Totally love it! A completely different take on a classic...great job!

Love, love, love it.  Such a change to original - but very good

Really really good reworking of a classic

Just incredible a brilliant reworking better than the original

A refreshing change to a familiar song, sounds great.

like a trip into the unknown part of your mind. brilliant B-)

Chris

Absolute Radio Christmas Session, 26th November 2013

Beady Eye - Off At The Next Exit (Acoustic)

Cover of The Stones Roses classic from the forthcoming album, 'Wenlock Hill,' out on 5th May 2014.

Wenlock Hill is the new release from Merrymouth, the three piece folk-orientated band formed by Ocean Colour Scene’s frontman Simon Fowler along with long time OCS band member Dan Sealey and acclaimed keyboard player Adam Barry.

Wenlock Hill is the follow up to their critically acclaimed debut, Merrymouth, and will be released through Navigator Records on May 5th 2014.

The 11-track album sees a diverse range of songs with inspiration coming in many different forms. The title track was inspired by the series of poems ‘A Shropshire Lad’ by AE Houseman, though “I’m not sure Wenlock Hill actually exists!” remarked Adam.

The melodious first single, Without You, is a love song about being apart and the loneliness of a long-distance relationship.

He Was A Friend Of Mine is a tender, melancholic song about the murder of John Lennon. “Dan introduced us to Roger McGuinn’s version concerning the death of JFK and we wanted to relate that loss to our generation. So, we sat down and wrote the song to reflect Lennon’s death,” recalled Simon.

There is a remarkable ‘folked-up’ version of The Stone Roses’ I Am The Resurrection. “It was really interesting to strip this tune down to a piano, strings and three part harmony,” Adam described. “We have always felt that although Ian Brown is never associated with folk, there is an influence in his vocal and melodies. Since songs are kept alive by different singers interpreting them, we wanted to add our own touches to this tune.” For a similar reason, their inspired reworking of The Stranglers’ track Duchess was because “it too had a great melody and could almost be a Ray Davies song,” he added.

Guest appearances include the legendary Chas Hodges on Salt Breeze, and award winning violinist John McCusker assisted on several further tracks, both artists having been of great influence on Merrymouth. Also guesting were Catherine Harper (cello), Andy Derrick (trombone), Hugh Thomas (clarinet), Anthony Jones (muted trumpet) and Nick Lyndon (double bass).

The album was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire and was produced by Dan Sealey and Adam Barry.

TOUR DETAILS:
Merrymouth will embark on a UK tour to support the release of Wenlock Hill, expect additional dates to be added :

8th May - The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
9th May - Rothes Hall, Glenrothes
10th May - Tolbooth, Stirling
15th May - The Fruit, Hull
16th May - The Met, Bury
17th May - The Mac, Birmingham
18th May - The Glee Club, Nottingham
31st May – The Brook, Southampton
1st June - The Glee Club, Cardiff
2nd June – Kings Hall, London

Pre-order your signed copy from : www.propermusic.com/product-details…-Edition-166477

www.merrymouth.net/
www.navigatorrecords.co.uk/

Merrymouth - I Am The Resurrection

Fresh from their UK tour as support to Bellowhead, Moulettes release a new single, 'Glorious Year' on January 11th 2015 on Navigator Records (from the album, 'Constellations.')  

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www.moulettes.co.uk/

Moulettes - Glorious Year

Acoustic Classics from Richard Thompson. Pre-order now: http://smarturl.it/RTAcousticClassics

01 I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

From Galway To Graceland

Release date 02.12.2014

"On his visit to Kinshasa James Brown dubbed him *Mister Dynamite*"  

It has been a struggle to lay hands on Verckys, although the man doesn´t go unnoticed. Notorious for being one of Congo´s most ruthless business men, the legendary musician had build a whole imperium in Kinshasa, the capital city of the central african power house (arguably one of the toughest places in the world) and has a whole building with his name, in the very heart of the city.

