - with Mats Leven
The band:
Jeff Scott Soto - vocals, bass, keyboards
Edu Cominato – drums; Tony Dickinson – bass
Jorge Salan – guitars; Howie Simon - guitars, bass
Leo Mancini – guitars
Released 8th October (CD, LP, Digital) on Frontiers Records. Pre-order link: orcd.co/jssduets
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Aside from Eric Martin, The Duets Collection Vol, 1 features Erik Mårtensson (Eclipse, W.E.T.), Johnny Gioeli (Hardline), Deen Castronovo (Revolution Saints, Journey), Nathan James (Inglorious), Russell Allen (Symphony X), Renan Zonta (Electric Mob), Dino Jelusick, Mats Leven (Candlemass, TSO), BJ (Spektra, SOTO) and Alirio Netto (Shaman, Queen Extravaganza).
Jeff Scott Soto launched his career at the age of 18 as lead vocalist on Yngwie Malmsteen’s debut album Rising Force and follow-up Marching Out.
Those initial steps into the rock and metal spotlights led to a career in which he has played and worked with numerous artists in multiple genres, from the AOR of Eyes and Takara and hard rock and metal of Talisman, Axel Rudi Pell and Soul SirkUS to his time with Journey, working with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and the melodic rock supergroup W.E.T.
Jeff Scott Soto has also maintained a solo career and fronts his own band, SOTO; more recently he became part of acclaimed progressive metal supergroup Sons of Apollo.
The Duets Collection Vol. 1 – Track listing:
Livin’ The Life (ROCK STAR) - with Erik Mårtensson
Don’t Let It End (MALMSTEEN) - with Dino Jelusick Mysterious (TALISMAN) - with Eric Martin
Believe in Me (JSS) - with Nathan James
Coming Home (SOUL SIRKUS) - with Deen Castronovo
I’ll Be Waiting (TALISMAN) - with Alirio Netto
Callin’ All Girls (EYES) - with Russell Allen
Colour My XTC (TALISMAN) - with Renan Zonta
Warrior (AXEL RUDI PELL) - with Johnny Gioeli
Holding On (JSS) - with BJ
Again 2 B Found (HUMANIMAL) - with Mats Leven
The band:
Jeff Scott Soto - vocals, bass, keyboards
Edu Cominato – drums; Tony Dickinson – bass
Jorge Salan – guitars; Howie Simon - guitars, bass
Leo Mancini – guitars
Released 8th October (CD, LP, Digital) on Frontiers Records. Pre-order link: orcd.co/jssduets
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Marillion will embark upon their The Light At The End of The Tunnel 10 date UK tour in November, which culminates with two shows in London at the Eventim Apollo Hammersmith.
One lucky fan can also win a pair of tickets for EVERY show on the tour (see details further below).
Of the tour and forthcoming new album, Marillion vocalist Steve Hogarth says:
"No, it isn’t a train coming the other way, it is in fact, The Light at the End of the Tunnel!
We spent our time in the tunnel writing our twentieth studio album; when we tour the UK in November, we’ll debut one or two new tracks along with what we feel is the best of our huge catalogue.
Our fans are legendary creatures of faith and enthusiasm - some say obsession - so we can’t wait for that feeling of reunification as we return from the wilderness, to the stage. The light is gonna feel good!
From Tuesday 31st August until Friday 3rd September, via the official website, there is the opportunity for someone to win tickets to the whole The Light At The End of The Tunnel UK Tour - the band will be revealing the initials of the new album and asking fans to guess the title before revealing it on the 3rd September.
Website: www.marillion.com
Tickets for the tour are available from www.myticket.co.uk/artists/marillion
PLEASE NOTE the Apollo Hammersmith shows will be one night seated (26th Nov) and one night standing (27th Nov).
One lucky fan can also win a pair of tickets for EVERY show on the tour (see details further below).
Of the tour and forthcoming new album, Marillion vocalist Steve Hogarth says:
"No, it isn’t a train coming the other way, it is in fact, The Light at the End of the Tunnel!
We spent our time in the tunnel writing our twentieth studio album; when we tour the UK in November, we’ll debut one or two new tracks along with what we feel is the best of our huge catalogue.
Our fans are legendary creatures of faith and enthusiasm - some say obsession - so we can’t wait for that feeling of reunification as we return from the wilderness, to the stage. The light is gonna feel good!
From Tuesday 31st August until Friday 3rd September, via the official website, there is the opportunity for someone to win tickets to the whole The Light At The End of The Tunnel UK Tour - the band will be revealing the initials of the new album and asking fans to guess the title before revealing it on the 3rd September.
Website: www.marillion.com
Tickets for the tour are available from www.myticket.co.uk/artists/marillion
PLEASE NOTE the Apollo Hammersmith shows will be one night seated (26th Nov) and one night standing (27th Nov).
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Photo by Ian Parry
The Quireboys have rescheduled four dates on their A Bit Of What You Fancy 30th Anniversary Tour to June 2022.
The new dates include Oxford Bullingdon (June 10th), Southend Chinnerys (June 11th), Bristol Thekla (June 17th), and Nottingham Rescue Rooms (June 18th).
All tickets remain valid. Tickets are on sale via www.thegigcartel.com
The Quireboys will be joined on the tour by Special Guest Troy Redfern.
Redfern and his band will support The Quireboys at all shows, performing songs from the recently release and best to date Troy Redfern solo album …The Fire Cosmic! which features the Planet Rock playlisted single 'Ghosts.'
To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of A Bit Of What You Fancy, the Quireboys recently released a re-recorded version of their iconic debut album with their distinctive gypsy rock and roll sound.
The album is available on CD (which includes bonus live tracks), digital and limited-edition vinyl, and can be purchased here: www.offyerrocka.com/product-category/artists/the-quireboys
"A Bit of What You Fancy is where it all began for the Quireboys," says the band’s iconic frontman Spike, continuing "It was an incredible album that launched our career. However, the way we sound and play now doesn’t do it justice. Henceforth, it has been a pleasure updating it to our modern-day gypsy rock and roll sound. I’m sure everyone will enjoy this new version in all its glory, marking its 30th Anniversary."
The new dates include Oxford Bullingdon (June 10th), Southend Chinnerys (June 11th), Bristol Thekla (June 17th), and Nottingham Rescue Rooms (June 18th).
All tickets remain valid. Tickets are on sale via www.thegigcartel.com
The Quireboys will be joined on the tour by Special Guest Troy Redfern.
Redfern and his band will support The Quireboys at all shows, performing songs from the recently release and best to date Troy Redfern solo album …The Fire Cosmic! which features the Planet Rock playlisted single 'Ghosts.'
