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Stoney Lane launches performance series at Kings Place, London – May 30th

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TG Collective and Mike Fletcher Trio
to open new live series
Kings Place, Saturday, May 30

 

The first in a series of eclectic performances featuring artists from the burgeoning Stoney Lane Records label, including the premiere of a new commissioned work written and performed by both bands.
Stoney Lane is an inventive and independent artist-led record label focusing on eclectic cross-genre original music, growing out of a diverse set of musical projects, collaborations, experiments, friendships and ideas, centred around musicians from Birmingham, UK.
“At last there is an innovative label dedicated to the brilliant scene here in Birmingham and to the many excellent players emerging.”
– Tony Dudley-Evans, Jazzlines Birmingham; Cheltenham Jazz Festival


TG Collective

The diverse instrumental 7-piece TG Collective bring together an intriguing mix of gypsy jazz, flamenco, jazz and contemporary classical influences, based around the core of guitarists Jamie Fekete and Sam Slater.  Creating ‘an exciting, sensuous sound’, TGC perform original music and arrangements, touching on influences as varied as Paco de Lucia, Django Reinhardt and JS Bach, and have built up a strong following with their intense live performances.
Featuring bass clarinet (Lluis Mather), violin (Kit Massey), flutes (Holly Jones), percussion (Joelle Barker), trumpet, double bass (Percy Pursglove) and the Arabic oud alongside the guitars, TGC released their critically acclaimed album, Release The Penguins, on the back of appearances from BBC1 to their whirlwind tour of jazz festivals in Bulgaria and Serbia.
‘You’ll see that they can let their hair down… from gypsy swing to husling, Chick Corea-ish impro… the playlist always keeps you guessing. And the telepathy is always tuneful’ – The Sunday Times
Mike Fletcher
The Mike Fletcher Trio combines composer and multi-reedist Mike Fletcher on the C-Melody sax and flute, bassist Olie Brice (Paul Dunmall, Tony Malaby, Ken Vandermark) and renowned US drummer Jeff Williams (Stan Getz, Lee Konitz, Joe Lovano).  The Trio’s distinctive sound draws inspiration from the jazz tradition and combines with it a contemporary approach to improvisation, featured on their debut album, the Spanish-tinged Vuelta, released earlier this year, alongside a tour of 11 major European concert halls, part of the ECHO Rising Stars programme.
‘A free-wheeling, experimental atmosphere and the real vibrancy that music being created in the moment can have… beautifully thought out, performed and recorded’ – The Jazz Breakfast
Link for the tickets:
http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on-book-tickets/music/tg-collective-the-mike-fletcher-trio

For further information please contact:
Sara Silver
sara@silverprojects.com
Office:  +44 208 265 0772
Mobile: +44 7710 360912

TG Collective - Zyryab (Paco de Lucia) - Studio 5, Sofia, Bulgaria (2013)

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Mike Fletcher Trio - Aire (from the album Vuelta)

Mike Fletcher Trio

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Bread & Butter Music

Dar Williams Signs To Bread & Butter

Featuring collaborations with Jill Sobule, Richard Thompson, Jim Lauderdale, the Milk Carton Kids, the Hooters, Lucy Wainwright Roche 

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Dar Williams to release her brand new album “EMERALD” on Bread and Butter Music May 18th 2015 and tour with dates in UK, Ireland and Germany

 

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Dar Williams’s growth as an individual over her two-decade career has gone hand-in-hand with her evolution as an artist. This is perhaps best typified by the release of “Emerald,” a timely and brilliant album of new songs and collaborations with friends such as Jill Sobule, Richard Thompson, Jim Lauderdale, the Milk Carton Kids, the Hooters, Lucy Wainwright Roche and her mother Suzzy Roche and others. It marks her debut with the UK label, Bread and Butter (Essential) and is a sparkling collection of new original material, inspired collaborations and some surprising covers such as B.A.D.’s “Johnny Appleseed” making this album one of her best yet.

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Raised in Chappaqua, N.Y., Williams spent 10 years living in the thriving artistic community of Northampton, Mass., where she began to make the rounds on the coffeehouse circuit. Joan Baez, an early fan of her music, took Williams out on the road and recorded several of her songs. The rest is history. Williams most recently released a live recording celebrating the 20th Anniversary of her legendary album, “The Honesty Room.”

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In addition to being a touring artist, Williams is an author, teaches a course at Wesleyan University, and conducts annual song writing seminars. Williams devotes much of her time to environmental issues and causes, and has created “Give Bees A Camp” which combines concerts and the planting of bee-friendly gardens for young campers.

