SOUND CITY 2021 1st-3rd October 2021
Posted: February 26, 2021 in FESTIVALS, MUSICTags: Lanterns On the Lake, Liverpool, Sound City, The Lathums
All tickets previously bought are still valid. Weekend & VIP tickets are on sale now. For anyone who has bought day tickets please note they’re still valid and we appreciate your patience as we accommodate to artists new touring timetables.
We really hope that with our new dates, we finally have something to look forward to! Once again we really are overwhelmed with the support and love we’ve received from everyone and hope you’re as excited as us to party together, but this time in October. Join us for one of the most unforgettable Sound City’s featuring headline acts Rejjie Snow & Red Rum Club & many more including The Mysterines, The Lathums, Lanterns On The Lake and 100s more to be announced!
RYLEY WALKER – ” Rang Dizzy “
Posted: February 15, 2021 in ALBUMS, MUSICTags: Course in Fable, Husky Pants label, Ryley Walker
This week Ryley Walker announced a new album, sharing a song from it titled “Rang Dizzy.” The upcoming album, “Course in Fable”, will be out on April 2nd via Walker’s own Husky Pants label.
“Rang Dizzy” is made up of such poetic lines as: “I extend my hand to all probable possibilities/That I may be baptized in seltzer from glaciers” and “As the cherry water runs down my spine/I recall coupon codes from minimum wage jobs/Unionized by labor kept in sheep skin/Saving up for tires that light up when you drive them.”
“Rang Dizzy,” is a free-flowing tune that incorporates some jazz influence into the mix. Like the album as a whole, the song was produced by Tortoise’s John McEntire.
As Walker noted, he doesn’t have any fancy new press photos for this album cycle yet, as he tweeted, “i didn’t have time to go to the woods or an alley to take press photos of me looking away from the camera cause I’m packing records. this is all I got.”
Walker’s most recent original solo album was Deafman Glance, which came out in 2018 on Dead Oceans. Later that year, he also released The Lillywhite Sessions, a cover album of an unreleased 2001 Dave Matthews Band album. Also that year, he and Charles Rumback collaborated on the album Little Common Twist. Now, he’s soon to be back with another solo record: Walker has announced Course In Fable, which is set to come out on April 3rd via his own Husky Pants Records.
Releases April 3rd, 2021
Ryley Walker- Guitar/Vocals
Andrew Scott Young – Bass/Piano
Bill MacKay – Guitar/Piano
Ryan Jewell – Drums/Percussion
John McEntire – Engineer/Mixing/Synth/Keys/Vibraphone
Douglas Jenkins – String Arrangements/Cello
Nancy Ives – Cello
PLUMPTON BLUES FESTIVAL 6th-9th Aug 1970
Posted: February 9, 2021 in MUSICTags: the National Jazz and Blues Festival
The National Jazz and Blues Festivals of the middle to late sixties were important musical events because they showcased the best of the British rock, jazz and pop bands of the time. Many bands got their big breaks at these festivals, if you performed well, receiving audience acclaim could lead to residencies at the prestigious Marquee club . Some artists even got recording contracts out of their appearances .
However, by this time, the National Jazz and Blues Festival fortunes were beginning to wane. It could no longer be said to be the most prestigious , or largest Festival in the UK summer calendar . In 1970 there was massive competition for the festival punters pound from the mega festivals at Bath and the Isle Of Wight . The international line-up of both these giants dwarfed the line-up of UK bands that the National Jazz Federation promoters had signed up and consequently there was a fairly low turn out for this festival . Barely 12,000 for the Friday concert , although I don’t know the exact figures for the entire festival.
ROCK POSTERS – Chuck Berry Grateful Dead at the Fillmore and Winterland
Posted: January 30, 2021 in MUSIC