To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of A Bit Of What You Fancy, the Quireboys recently released a re-recorded version of their iconic debut album with their distinctive gypsy rock and roll sound.
The album is available on CD (which includes bonus live tracks), digital and limited-edition vinyl, and can be purchased here: www.offyerrocka.com/product-category/artists/the-quireboys
"A Bit of What You Fancy is where it all began for the Quireboys," says the band’s iconic frontman Spike, continuing "It was an incredible album that launched our career. However, the way we sound and play now doesn’t do it justice. Henceforth, it has been a pleasure updating it to our modern-day gypsy rock and roll sound. I’m sure everyone will enjoy this new version in all its glory, marking its 30th Anniversary."
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FM Keyboardist Jem Davis has announced his solo project Pepperkid2 and forthcoming album Adventures In Pepperland, which will be released on November 12th.
The concept of the solo project, its name and the album, came by way of a recent house move and an opportunity for some serious music writing during Lockdown, as Jem Davis elaborates:
"In the Summer of 2020, during Lockdown, I moved to a cottage near Lutterworth that came with amazing, ready built Studio. Naming it Electric Pepperland I immersed myself into my music, writing whatever inspired me.
It soon became clear there were many songs that didn’t fit the FM vibe, but I needed to get them out there somehow. So under the guise of a project I called Pepperkid2 I set to work!
Not being gifted in the vocal dept I asked my good friend Mike Dyer (Grand Slam) to be the main vocalist and co-writer.
The album also features my fellow FM bandmates Jim Kirkpatrick (vocals and lead guitar on the title track), and the amazing voice of Steve Overland (on the song 'Fools Lullaby'). My old friend Laurence Archer (Grand Slam) provides the guitar solo on the first single After the Rain.
The album follows no genre restrictions so the styles are varied, but they all come from the mad world inside my head and from the heart!!"
The album, which also features contribution from guitarist Nigel Spennewyn and backing vocals from Hayley Simones, will be pre-empted by the aforementioned 'After the Rain,' released as a single on October 15th.
The song, a pulsating and weighty mid-tempo rocker, features a purposeful vocal from Mike Dyer and great solo from Laurence Archer.
Designed to be "genre-fluid" Adventures in Pepperland escapes pigeonholing and offers listeners a rich, varied and joyful musical experience.
The album is available for pre-order at http://www.pepperkid2.com/
The concept of the solo project, its name and the album, came by way of a recent house move and an opportunity for some serious music writing during Lockdown, as Jem Davis elaborates:
"In the Summer of 2020, during Lockdown, I moved to a cottage near Lutterworth that came with amazing, ready built Studio. Naming it Electric Pepperland I immersed myself into my music, writing whatever inspired me.
It soon became clear there were many songs that didn’t fit the FM vibe, but I needed to get them out there somehow. So under the guise of a project I called Pepperkid2 I set to work!
Not being gifted in the vocal dept I asked my good friend Mike Dyer (Grand Slam) to be the main vocalist and co-writer.
The album also features my fellow FM bandmates Jim Kirkpatrick (vocals and lead guitar on the title track), and the amazing voice of Steve Overland (on the song 'Fools Lullaby'). My old friend Laurence Archer (Grand Slam) provides the guitar solo on the first single After the Rain.
The album follows no genre restrictions so the styles are varied, but they all come from the mad world inside my head and from the heart!!"
The album, which also features contribution from guitarist Nigel Spennewyn and backing vocals from Hayley Simones, will be pre-empted by the aforementioned 'After the Rain,' released as a single on October 15th.
The song, a pulsating and weighty mid-tempo rocker, features a purposeful vocal from Mike Dyer and great solo from Laurence Archer.
Designed to be "genre-fluid" Adventures in Pepperland escapes pigeonholing and offers listeners a rich, varied and joyful musical experience.
The album is available for pre-order at http://www.pepperkid2.com/
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Burnt Out Wreck, featuring ex Heavy Pettin drummer turned big-voiced front man Gary Moat, have rescheduled their upcoming gig in Alva in Clackmannanshire (originally scheduled for November 20th) to September 3rd 2022.
Anyone who has purchased tickets for this event, should check their email, or Order History on the Skiddle website, for further information.
The band will return to Scotland earlier than the rescheduled date with a show at Bannermans in Edinburgh (19th March 2022).
In October Burnt Out Wreck will head to the recording studio to start work on their third album.
The new album, which will feature new lead guitarist Richard Upson, will be the follow-up to the critically acclaimed This is Hell, which featured the powerful and darker-edged title track, the rock and roll fun of 'Paddywack' and fast-paced rocker 'Dead Or Alive'…
Anyone who has purchased tickets for this event, should check their email, or Order History on the Skiddle website, for further information.
The band will return to Scotland earlier than the rescheduled date with a show at Bannermans in Edinburgh (19th March 2022).
In October Burnt Out Wreck will head to the recording studio to start work on their third album.
The new album, which will feature new lead guitarist Richard Upson, will be the follow-up to the critically acclaimed This is Hell, which featured the powerful and darker-edged title track, the rock and roll fun of 'Paddywack' and fast-paced rocker 'Dead Or Alive'…
Burnt Out Wreck will also be playing at the Planet Rockstock Festival in Trecco Bay, South Wales, on November 14th.
Subscribe to BOW's YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkIQ9LcUhf0xTRYdn244MFQ
On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@burntoutwreck_official?
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Subscribe to BOW's YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkIQ9LcUhf0xTRYdn244MFQ
On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@burntoutwreck_official?
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Scottish band The Outfit, originally formed around bass legend Chris Glenn (most famously a mainstay of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band and Michael Schenker Group alumni member), have reintroduced themselves post lockdown and following last year’s livestream, with a new original number, 'You Move My Heart.'
Featuring Chris Glenn, vocalist Chris Aylward, guitarist Peter Higgins (Chris Slade's Timeline, Glen-White-McManus) and drummer John Clelland (Thundercloud, Eden’s Curse, Code Of Silence) 'You Move My Heart' is a chunky slice of hard melodic rock that recalls the likes of Thunder, Brian Howe led Bad Company and late 80s/ early 90s ‘hook’ rock.
Featuring Chris Glenn, vocalist Chris Aylward, guitarist Peter Higgins (Chris Slade's Timeline, Glen-White-McManus) and drummer John Clelland (Thundercloud, Eden’s Curse, Code Of Silence) 'You Move My Heart' is a chunky slice of hard melodic rock that recalls the likes of Thunder, Brian Howe led Bad Company and late 80s/ early 90s ‘hook’ rock.
