68) Beth Orton featuring Terry Callier 'Dolphins'

Constance Amiot - Upside Down

The superduo of Brad Mehldau, likely one of the most influential jazz pianists of our time, and Mark Guiliana, hands down one of the best drummers around, are soon to release their new album, Taming the Dragon.
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Mehliana- Brad Mehldau , Mark Guiliana -Sleeping Giant (Live)

This track feels like it wandered out of a dive bar in a lost scene from a Tarantino flick — all smoke, sweat, and sweet-talking sinners.
A brooding acoustic ballad soaked in Old Spice, cheap red wine, and bad decisions wrapped in silk sheets.

Dirty romance. Desert motel vibes. A soundtrack for your vices.

Think: dusty guitars, outlaw tenderness, and lyrics that roll a cigarette with trembling hands.

If you've ever loved something crooked, this one's for you.

Killing Time V2

soba ni ite hoshikute

Taken from the album 'On The Cobbles'

Four years since the release of his last studio album ‘'Glasgow Walker’, John Martyn returns with his 22nd studio album entitled ‘'On The Cobbles’ on 26 April 2004 through Independiente.

The new album was recorded at various studios in the UK and US including Woolengrange in Ireland, The Toolshed, Chicago USA, Doon The Cellar, Birkenhead, Swan Yard Studios, London, Parr Street Studios, Liverpool, Hornyold Road Studios, Worcestershire and at The Caliope Recorders, Chicago USA.

Produced and engineered by Jim Tullio and Garry Pollitt, ‘On The Cobbles’ includes collaborations with ex-Verve guitarist Nick McCabe on ‘Walking Home’; fellow label mate in the past on both Go! Discs and Independiente, Paul Weller, who appears on ‘Under My Wing’ playing Wurlitzer, B3 Hammond, acoustic guitar & backing vocals; the legendary Mavis Staples, lead singer of the Staple Singers appears as guest vocalist on final track, ‘Goodnight Irene’.


‘ON THE COBBLES’
Tracklisting:
1.	Baby Come Home
2.	Under My Wing  (feat. Paul Weller)
3.	Ghosts
4.	Back To Marseilles
5.	Cobbles
6.	My Creator
7.	One For The Road
8.	Go Down Easy
9.	Walking Home  (feat. Nick McCabe)
10.	Goodnight Irene (feat. Mavis Staples)

John Martyn - Go Down Easy

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Hidden Conversations is the follow up to Terry’s Lookin’ Out album. Following Terry’s performance at the 2008 Meltdown Festival (curated by Massive Attack), he once again teamed up with the legendary British trio for this album.

On Hidden Conversations Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja co-wrote Wings and John Lee Hooker and exclusively wrote Live With Me. The combination of Massive Attack’s haunting production and Terry’s beautiful, emotive vocals is quite simply, stunning.

All the other songs on Hidden Conversations were exclusively written by Terry himself with a new electronic edge that complements Terry’s style perfectly and offers a new direction that will appeal to fans both old and new. Hidden Conversations is as innovative and compelling as ever. 

Hidden Conversations is the follow up to Terry’s Lookin’ Out album. Following Terry’s performance at the 2008 Meltdown Festival (curated by Massive Attack), he once again teamed up with the legendary British trio for this album. 

On Hidden Conversations Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja co-wrote Wings and John Lee Hooker and exclusively wrote Live With Me. The combination of Massive Attack’s haunting production and Terry’s beautiful, emotive vocals is quite simply, stunning. 

All the other songs on Hidden Conversations were exclusively written by Terry himself with a new electronic edge that complements Terry’s style perfectly and offers a new direction that will appeal to fans both old and new. Hidden Conversations is as innovative and compelling as ever.


Terry Callier - Live With Me

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"An atmospheric return" - Clash Music 
"Between the latest incarnation of Arctic Monkeys and a soulful Paolo Nutini" - Gigwise
 "Unadulterated Stax-style soul...they sound like a band that’ s just finding their groove" - The Line Of Best Fit

Sometimes it takes a few bumps to find the right direction; often it involves experience, guts and self-belief to trust yourself and venture from one to find another. The Milk are a band that believe with utter conviction that they've now found their way.  