So I travelled to the Congo in June of 2013 to find Verckys only to find out that he headed in opposite direction to sort out his health issues. But I did meet his manager who gave me his phone number, so I called:  "Oh Monsieur Samy, we need to met, lets talk business", he said, probably not knowing that I was an independent record label, with all it represents.  But the more I spoke to the men the more I realised that he was genuinely interested in music more then anything else. The following message I received few weeks ago, confirmed my feeling:

"Samy, I am writing to you because I´m a little worried. I´ve been thinking about your selection and I now wonder if your compilation will do well due to the fact that the chosen songs had little impact in Kinshasa. Others had much more success"

I was surprised but pleased to see that he cared about the project although I had already paid him in full. But why wouldn't he? Its his music after all.

"Most of the songs you´ve selected were recorded in Nairobi, for the Kenyan market. These songs did very well there, also in Zambia, but here in the Congo they flopped...except for "Ya Nini", that was a monster hit. Still, I am very surprised you´ve mentioned it has become a legendary track in Colombia, positively surprised"

This compilation was supposed to be released in October as a limited edition of 2000 copies, but after a few Skype chats with Verckys, seeing that he has come to terms with his health issues, and pushing for a European tour come next summer, we´ve decided to release this as Analog Africa No.17 which is now going to see light of day first week of December. 

In the mean time enjoy this incredible slice of "Congolese AfroFunk", probably one of the best coming out of the continent. "Cheka Sana" has become one of the most sought after 7inch singles around (the B side is killer as well). Collectors and diggers offering crazy sums for it (I don't even dare to mention the sum here). It deserves to be heard by more then just a handful....and it should set fire to many dancefloors around the globe.

Be so kind and leave a comment in the soundcloud. I will forward all of them to Verckys himself as an encouragements to come back stronger !!! 
Thank you for reading.
Samy (Analog Africa)


Listen and buy here

Cheka Sana - Verckys & Orchestre Vévé - Analog Africa No.17 (Please leave a comment for Verckys)

A remix we did of Ed Harcourts remix on Fiona Bevan´s splendid track "The Machine".

Fiona Bevan - The Machine (KRAM Remix)

Please enjoy 'High Tea' ,the first single from our upcoming album 'Fracture' available to pre-order here http://bit.ly/1ntM4wU

High Tea (single)

Versão de uma balada feita por Richard Rodgers e Lorenz Hart em 1934 que ficou conhecida também na voz de Elvis Presley, e agora usada pelo Beady Eye para homenagear o clube Manchester City, o qual Lian Gallangher (The Rain/Oasis/Beady Eye) é torcedor.

Beady Eye - Blue Moon

In 2015 Jackie will release her sixth studio album, The Spyglass & The Herringbone (out 27th April 2015 – ECC Records), a record exploring lesser known but life-affirming songs from the English tradition, drawing on material dug from the archives, as well as some carefully selected original
works including the title track by band member Chris Sarjeant. Production credits include Afro Celt Sound System/The Imagined Village’s Simon Emmerson, multi-BBC Folk Award nominee Ben Walker and Richard Evans, who also produced Jackie’s previous albums Lullabies and Saturnine. The album features performances by names from folk and mainstream music including Jim Moray, Andy Gangadeen, John Parker and Jack Rutter

04 The Spyglass & The Herringbone

November

The Wedding Day is taken from Heidi Talbot's latest album Here We Go 1, 2, 3 which is available now. Find out more: http://www.navigatorrecords.co.uk/2016/07/new-release-heidi-talbot-here-we-go-1-2-3/

Here We Go 1, 2, 3

The Wedding Day

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Heidi Talbot - The Wedding Day

XXXTENTACION & Lil Pump ft. Maluma & Swae Lee  - Arms Around You

OUI FM Acoustic Session, 17th May 2013.

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Beady Eye - Start Anew (Acoustic)

Beady Eye - Second Bite of The Apple (Live Acoustic - Oui FM Radio 17/05/13)

Beady Eye - Cry Baby Cry (The Beatles Cover - Abbey Road Session 03/06/13)

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