The single can be purchased now at https://theoutfitscotland.bandcamp.com/track/you-move-my-heart
It will also be available soon on all major digital streaming platforms.
Recorded at Substation Studio, Rosyth. Sound recording, mixing & mastering – Michael Brennan.
Additional keyboards – Stuart Clyde (Stillmarillion, Glasgow), on Hammond and Wurlitzer.
Video Direction and Production – Graham "Gebs" Gebbie. Additional Video Recording – Mike Drew
Video recorded at Berkeley2 Studios, Glasgow.
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It will also be available soon on all major digital streaming platforms.
Recorded at Substation Studio, Rosyth. Sound recording, mixing & mastering – Michael Brennan.
Additional keyboards – Stuart Clyde (Stillmarillion, Glasgow), on Hammond and Wurlitzer.
Video Direction and Production – Graham "Gebs" Gebbie. Additional Video Recording – Mike Drew
Video recorded at Berkeley2 Studios, Glasgow.
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Acclaimed British producer, songwriter and musician Phil Thornalley has just released his second album under the Astral Drive moniker on the indie label Lojinx.
Three years on from the self-titled Astral Drive debut album – a work that was as much an (intentional) homage and tribute to the early 70s pop/ Philly soul side of Todd Rundgren as it was a lush retro-pop album of big harmony vocals and stargazing lyrics, comes the similarly styled follow-up (again self-titled but also known as "the orange album").
The new record takes those Rundgrenised sonics (from sounds and song-styles to 70s recording technique) but broadens the canvas to incorporate influences such as Weezer, New Radicals and Prince at their most poptastic.
The Astral Drive debut, critically appraised as a love letter to the purple period of Todd Rundgren, drew favourable comment and praise from the Rundgren-ites (some going as far as calling it "the fifth side of Something/ Anything").
With the new album Phil Thornalley keeps to the Rundgren 70s pop template (take a bow 'One Big Love') but with a more personal sound; the record also has a noticeable pivot towards guitars, rather than the predominant songwriter-at-the-piano sound of the debut.
Three years on from the self-titled Astral Drive debut album – a work that was as much an (intentional) homage and tribute to the early 70s pop/ Philly soul side of Todd Rundgren as it was a lush retro-pop album of big harmony vocals and stargazing lyrics, comes the similarly styled follow-up (again self-titled but also known as "the orange album").
The new record takes those Rundgrenised sonics (from sounds and song-styles to 70s recording technique) but broadens the canvas to incorporate influences such as Weezer, New Radicals and Prince at their most poptastic.
The Astral Drive debut, critically appraised as a love letter to the purple period of Todd Rundgren, drew favourable comment and praise from the Rundgren-ites (some going as far as calling it "the fifth side of Something/ Anything").
With the new album Phil Thornalley keeps to the Rundgren 70s pop template (take a bow 'One Big Love') but with a more personal sound; the record also has a noticeable pivot towards guitars, rather than the predominant songwriter-at-the-piano sound of the debut.
The new album also includes two covers.
"I asked one of my favourite lyricists, Boo Hewerdine, to imagine a song for me." says Phil.
"The next day he sent me a raw demo of Star Gazing, a mediation on the ‘fifteen minutes of fame’ phenomenon. This is the first and only successful Astral Drive song commission!"
The second cover is perhaps a logical choice, given what has come before...
"I’d always liked the throw away, three chord bash and the quintessential guitar riff. I was experimenting with a few covers and Open My Eyes [by Todd Rundgren’s sixties band The Nazz) immediately felt natural to my voice. The tight melody and the bonkers vocal-heavy middle eight also appealed!"
The final song on the new album is the most personal and poignant Astral Drive song of them all, as Phil confirms.
"Wish U Well is my swan song for Astral Drive. It’s a sincere thanks for the people embracing my music over the last few years but also to say ‘Goodbye, that was fun, but that sun has set. Thanks a million for listening."
Phil Thornalley has worked, performed or toured with such luminaries as The Jam, Paul McCartney, XTC, Duran Duran, The Cure and Bryan Adams; over the decades, as a songwriter for hire, he wrote or made a number of records for many an artist (most famously as a co-writer of the song 'Torn,' made famous by Natalie Imbruglia's cover version).
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"I asked one of my favourite lyricists, Boo Hewerdine, to imagine a song for me." says Phil.
"The next day he sent me a raw demo of Star Gazing, a mediation on the ‘fifteen minutes of fame’ phenomenon. This is the first and only successful Astral Drive song commission!"
The second cover is perhaps a logical choice, given what has come before...
"I’d always liked the throw away, three chord bash and the quintessential guitar riff. I was experimenting with a few covers and Open My Eyes [by Todd Rundgren’s sixties band The Nazz) immediately felt natural to my voice. The tight melody and the bonkers vocal-heavy middle eight also appealed!"
The final song on the new album is the most personal and poignant Astral Drive song of them all, as Phil confirms.
"Wish U Well is my swan song for Astral Drive. It’s a sincere thanks for the people embracing my music over the last few years but also to say ‘Goodbye, that was fun, but that sun has set. Thanks a million for listening."
Phil Thornalley has worked, performed or toured with such luminaries as The Jam, Paul McCartney, XTC, Duran Duran, The Cure and Bryan Adams; over the decades, as a songwriter for hire, he wrote or made a number of records for many an artist (most famously as a co-writer of the song 'Torn,' made famous by Natalie Imbruglia's cover version).
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FabricationsHQ makes no excuse for championing its home county of Ayrshire in respect of the young, up & coming singer-songwriter talent, many of whom are being nurtured or mentored by local singer-songwriter Scott Nicol.
Creating an interesting and contrasting two-for-one are the songs 'Smile' and 'Still Saying Goodbye,' both sung by 16 year old Emily Best.
'Smile,' written by Scott Nicol and Lisa Henderson, is a breezy and optimistic affair that kicks Ayrshire sand in the face of recent and still current pandemic adversity.
While the studio recording is available in two versions, the live performance by Emily Best & Scott Nicol, as featured in the video below, captures the open air essence of the song’s better times ahead message.
Creating an interesting and contrasting two-for-one are the songs 'Smile' and 'Still Saying Goodbye,' both sung by 16 year old Emily Best.
'Smile,' written by Scott Nicol and Lisa Henderson, is a breezy and optimistic affair that kicks Ayrshire sand in the face of recent and still current pandemic adversity.
While the studio recording is available in two versions, the live performance by Emily Best & Scott Nicol, as featured in the video below, captures the open air essence of the song’s better times ahead message.
Providing poignant contrast is 'Still Saying Goodbye,' written by Emily Best & Scott Nicol.