“Our second record, like many others before us, has been a life affirming but at times painful experience. For  all  the  good we  did  on  our  first  record, we  felt  that  there we're  many  unanswered  questions.  It  was important that this album put the record straight, not just for our fans and peers but for ourselves.”- Dan Legresley

 Fuelled by a rediscovery of the music and artists that originally inspired their formation, the four walls of their studio were ablaze  with a soundtrack of Bill Withers, Isaac Hayes and the Isley Brothers throughout the songwriting process for their new album.   From the swagger of symphonic opener ‘ Wanderlust’  to heartfelt ballad ‘ Lose That Way’  to the thunderous blues of the closing title track; The Milk’ s confidence in these songs and their execution is clearly audible. Captured in a tireless outburst of creativity at the end of 2014, ‘ Favourite Worry’  is The Milk at their soulful, honest and engaging best. 

“‘ Favourite Worry’  is born from the difficulties that everyone feels as they move through life, the dreams that falter, the friendships that struggle or the love that falls away. Each song is born from this very personal atonement that each of us has had to reconcile ourselves with. It was vital that the record demonstrate the many years we have played together, the blood harmonies and sibling rhythm section. Just as importantly the need for the sound to reach deep into the guts of the listener, as so many of our influences do, was always at the forefront.”- Dan Legresley

Eager  to  share  their  new  songs, ‘ Deliver  Me’   was  released  as  a    limited  7”  single  in  November  2014  - finding its  way  onto  the  playlists  of  BBC  6  Music’ s  Lauren  Laverne,  Huey  Morgan  and Gilles  Peterson  - while The Milk’ s dedicated fans packed out Tufnell Park’ s The Dome for the band’ s triumphant live return. The band unveiled their new songs in full for the first time to an intimate sold out show at Hackney’ s Oslo in July to  coincide  with the  release  of  single ‘ No  Interruptions’ ,  one  of  the first  songs  written for  'Favourite Worry'. 

“‘ No Interruptions’  provided us with a tone, musical flavour and a lyrical yardstick to which all of the other tracks on the album had to have in common. The song is about defiance and retribution, emotions that were common in the studio at that time.”- Rick Nunn

The  Bees'  Paul  Butler,  who  proved  his  production  mastery  with  Michael  Kiwanuka's  Mercury  Prize nominated debut, invited the band to record at Chale Abbey, a medieval barn on the Isle of Wight. Guided by Butler, the sessions captured the genuine version of The Milk: the sounds and honesty of soul. 

"There’ s a lot to love about The Milk. Pretty much family they’ ve been together so long, all have a focused passion on making the band work. They’ re equal in what each bring to the team, they practice more than any band I’ ve met. They know what they want now, which is source of the real magic. That quality in bands is becoming rarer, but they’ ve got it now.”
- Paul Butler (Producer)

Favourite Worry

1. 'Nosferatu' by Wise Blood [taken from the new EP 'These Wings', out now via Loose Lips Records]
2. 'Blue Snakes' by Canyons [taken from the album 'Keep Your Dreams', out now via Modular Recordings]
3. 'Close Behind' by Calexico [taken from 'Selections From Road Atlas 1998-2011', out now on City Slang]
4. 'Mr Extra Item Seat' by Rotifer [taken from their new album 'The Hosting Couple', out now on AED]

Close Behind - Calexico

For What It's Worth - Jacqui Naylor

Bonnie & Sheila - You Keep Me Hanging On

Independiente Records formed in 1997, releasing records for seminal artists such as Travis, Embrace, Tinariwen, So Solid Crew, and Martina-Topley Bird. The label has seen a considerable amount of success throughout the late 90's and early 00's with critically acclaimed albums such as "The Man Who" by Travis, which became the 25th biggest selling album in the UK after its release.

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