BRETT EVERY - vocals, piano, guitar, acoustic bass
ESTELLE NOONAN - harmony vocals
ROBIN DIXON - double bass, singing saw, banjo
LAUREN ALLISON - drums
STUART WEST - trumpet, blues harp
With special guests
VIRGINIA RE - harmony vocals
JUSTIN J BEAR - duet vocal on 'Devereaux'
Etkilendikleri
Long John Baldry, kd lang, Megan Mullally and the Supreme Music Program, Vaya Con Dios, Emmylou Harris, Justin Bond, Jimmy Scott, Tom Waits, Patty Griffin, Chris Isaak, Tanita Tikaram, Johnette Napolitano, Tindersticks, Bette Midler, Leonard Cohen, Lambchop, Rufus Wainwright, Antony & the Johnsons, Ani DiFranco, Chet Baker, Nina Simone, Burt Bacharach, Maria McKee, Alison Moyet, Stevie Nicks, Norah Jones
Neye Benziyor?
"... one of the best I've heard this year, and one of the best parts is how unorthodox it is". [gay.com]
"I defy anyone not to be impressed by the languid infectiousness of “’Til The Eyes Adjust,” the jazzy groove of “Devereaux” (about, yes, The Golden Girls’ Blanche), and the quiet, but cathartic build of “Camping Out.” [afterelton.com]
"If you're like me and have always wanted to be serenaded in that way, then this album delivers. These are the songs that you wish were written to you." [gay.com]
"If there’s any justice in the world, we’ll be hearing much more from Brett in the years to come". [afterelton.com]
CAMPING OUT: A Big Gay Album of Big Gay Love Songs.
(Available on iTunes ... or through cdbaby at http://cdbaby.com/cd/brettevery.
... also, within Australia, you can contact brettevery@gmail.com for copies by mail)
1. Sailor
2. How Still The Night
3. He Was Too Good To Me (lorenz hart/richard rodgers)
4. Camping Out
5. Swaying
6. Devereaux (duet with Justin J. Bear)
7. William
8. 'Til The Eyes Adjust
9. Dear John (cyndi lauper/rob hyman/eric bazillian)
10. Do You Wanna Waltz
Bluesy-rocky-jazzy-torchy original songs, in an original and distinguished voice, with classy arrangements of double-bass, piano, guitar and drums (courtesy of Robin Dixon and Lauren Allison), and introducing trumpet/harmonica from Stuart West (www.myspace.com/stuartdude) and the harmony vocals of Estelle Noonan & Virginia Re.
A HUGE BIG THANKS to each of the players and singers involved in this recording. Each instrument and voice brought so much to each song, and it just would not be the same without you. Also, thank you to Scott Collins for his wonderful mastering, general advice, and generosity. Thanks to Robin Dixon also, for the extended loans of instruments.
And for your visual pleasure, see...
"Prince Charming" (in acoustic trio style) live from August's gig at Will & Toby's - missing Lauren on drums and Robin on double bass, but featuring Stuart on trumpet and Estelle on vocals:
And, now... for the full band version:
[BIG THANKS for the photos by Orion - see myspace.com/orionq]
....FRIZZ RECORDS is proud to announce our fourth LP release...
LEILA ADU has been described as 'A Nina Simone for the Noughties', and her two acclaimed albums infuse a broadly 'art-rock' approach with elements of torch song, speakeasy blues, avant garde jazz, gamelan, post-rock textures, and a David Lynch style dreamlike b-movie melodrama. As her website has it, exploring the "dissonant edges of familiar forms", but with that kind of 'dissonance' that they once accused Thelonious Monk or Debussy of, the kind that soon betrays it's own compelling melodic and harmonic logic to the attentive listener...
'Dark Joan', Leila's third album as a solo artist, was recorded in Chicago with the legendary Steve Albini (PJ Harvey, Joanna Newsome, Nirvana, Pixies), and Albini's genius has been to strip her sound back to it's essence, and hold it's most distinctive qualities up to the light. It doesn't hurt that this is by far Leila's most powerful set of songs to date, and if anything we are lead even deeper into her world by the pictures painted with just piano (or in some cases harpsichord or a grime-encrusted electric piano) and that voice...
Capable of anything from delicate heartbreaking purity to a fearsome dramatic power, her powers are seemingly limitless, yet unlike most other singers of her calibre, never does she resort to melodrama or show-boating, or any kind of pastiche, instead she employs her resources fully in the expression of her distinctive musical vision and the deep well-spring of her imagination. Nothing ever sounds as though it could have not been sung...
....FRIZZ RECORDS is proud to announce our third LP release...
"Anutha Kinda Brotha" is the debut LP from underground legend ART TERRY. Since moving to the UK from his native Los Angeles in the early 90s, Mr Terry has established himself as one of London's characters.
Describing Art's sound to the uninitiated usually involves debunking some of the stereotypes of what the 'typical' black Californian might play. Despite his jazz training, and coming of age to the sounds of classic soul and funk, these styles are only a part of his musical vision. His fascination with folk styles, classical music, punk rock, pure pop, easy listening, musical theatre and the European avant garde have taken him on different paths from most...