Lyrically emoting on how hard it is to lose someone you love, but keeping their memory alive through music, the song has been picked up by Imaginary Friends Music Partners in the US, and played on the long-running US soap opera TV series, The Young and the Restless.
Lyrically emoting on how hard it is to lose someone you love, but keeping their memory alive through music, the song has been picked up by Imaginary Friends Music Partners in the US, and played on the long-running US soap opera TV series, The Young and the Restless.
Both studio tracks feature Ian Matchett (playing, recording, mixing) and, on 'Smile,' Ian’s wife Deborah on backing vocals.
Both songs are available for download on the streaming/ digital platforms Apple, Spotify, Deezer, Amazon Music and YT Music.
Scott Nicol is an Ayrshire based pop/rock/Americana singer-songwriter with an unbridled passion for music and nurturing new, young talent.
Via his music project Possibility Screams, Scott seeks to unlock young talent. Specialising in guitar tuition and song-writing, he also covers stage performance for vocalists.
https://www.scottnicol.us/
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Both songs are available for download on the streaming/ digital platforms Apple, Spotify, Deezer, Amazon Music and YT Music.
Scott Nicol is an Ayrshire based pop/rock/Americana singer-songwriter with an unbridled passion for music and nurturing new, young talent.
Via his music project Possibility Screams, Scott seeks to unlock young talent. Specialising in guitar tuition and song-writing, he also covers stage performance for vocalists.
https://www.scottnicol.us/
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It’s fair to say multi-talented composer, performer and blues rock musician Mike Ross has kept himself musically busy through lockdowns and lack of live performance.
Having recently released his new album The Clovis Limit : Tennessee Transition (an acoustic companion piece to the critically acclaimed The Clovis Limit Pt 1 and Pt 2 albums), and on the back of a successfully funded remix & restoration project for previously unreleased album Lay it Bare by Taller Than (Mike Ross’s old band; click here to read FabricationsHQ's review), the multi-faceted musician has now completed another successful funding campaign for Origin Story, an album of new recordings of old songs.
The chosen tracks, sourced from the Mike Ross archive of cassette and DAT tapes, CD-Rs and 1/2" tape masters (most of which have lain undisturbed since 1997) will showcase Ross’s 1990s career history from his time in Afterglow (1994-1996) and Mother Sugar (1996-1997), and on to forming the power trio Taller Than in 1998.
Four songs from each band (including some very rare tracks from the Taller Than repertoire), newly
re-recorded, will form the album.
The newly re-recorded 'Seabird' (originally performed by Afterglow) has been released as a Video Single.
Having recently released his new album The Clovis Limit : Tennessee Transition (an acoustic companion piece to the critically acclaimed The Clovis Limit Pt 1 and Pt 2 albums), and on the back of a successfully funded remix & restoration project for previously unreleased album Lay it Bare by Taller Than (Mike Ross’s old band; click here to read FabricationsHQ's review), the multi-faceted musician has now completed another successful funding campaign for Origin Story, an album of new recordings of old songs.
The chosen tracks, sourced from the Mike Ross archive of cassette and DAT tapes, CD-Rs and 1/2" tape masters (most of which have lain undisturbed since 1997) will showcase Ross’s 1990s career history from his time in Afterglow (1994-1996) and Mother Sugar (1996-1997), and on to forming the power trio Taller Than in 1998.
Four songs from each band (including some very rare tracks from the Taller Than repertoire), newly
re-recorded, will form the album.
The newly re-recorded 'Seabird' (originally performed by Afterglow) has been released as a Video Single.
If that's not enough Mike Ross (who has clearly found a way to get 25 hours into his day), bolstered by the crowd funded success of both Lay it Bare and Origin Story, is now also working on an instrumental project.
Entitled Peach Jam, the project is built upon the back of the aforementioned Origin Story.
A pre-order link for Peach Jam (which will be in the form of a highly collectable 12" Picture Disc with accompanying CD) is now available on Mike Ross's website:
https://shop.mikerossmusic.co.uk/product/peach-jam-12-album-picture-disc-pre-order
Of the proposed instrumental album, which has a scheduled release of January 2022, Mike Ross says:
"It's influenced by classic US jam bands like The Grateful Dead &The Allman Brothers and 70's Krautrock artists such as Nectar and Agitation Free.
I've been working on it alongside the Origin Story material and it's going to be really special - somewhat similar to the instrumental 'Unforgiven' from my album 'The Clovis Limit Pt.2' but with many many more twists and turns! You can learn more about it by watching the following video."
Entitled Peach Jam, the project is built upon the back of the aforementioned Origin Story.
A pre-order link for Peach Jam (which will be in the form of a highly collectable 12" Picture Disc with accompanying CD) is now available on Mike Ross's website:
https://shop.mikerossmusic.co.uk/product/peach-jam-12-album-picture-disc-pre-order
Of the proposed instrumental album, which has a scheduled release of January 2022, Mike Ross says:
"It's influenced by classic US jam bands like The Grateful Dead &The Allman Brothers and 70's Krautrock artists such as Nectar and Agitation Free.
I've been working on it alongside the Origin Story material and it's going to be really special - somewhat similar to the instrumental 'Unforgiven' from my album 'The Clovis Limit Pt.2' but with many many more twists and turns! You can learn more about it by watching the following video."
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Acclaimed and Grammy nominated blues & blues-rock singer-songwriter Beth Hart has added five more dates to her October / November 2021 UK Tour.
The new dates are Bournemouth International Centre (Oct. 25th), Warrington Parr Hall (Oct. 27th), Newcastle City Hall (Nov. 10th), Birmingham Symphony Hall (Nov. 11th) and Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion (Nov. 14th).
Planet Rock will run a 48-hour ticket pre-sale at 10am on Wed. July 28th via www.planetrocktickets.co.uk
Tickets will go on general sale on Friday July 30th via www.alttickets.com/beth-hart-tickets
It should also be noted that the York Barbican show, on Halloween October 31st, is Sold Out.
The now ten-date tour through England also features a rare solo performance at the London Palladium on Friday November 5th, followed by a full-band performance at the same venue on Saturday November 6th.
The new dates are Bournemouth International Centre (Oct. 25th), Warrington Parr Hall (Oct. 27th), Newcastle City Hall (Nov. 10th), Birmingham Symphony Hall (Nov. 11th) and Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion (Nov. 14th).
Planet Rock will run a 48-hour ticket pre-sale at 10am on Wed. July 28th via www.planetrocktickets.co.uk
Tickets will go on general sale on Friday July 30th via www.alttickets.com/beth-hart-tickets
It should also be noted that the York Barbican show, on Halloween October 31st, is Sold Out.
