Missing you my friend Bill 1

Missing you my friend Bill 2

Two and a half years in the making, it's finally done. A lot of Demolishing has happened and this album reflects a lot of that. Thanks Chris Flanders for your contributions. Hope everyone enjoys this one. It's a bit "down" feeling but points (hopefully) up?

Music written by Phil Collins, The Byrds, Tears For Fears, The Allman Brothers and King Crimson is all included for tribute purposes only and none of this material is for sale in any way shape or form. 

Pre Tro, In Tro, Timing Is Everything, What If, and Demolition written by Scott Markle.  Lyrics on What If were inspired by conversations with Chris and Stan Stills. Chris and Stan play various accenting and backup instruments throughout.

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'Gold, Green’ is taken from the 'The Appearance of Colour' out now on Real World Records.

Pre order from iTunes and download 'Gold, Green' instantly:
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/appearanceofcolour
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John Metcalfe takes to the road for a series of dates in May 2016. 

For these live shows Metcalfe has assembled an incredible line up of musicians from the worlds of folk, electronica and post-classical; crisp, jazz-influenced beats from Rae Morris’ drummer Daisy Palmer, deeply felt groove from Red Snapper's bassist Ali Friend and the exquisite voice of Rosie Doonan, fresh back from touring with Birdy.

2016
8 May BRISTOL Colston Hall Lantern	
www.colstonhall.org 0844 887 1500

13 May CORK Triskel Arts 
www.triskelartscentre.ie +353 (0)21 427 2022

19 May BRIGHTON Great Escape Festival 	
www.greatescapefestival.com 0870 264 3333

20 May OXFORD The Bullingdon	
www.thebullingdon.co.uk info@thebullingdon.co.uk

21 May STROUD, SVA, Brunel Goods Shed	
www.sva.org.uk 01453 751440

28 May LEICESTER Cookie	
www.thecookieleicester.co.uk 0116 253 1212

29 May LONDON Royal Albert Hall Elgar Room	
www.royalalberthall.com 020 7589 8212
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'It's an effervescent, divinely beautiful moment, packed with Eno-esque passages of ambience and glistening guitar lines worthy of 
Vini Reilly.’ – Clash

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Composer, producer, classical violist, guitarist, and arranger to A-list pop stars, John Metcalfe has always been a name worth seeking out. The Appearance of Colour presents Metcalfe as a recording artist -- as front man, maestro and manipulator of sounds. Moreover it's a 'proper' album, carefully crafted as a listening experience with a beginning, middle and end, in which no two tracks sound or feel the same.

To make the album, Metcalfe enlisted the support of a small 'repertory company' of trusted collaborators, including drummer Andy Gangadeen (The Bays, Chase and Status), bassist Ali Friend (Red Snapper), pianist Tom Cawley (Curios, Peter Gabriel) and singer Natasha Khan (Bat for Lashes). Metcalfe then meticulously assembled his arsenal of electronics, strings, guitars and layered vocals in his Oxford garage studio. The Appearance of Colour may share some of the programmed perfection typical of contemporary electronica, yet there's a 'played' feel that animates the tracks -- the sense of musicians giving everything they have in the first take.


http://john-metcalfe.co.uk

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John Metcalfe - Gold, Green

David Byrne and Brian Eno - Strange Overtones

Everything Changes

From the all night run, Labor Day weekend

Nothing Else Matters

A sampler of originals from my latest CD. All songs written and performed by Scott Markle. Recorded, mixed and mastered at SamStuffStudiosTC, Williamsburg MI, USA.

Cover art, Remnants, acrylic on canvas by Scott Markle, 2019. Graphic design by Susan Huggins.

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