The result is an orchestral pop record full of sonic inventiveness, whether it's the blend of Shuggie Otis's 60s California and Sun Ra's ancient Egypt on 'Bible', Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons leading a mariachi band on 'Escort', or the Walt Disney music box orchestra of 'Miss Dominatrix', but whilst this is very much a sonic feast, we shouldn't overlook Art's extraordinary lyrical adeptness, and the distinctive character this brings to the proceedings, with a knack for unique and colourful imagery, and how like a great short story writer he is able to paint an engaging picture whilst keeping back from casting judgement on his characters, always leaving open ends for the listener to tie; giving us the feeling that however far astray someone might have gone, there is always sympathy and human feeling for them in Art's mind...
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....FRIZZ RECORDS is proud to announce our second official LP release...
"Modern Mediaeval" is the third LP from singer-songwriter DAVID GARSIDE, and the first to receive the full Frizz Records vinyl treatment. It’s also clearly the most fully-realised statement of his distinctive vision so far…
It’s an easy route to locate David in the tradition of his ‘classic’ influences (McCartney, Nick Drake, Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, The Beach Boys, Love, Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel, Dexy’s…), but there are few songwriters working today that have absorbed these influences so fully, and arrived at a mature style as David has…
This is ’singer-songwriter’ music in the sense that it’s focus is on song-craft and the unfolding of the lyrical vision of a single individual, but if so then it’s definitely at the sophisticated end of the scale (’progressive’ if that term isn’t too loaded…), filed alongside ‘Bryter Layter’, ‘The Hissing Of Summer Lawns’, ‘Pretzel Logic’ or ‘Surf’s Up’...another FRIZZ RECORDS instant classic!
"Modern Mediaeval" can be downloaded from the iTunes Store
The album is also available on heavyweight vinyl LP, or on Digipack CD from www.FrizzRecords.com & all good retailers
....FRIZZ RECORDS is proud to announce our first official LP release...
"It's Not The Wand, It's The Magic" is the debut release from AUGUST, the London based band centred around the songwriting partnership between vocalist VEDINA MOSE and multi-instrumentalist / producer RAPHAEL MANN (MR HUDSON / JOY JOSEPH / ART TERRY), with master drummer CLEAN CUT MARK and clarinetist / vocalist MAREE CHOIE completing the core line-up, and a supporting cast including ART TERRY (keyboards), SHOHEI KAWAMOTO (AKA Japanese producer Baraki, Bass clarinet, soprano sax and flute), and KAI HOFFMAN (French horn)
Always an act that juggled a diverse set of influences, the album has been compared to artists as diverse as KATE BUSH, PRINCE, DE LA SOUL, SLY STONE, MADLIB, SERGE GAINSBOURG and THE DELFONICS, for its concoction of wild experimentation and traditional song craft, organic production and futuristic electronic touches, funk bass & drums and jazz & orchestral references, infectious melodies and lyrical flights of fancy...with nods towards classic soul, JB funk, Studio One, 60s pop, psychedelia, left field hip hop, new wave, doo wop, tropicalia, high life, & avant garde jazz, without any song ever fitting squarely into any of those categories...new music, basically...and an instant classic!
"It's Not The Wand, It's The Magic" can be downloaded now from the iTunes Store
The album is also available on heavyweight vinyl LP in a sumptuous gatefold sleeve, or on Digipack CD from www.FrizzRecords.com & all good retailers
This month we mostly have Catie Curtis (with a Richard Thompson cover), Lindsay Fuller and The Cheap Dates (and who amongst us isn't?), Josh Fix with a track from the well-titled album This Town Is Starting To Make Me Angry and the rather lovely Red Rooster.
Four more little sonic gems for your August pleasure are now available on the site. Blitzen Trapper, Boulder Acoustic Society, Jay Brannan and The Wiyos. Yet another fine quartet even though we say so ourselves as picked them out.
Hello, after an unfortunate hiatus, the reasons for which are probably best not gone into here, we finally have some new music on the AUK MySpace site. For your listening pleasure this month we offer Nathan Oliver, Conrad Ford, the irrepressible Todd Snider and the delightful Beccy Owen. Don't forget too, for those of you within striking distance of Leicester, Electric Dustbowl 2 on 19 September.
As a special deal for members of our myspace ministry we have put together 2 amazing sale packages in conjunction with Ebay.
Package 1: Buy a copy of our latest album "Get Somewhere" and we'll throw in a copy of our "No One" EP + a copy of our "Self Titled" EP + a "T-Shirt" all for the low price of $25 (plus postage).
Package 2: For those who already have a copy of our latest album "Get Somewhere" but want to hear more of our music just follow the link below to get a copy of our "No One" EP + a copy of our "Self Titled" EP + a "T-Shirt" all for the low price of $15 (plus postage).
Just click on the link below to be taken to our Ebay store to purchase either of these great packages.
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