The now ten-date tour through England also features a rare solo performance at the London Palladium on Friday November 5th, followed by a full-band performance at the same venue on Saturday November 6th.
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With music gigs, festivals and events starting to reappear as COVID restrictions ease and/ or are lifted, one such event with a significant cause (made all the more relevant given the rising number of mental health issues due to the COVID pandemic), is due to take place at the Hammersmith Club in London in October.
Multi-styled melodic blues rockers The Mustangs and R&B rock outfit The Milk Men will be joined by the award winning Emma Wilson and her band at the Hammersmith Club on the 8th of October, the end of Mental Health Awareness Week, in support of the mental health charity MIND.
There’s also a direct correlation between one of the organisers and the cause, as The Mustangs front man/ guitarist (and member of the Milk Men) Adam Norsworthy confirms:
"Mike Roberts, the drummer for the Milk Men, has suffered severe mental health issues for many years.
So much so that there are gigs we have done together he has no memory of whatsoever. At his lowest points he has even attempted suicide.
Recently Mike asked if I could help him stage a show that could help bring more awareness to the issues he and many others across the world face. I was very happy to support my friend and now he and I are staging this special charity concert to help raise awareness for mental health, with all profits going to MIND.
I bow to Mike’s amazing courage in coming forward with these deeply personal issues and his drive and determination to help bring them to greater public awareness."
Multi-styled melodic blues rockers The Mustangs and R&B rock outfit The Milk Men will be joined by the award winning Emma Wilson and her band at the Hammersmith Club on the 8th of October, the end of Mental Health Awareness Week, in support of the mental health charity MIND.
There’s also a direct correlation between one of the organisers and the cause, as The Mustangs front man/ guitarist (and member of the Milk Men) Adam Norsworthy confirms:
"Mike Roberts, the drummer for the Milk Men, has suffered severe mental health issues for many years.
So much so that there are gigs we have done together he has no memory of whatsoever. At his lowest points he has even attempted suicide.
Recently Mike asked if I could help him stage a show that could help bring more awareness to the issues he and many others across the world face. I was very happy to support my friend and now he and I are staging this special charity concert to help raise awareness for mental health, with all profits going to MIND.
I bow to Mike’s amazing courage in coming forward with these deeply personal issues and his drive and determination to help bring them to greater public awareness."
Ticket details are at this link:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/11-rutland-grove/hammersmith-club-society-ltd/music-for-the-mind/2021-10-08/19:30/t-pnkgag
If you cannot attend but would like to make a donation to MIND, you can do so here:
https://www.mind.org.uk/donate
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/11-rutland-grove/hammersmith-club-society-ltd/music-for-the-mind/2021-10-08/19:30/t-pnkgag
If you cannot attend but would like to make a donation to MIND, you can do so here:
https://www.mind.org.uk/donate
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Runrig, the acclaimed and highly successful Scottish Celtic rock and who disbanded in 2018 after a 45 year history, will tell the story of that rock and folk history when the anticipated documentary There Must Be A Place is released on Friday 29th October.
With unprecedented access to the band’s personal archives the film is the definitive story of one of Scotland’s most popular and iconic bands.
The 100-minute music documentary, created in partnership with Screen Scotland, is available to pre-order from Cherry Red Records at www.cherryred.co.uk/artist/runrig/
A deluxe coffee table book edition of the documentary includes a standard and Blu-ray DVD edition of the feature-length documentary together with a wealth of exclusive photographs.
Fans can also pre-order limited editions of There Must Be A Place T-Shirt, film print and postcards.
European fans can pre-order the film from Sony Music Entertainment Germany in DVD format, Blu-ray and a limited edition boxset.
Runrig’s story is an emotional tale of ups and downs, tearful twists and joyful turns.
From humble beginnings as a ceilidh band started by two brothers and a friend from the Isle of Skye in 1973, they grew to become one of Scotland’s best-loved groups, selling out concerts across from the dance halls of the Scottish Highlands and Islands to New York’s Times Square.
With lead singer Donnie Munro they went from a young band chasing a dream to signing a major record deal with Chrysalis Records and playing an iconic gig at Loch Lomond in 1991 in front of 50,000 fans.
After Donnie Munro left to pursue a career in politics in 1997 the band, via a chance discovery of singer Bruce Guthro, gained a new leased of musical life, leading to further chart success and European tours.
Runrig’s journey ended in 2018 with two emotional farewell concerts under Stirling’s historic castle, where 50,000 fans sang, cried and danced out their memories.
Produced by Steven Little and BAFTA award-wining digital entertainment company Blazing Griffin and directed by Grierson and multiple BAFTA winner Jack Cocker, the film features 54 songs, including rousing renditions of 'Loch Lomond' and 'Hearts of Olden Glory,' capturing the close emotional connection between the band and their loyal fans.
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With unprecedented access to the band’s personal archives the film is the definitive story of one of Scotland’s most popular and iconic bands.
The 100-minute music documentary, created in partnership with Screen Scotland, is available to pre-order from Cherry Red Records at www.cherryred.co.uk/artist/runrig/
A deluxe coffee table book edition of the documentary includes a standard and Blu-ray DVD edition of the feature-length documentary together with a wealth of exclusive photographs.
Fans can also pre-order limited editions of There Must Be A Place T-Shirt, film print and postcards.
European fans can pre-order the film from Sony Music Entertainment Germany in DVD format, Blu-ray and a limited edition boxset.
Runrig’s story is an emotional tale of ups and downs, tearful twists and joyful turns.
From humble beginnings as a ceilidh band started by two brothers and a friend from the Isle of Skye in 1973, they grew to become one of Scotland’s best-loved groups, selling out concerts across from the dance halls of the Scottish Highlands and Islands to New York’s Times Square.
With lead singer Donnie Munro they went from a young band chasing a dream to signing a major record deal with Chrysalis Records and playing an iconic gig at Loch Lomond in 1991 in front of 50,000 fans.
After Donnie Munro left to pursue a career in politics in 1997 the band, via a chance discovery of singer Bruce Guthro, gained a new leased of musical life, leading to further chart success and European tours.
Runrig’s journey ended in 2018 with two emotional farewell concerts under Stirling’s historic castle, where 50,000 fans sang, cried and danced out their memories.
Produced by Steven Little and BAFTA award-wining digital entertainment company Blazing Griffin and directed by Grierson and multiple BAFTA winner Jack Cocker, the film features 54 songs, including rousing renditions of 'Loch Lomond' and 'Hearts of Olden Glory,' capturing the close emotional connection between the band and their loyal fans.
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Wille & The Bandits are the latest band to announce a rescheduling of a UK tour in light of the pandemic.
All previously scheduled dates will now take place in March and April of 2022; Special Guest on all dates will be Troy Redfern.
Tickets are available via: www.willeandthebandits.com
The tour will showcase songs from the band's forthcoming studio album When The World Stood Still (the tour will follow the release of the highly anticipated album).
The album was recorded at Sawmills recording studios with producer John Cornfield; a coupling that has produced some of the most ground-breaking albums of the last thirty years including Fools Gold (Stone Roses), Definitely Maybe (Oasis), In it For the Money (Supergrass) and Showbiz (Muse).
The album documents a moment in time that the whole world will never forget, a time where each person on the planet has felt repercussions in one way or another. Each of Wille’s songs tell their own stories, but there is also a cohesion between the tracks that tells a bigger story of "When the World Stood Still."
All previously scheduled dates will now take place in March and April of 2022; Special Guest on all dates will be Troy Redfern.
Tickets are available via: www.willeandthebandits.com
The tour will showcase songs from the band's forthcoming studio album When The World Stood Still (the tour will follow the release of the highly anticipated album).
The album was recorded at Sawmills recording studios with producer John Cornfield; a coupling that has produced some of the most ground-breaking albums of the last thirty years including Fools Gold (Stone Roses), Definitely Maybe (Oasis), In it For the Money (Supergrass) and Showbiz (Muse).
The album documents a moment in time that the whole world will never forget, a time where each person on the planet has felt repercussions in one way or another. Each of Wille’s songs tell their own stories, but there is also a cohesion between the tracks that tells a bigger story of "When the World Stood Still."
Wille & the Bandits, a band that cannot truly be pigeonholed (venturing from blues-soul, rock and funkier grooves to Zeppelin-esque riffs and Floyd-scapes), are lauded for their live performances and impressive musicianship.
In addition to the lead guitar, lap steel guitar and lead vocals of Wille Edwards, the sound of the band is bolstred by a dynamic and brand-new rhythm section composed of Tom Gilkes (drums, percussion) and Harry Mackaill (bass, keyboards). The band now also features multi-instrumentalist Matthew Gallagher (Hammond organ, guitar, percussion) making for a bigger sounding four-piece.
"I’m very excited by the new line-up," says Wille Edwards. "Our music was starting to have layers within it that were beginning to be impossible to do justice to as a trio. With a band of multi-instrumentalists and a drummer who is technically outstanding, yet plays to what the song needs, we are able to achieve live what I thought might only be possible in the studio."
In addition to the lead guitar, lap steel guitar and lead vocals of Wille Edwards, the sound of the band is bolstred by a dynamic and brand-new rhythm section composed of Tom Gilkes (drums, percussion) and Harry Mackaill (bass, keyboards). The band now also features multi-instrumentalist Matthew Gallagher (Hammond organ, guitar, percussion) making for a bigger sounding four-piece.
"I’m very excited by the new line-up," says Wille Edwards. "Our music was starting to have layers within it that were beginning to be impossible to do justice to as a trio. With a band of multi-instrumentalists and a drummer who is technically outstanding, yet plays to what the song needs, we are able to achieve live what I thought might only be possible in the studio."
Wille & the Bandits have toured with the likes of Deep Purple, Status Quo, Joe Bonamassa and Warren Haynes. In 2014 they were voted in the Top Ten Bands to see at Glastonbury Festival (they have also payed at the Isle of Wight festival, Rambln' Man Fair, Steelhouse and the London Olympics; they were also invited to perform at the world-famous Iridium venue in NYC.
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Photo by Laurence Harvey
Award-winning South African blues-rock singer-songwriter-guitarist, Dan Patlansky, will make a welcome return to British shores when he undertakes a 10-date UK tour in March & April 2022 in support of what will be his forthcoming, and tenth, studio album.
Special guest on all shows (except at The Deaf Institute, Manchester) is American singer-songwriter and Brian May guitar protégé Arielle.
Arielle, who has just released her excellent new studio album Analog Girl in a Digital World (a collection of well-crafted melodic Americana and contemporary pop rock 'n' roll), has opened for the likes of Joe Bonamassa, Vince Gill, Eric Johnson and Greg Allman.
The talented old-school artist (she truly is an analog girl in a digital world) also recently released her own signature guitar with Brian May Guitars in March 2021.
For Dan Patlansky, the 2022 UK dates will be his first since his Perfection Kills UK tour in 2018.
The following year, Patlansky constantly wrote for what will be his forthcoming studio album, to be released in early 2022.
"I recorded the new record mid 2019 in my hometown of Pretoria; I was unhappy with the result though so recorded most of the album end of 2019" says Dan Patlansky, continuing: "Covid 19 put the brakes on any touring and release options for 2020 so that gave me the opportunity to really refine the album, with a rewrite of a few songs, and re-record of a few tracks, in early 2021.
Additionally I’ve spent the last year building up a following on my Patreon page, which is a subscription-based platform where I release weekly guitar tuition material and content."
Lockdown also provided Patlansky with the rare opportunity to work on many aspects of his music and craft:
"I feel have really made big strides in my playing and singing style, as well as writing, arranging and production that will be evident on the release of the new record."
On the forthcoming album Dan Patlansky played only one guitar, his newest, a Masterbuilt Jason Smith Fender Strat.
"It’s a replica of my three Strats I’ve played for years; the neck of the 62, the body of the 64 and the colour of the partocaster. It’s the best sounding guitar I’ve ever owned and I’m looking forward to playing it when I tour the UK in 2022!"
Dan Patlansky’s 2018 album Perfection Kills was the follow up to the critically acclaimed Introvertigo, which was voted #1 Blues Rock Album in 2016 by Blues Rock Review.
Tickets for the 2022 UK shows (below) are on sale now via
www.thegigcartel.com and www.danpatlansky.com/shows
Special guest on all shows (except at The Deaf Institute, Manchester) is American singer-songwriter and Brian May guitar protégé Arielle.
Arielle, who has just released her excellent new studio album Analog Girl in a Digital World (a collection of well-crafted melodic Americana and contemporary pop rock 'n' roll), has opened for the likes of Joe Bonamassa, Vince Gill, Eric Johnson and Greg Allman.
The talented old-school artist (she truly is an analog girl in a digital world) also recently released her own signature guitar with Brian May Guitars in March 2021.
For Dan Patlansky, the 2022 UK dates will be his first since his Perfection Kills UK tour in 2018.
The following year, Patlansky constantly wrote for what will be his forthcoming studio album, to be released in early 2022.
"I recorded the new record mid 2019 in my hometown of Pretoria; I was unhappy with the result though so recorded most of the album end of 2019" says Dan Patlansky, continuing: "Covid 19 put the brakes on any touring and release options for 2020 so that gave me the opportunity to really refine the album, with a rewrite of a few songs, and re-record of a few tracks, in early 2021.
Additionally I’ve spent the last year building up a following on my Patreon page, which is a subscription-based platform where I release weekly guitar tuition material and content."
Lockdown also provided Patlansky with the rare opportunity to work on many aspects of his music and craft:
"I feel have really made big strides in my playing and singing style, as well as writing, arranging and production that will be evident on the release of the new record."
On the forthcoming album Dan Patlansky played only one guitar, his newest, a Masterbuilt Jason Smith Fender Strat.
"It’s a replica of my three Strats I’ve played for years; the neck of the 62, the body of the 64 and the colour of the partocaster. It’s the best sounding guitar I’ve ever owned and I’m looking forward to playing it when I tour the UK in 2022!"
Dan Patlansky’s 2018 album Perfection Kills was the follow up to the critically acclaimed Introvertigo, which was voted #1 Blues Rock Album in 2016 by Blues Rock Review.
Tickets for the 2022 UK shows (below) are on sale now via
www.thegigcartel.com and www.danpatlansky.com/shows
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"Heavygrass" country rock ‘n’ rollers The Outlaw Orchestra, having recently delivered the stripped back mini-album Powercut, are now putting the finishing touches to what will be their second full-length studio album Makin' Tracks.
Additionally, the band are looking to offer album pre-ordering fans the chance to get their Wanted Poster mugshot onto both the album artwork and a future video.
Fellow Outlaws that pre-order the advance CD/ Vinyl deal will, in the first instance, receive an exclusive Inmate T-shirt and Inmate card.
If you then snap a picture yourself in your T-shirt (and holding your Inmate card) and email the mugshot selfie back to the band, it will be included on the vinyl album artwork in the Outlaws Gallery and used in a video for a single from the upcoming album.
Pre-ordering will also allow you to receive a copy of the CD ahead of the official release date, followed by a copy of the vinyl album, once production is complete.
Additionally, the band are looking to offer album pre-ordering fans the chance to get their Wanted Poster mugshot onto both the album artwork and a future video.
Fellow Outlaws that pre-order the advance CD/ Vinyl deal will, in the first instance, receive an exclusive Inmate T-shirt and Inmate card.
If you then snap a picture yourself in your T-shirt (and holding your Inmate card) and email the mugshot selfie back to the band, it will be included on the vinyl album artwork in the Outlaws Gallery and used in a video for a single from the upcoming album.
Pre-ordering will also allow you to receive a copy of the CD ahead of the official release date, followed by a copy of the vinyl album, once production is complete.
Photo by Will Carter/ Two Finger Media
Makin’ Tracks features eleven new songs from The Outlaw Orchestra that demonstrate the band’s signature humour and song writing style as heard on their debut album from 2020, Pantomime Villains – however the new album also showcases a serious step up in musical delivery and song composition, as confirmed by the band:
"Under the guidance of studio engineer David Evans we pushed ourselves to get the best out of our instruments and song writing, and it undoubtedly shows. This is far and away the most accomplished song writing and playing we have achieved to date – we've demonstrated our tastes from hard rock to pure country with one toe over the border into Latin America.
We wholeheartedly love it and hope all the outlaws out there will join the party as it's about to step up a notch… line them up!"
You can pre-order the Makin' Tracks Vinyl/ CD/ T-shirt/ Mugshot deal here: http://www.theoutlaworchestra.com
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"Under the guidance of studio engineer David Evans we pushed ourselves to get the best out of our instruments and song writing, and it undoubtedly shows. This is far and away the most accomplished song writing and playing we have achieved to date – we've demonstrated our tastes from hard rock to pure country with one toe over the border into Latin America.
We wholeheartedly love it and hope all the outlaws out there will join the party as it's about to step up a notch… line them up!"
You can pre-order the Makin' Tracks Vinyl/ CD/ T-shirt/ Mugshot deal here: http://www.theoutlaworchestra.com
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Midlands based, rock 'n' soul-inspired quartet Rainbreakers are returning to the fray with impressive new material that will see the light of day on their forthcoming new album, to be released later this year.
The band’s return, which follows their seriously impressive 2018 full-length debut album Face To Face, was celebrated first by the single 'Ashes,' and now by the follow-up 'Light Me Up' and its accompanying Official Video (directed, filmed and edited by Morgan Tedd at Erase Creative, assisted by Joel Seccombe).
The band’s return, which follows their seriously impressive 2018 full-length debut album Face To Face, was celebrated first by the single 'Ashes,' and now by the follow-up 'Light Me Up' and its accompanying Official Video (directed, filmed and edited by Morgan Tedd at Erase Creative, assisted by Joel Seccombe).
You can purchase the new single (in limited edition 7" vinyl), previous single 'Ashes' and pre-order the new album (plus various merch bundle offers) at the band's on-line shop: https://www.therainbreakers.com/shop
The Rainbreakers are:
Ben Edwards (vocals); Charlie Richards (guitar); Ash Milburn (bass), Sam Edwards (drums).
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The Rainbreakers are:
Ben Edwards (vocals); Charlie Richards (guitar); Ash Milburn (bass), Sam Edwards (drums).
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They’re gonna put me in the movies (soundtrack)... or how an icy road led to a gritty sounding supergroup known as the L.A. Rats...
When Big Machine Label Group founder and entrepreneur Scott Borchetta was tasked with helming the soundtrack to Liam Neeson’s upcoming Netflix thriller The Ice Road, and knowing he wanted a rocking psycho-billy track to anchor an eclectic collection of songs, he called his friend and bassist Nikki Sixx about a collaboration with vocalist Rob Zombie.
Eschewing the possibility of a new song, the now four-piece group – Nicki Sixx, Rob Zombie, Zombie’s guitarist John 5 and drummer Tommy Clufetos – chose to pick out the oft-covered and later Johnny Cash classic 'I’ve Been Everywhere' (a song that was always earmarked as potential inclusion).
Fair to say they made it their own…
When Big Machine Label Group founder and entrepreneur Scott Borchetta was tasked with helming the soundtrack to Liam Neeson’s upcoming Netflix thriller The Ice Road, and knowing he wanted a rocking psycho-billy track to anchor an eclectic collection of songs, he called his friend and bassist Nikki Sixx about a collaboration with vocalist Rob Zombie.
Eschewing the possibility of a new song, the now four-piece group – Nicki Sixx, Rob Zombie, Zombie’s guitarist John 5 and drummer Tommy Clufetos – chose to pick out the oft-covered and later Johnny Cash classic 'I’ve Been Everywhere' (a song that was always earmarked as potential inclusion).
Fair to say they made it their own…
"This song is so rock & roll, is so country, is so all of it – the traveling circus, city to city, riff to riff, greasy cheeseburger, rinse and repeat; poetry based on reality – it’s something every one of us has lived!
We wanted to bring that fire that’s Johnny Cash, but it’s also how do we flip it? John 5 and I brought in this Zeppeliny half-time thing from the beginning with Rob talking on the outro.
But I also did some stuff that suggested the original, like those big walks through the guitar parts upright player style. We all had that freedom to go other places, and we did!" - Nikki Sixx
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We wanted to bring that fire that’s Johnny Cash, but it’s also how do we flip it? John 5 and I brought in this Zeppeliny half-time thing from the beginning with Rob talking on the outro.
But I also did some stuff that suggested the original, like those big walks through the guitar parts upright player style. We all had that freedom to go other places, and we did!" - Nikki Sixx
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'Walking Free,' the first single release from trad/roots-blues Scottish duo Sister Gavin and the Gator (aka singer Adele Gavin and highly expressive blues-slide guitarist Iain Donald), couldn’t be better timed.
At the heart of the song’s pleaful and evocative vocal, slide and handclaps arrangement is a traditionally framed, delta meets gospel blues; but it also doubles as an uplifting, soulful cry to remain positive in the current state of global affairs and the hope we can, indeed, all be walking free from pandemic and political divide in a future yet to be realised.
Strong as the song is, it becomes even more the story-telling number when set within the accompanying Lyric Video...
At the heart of the song’s pleaful and evocative vocal, slide and handclaps arrangement is a traditionally framed, delta meets gospel blues; but it also doubles as an uplifting, soulful cry to remain positive in the current state of global affairs and the hope we can, indeed, all be walking free from pandemic and political divide in a future yet to be realised.
Strong as the song is, it becomes even more the story-telling number when set within the accompanying Lyric Video...
Singer-songwriter Adele Gavin and guitarist Iain Donald formed a musical partnership in 2019 when the two friends played together at a jam session and brought new life to each other’s music.
During the first Covid Lockdown the duo isolated together in order to stream live music through the
Covid-19 Charity Page they had set up to help musicians raise money for local charities in Scotland and encourage people to remain hopeful whilst at home; they continue to perform live-steam concerts during the second lockdown.
An otherwise unavailable and longer version of 'Walking Free' (a more "fife & drum" arrangement featuring drummer Dave Cantwell) can be purchased via the duo's Bandcamp page: https://sistergavinandthegator.bandcamp.com/
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During the first Covid Lockdown the duo isolated together in order to stream live music through the
Covid-19 Charity Page they had set up to help musicians raise money for local charities in Scotland and encourage people to remain hopeful whilst at home; they continue to perform live-steam concerts during the second lockdown.
An otherwise unavailable and longer version of 'Walking Free' (a more "fife & drum" arrangement featuring drummer Dave Cantwell) can be purchased via the duo's Bandcamp page: https://sistergavinandthegator.bandcamp.com/
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Photo by Kevin McCollum
The pandemic and associated lockdowns may have curtailed live gigs but it hasn’t stopped many an artist getting on with recording or adding further strings to their bows – or in the case of Ali Ferguson, his guitar.
An ambient focussed composer, Scottish guitarist-singer-producer-solo artist Ali Ferguson is also known for his touring and recording time with fellow Scot, singer Ray Wilson (Stiltskin, Genesis/Calling All Stations), 80s hitmakers Red Box and Scottish folk legend legend Dougie Maclean.
More recently however Ali Ferguson stepped in as a radio guest-host when he presented The Prog Show on Radio Mix 106.
Given the musician’s penchant for atmospheric and melodic soundscapes (his own work combines spoken word, samples, beautiful Gilmour-esque guitar and electronica) his playlisting wasn’t, refreshingly, all about the usual prog suspects or songs; instead the likes of Sigur Ros, Ashra and Tycho shared ambient space with deeper cuts from Peter Gabriel and Pink Floyd.
Additionally, with touring still some way off, Ali Ferguson has rejoined the ranks of GuitarGuitar Edinburgh as part of their sales team.
Even better news for fans of Ali Ferguson and his music was the recent announcement that four of the eight tracks that will make up the Edinburgh based artist’s third solo album, The Contemplative Power Of Water, have now been completed.
The tracks are being mixed by Graeme Hughes, who also mixed Ferguson’s previous album, 2016’s A Sequence Of Moments, which featured ethereal soundscapes such as 'Out Of the Dark.'
An ambient focussed composer, Scottish guitarist-singer-producer-solo artist Ali Ferguson is also known for his touring and recording time with fellow Scot, singer Ray Wilson (Stiltskin, Genesis/Calling All Stations), 80s hitmakers Red Box and Scottish folk legend legend Dougie Maclean.
More recently however Ali Ferguson stepped in as a radio guest-host when he presented The Prog Show on Radio Mix 106.
Given the musician’s penchant for atmospheric and melodic soundscapes (his own work combines spoken word, samples, beautiful Gilmour-esque guitar and electronica) his playlisting wasn’t, refreshingly, all about the usual prog suspects or songs; instead the likes of Sigur Ros, Ashra and Tycho shared ambient space with deeper cuts from Peter Gabriel and Pink Floyd.
Additionally, with touring still some way off, Ali Ferguson has rejoined the ranks of GuitarGuitar Edinburgh as part of their sales team.
Even better news for fans of Ali Ferguson and his music was the recent announcement that four of the eight tracks that will make up the Edinburgh based artist’s third solo album, The Contemplative Power Of Water, have now been completed.
The tracks are being mixed by Graeme Hughes, who also mixed Ferguson’s previous album, 2016’s A Sequence Of Moments, which featured ethereal soundscapes such as 'Out Of the Dark.'
Work on the remaining four tracks that will make up The Contemplative Power of Water is expected to commence soon; the pre-order/ crowdfunder for the album will also be announced shortly.
Meanwhile you can check out and/ or purchase Ali Ferguson’s previous albums and other songs on his bandcamp page: https://aliferguson.bandcamp.com/music
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Meanwhile you can check out and/ or purchase Ali Ferguson’s previous albums and other songs on his bandcamp page: https://aliferguson.bandcamp.com/music
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"A language works best when we have something interesting to say. Many music teachers never find out what their students have to say; we only tell them what they are supposed to say."
Victor Wooten
Victor Wooten