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Tracklisting

1. Something to Get Through
2. FM Radio
3. Empty Plane
4. Emerald
5. Slippery Slope
6. Here Tonight
7. Girl of the World
8. Mad River
9. Weight of the World
10. Johnny Appleseed
11. New York is a Harbor

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Something to Get Through    
Dar Williams – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Josh Kaler – Drums, Bass, Guitars, Lap Steel, Keys
Courtney Jaye – Harmony Vocal
Tom Whall – Harmony Vocal

FM Radio       
Dar Williams- acoustic guitar, vocals
Aaron Sterling- drums
Jonny Polonsky- electric guitars
Jill Sobule- vocals, electric guitar
Olivia Wood- backing vocals
Vanessa Wood- backing vocals

Empty Plane      
Trevor Gordon Hall (guitars)
Stance Mason (Bass)
Jeff Haynes(Wave Drum,Percussion)
Rob Scheps Sax

Emerald 
Richard Thompson (Guitar)
Stance Mason (Bass)

Slippery Slope
ROB HYMAN – WURLITZER PIANO
Dave Jacques (bass)
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Here Tonight     
Dar Williams – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Josh Kaler – Drums, Bass, Guitars, Keys
Angel Snow – Harmony Vocal
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Girl of the World 
Heidi Breyer (Piano)
Eugene Freisen (Cello)
Stance Mason (Acoustic Bass Guitar)
Jeff Haynes (Frame Drum)
Will Ackeman Guitar
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 Mad River     
Dar Williams- acoustic guitar, vocals
Aaron Sterling- drums
Jonny Polonsky- electric guitars
Kenneth Pattengale- backing vocals
Joey Ryan- backing vocals
Chick Wolverton- percussion
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Weight of the World     
Dar Williams Lead vocal
Suzzy Roche vocals
Lucy Wainwright Roche vocals
David Mansfield guitar/violin/viola
Marry Wooten cello

Johnny Appleseed         
ERIC BAZILIAN – ELECTRIC GUITAR, HURDY-GURDY, BACKING VOCALS
ROB HYMAN – WURLITZER PIANO, BACKING VOCALS, ADDITIONAL DRUMS
JOHN LILLEY – DOBRO
FRAN SMITH, JR. – BASS
DAVID UOSIKKINEN – DRUMS    

New York is a Harbor     
Dar Williams Lead Vocal
Bryn Roberts Piano

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 Listen “Emerald” here:

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UK Tour  
with Lucy Wainwright Roche

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21st May – Birmingham The Glee Club

www.glee.co.uk/birmingham

b/o 0871 472 0400

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23rd May – Belfast Errigle Inn

www.realmusicclub.com

tix www.realmusicclub.ticketsource.co.uk

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24th May – Dublin The Workmans Club

http://theworkmansclub.com
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26th May – London The Jazz Cafe

http://thejazzcafelondon.com

b/o 0844 847 2514
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28th May – Liverpool Arts Club

https://artsclubliverpool.com
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29th May – Otley Korks

www.korks.co.uk

b/o 0113 245 5570
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30th May – Germany, Krefeld Kulturfabrik  (nr Dusseldorf)

www.kulturfabrik-krefeld.de

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1st June – Brighton Komedia

www.zazamusic.co.uk www.komedia.co.uk/brighton

b/o 0845 293 8480

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Thirty Tigers

Thirty Tigers New 2015 Releases – The Bros. Landreth

The Bros. Landreth
Let It Be

Release Date:
8 June 2015

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“Leave it to a group of Canadians to dish up some of the best Southern-style blues we wolfed down all weekend. … a quiet storm of slide guitar solos, blue notes, three-part harmonies …”. 
Rolling Stone: 20 Best Things We Saw at Americana Music Fest 2014

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Anchored by the bluesy wail of electric guitars, the swell of B3 organ, and the har- monized swoon of two voices that were born to mesh. At first listen, you might call it Americana. Dig deeper, though, and you’ll hear the nuances that separate The Bros. Landreth — whose members didn’t grow up in the American south, but rather the iso- lated prairie city of Winnipeg, Manitoba — from their folksy friends in the Lower 48.

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Thirty Tigers New 2015 Releases – Bhi Bhiman

Bhi Bhiman

Rhythm & Reason

Release Date:
01 June 2015

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Hailed by Robert Christgau for NPR All Things Considered as a “penetrating melodist, accomplished guitarist and striking singer,” Bhiman uses his own upbringing as the son of immigrants as a central theme for the album’s 10 original songs. With production by Sam Kassirer (Lake Street Dive, Josh Ritter), Bhiman deploys bold language and sonic sparks – from richly arranged strings and woodwinds to a literal gunshot – on Rhythm & Reason, all anchored by his most powerful instrument, his unmistakeable tenor hailed as “full-bodied and brawny but delicate” by the New York Times.

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Bhiman balances the subversive with the sensitive on Rhythm & Reason, drawing inspiration in equal measure from Richard Pryor and Curtis Mayfield for their keen observations, their biting commentary and their humanity. Opener “Moving to Brussels” sets the tone for the album in the form of an immigrant’s Dear John letter to his former dictator; “Waterboarded in Love” details an interrogation by a jealous love; and “Up In Arms” recounts Black Panther Huey Newton’s fall from prominence

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Thirty Tigers New 2015 Releases – Van Hunt

 

Van Hunt
The Fun Rises, The Fun Sets 

Release Date:
18 May 2015

This album is intimate, raw, and funky. It is the history of black American music filtered through modern technology. Full of African rhythms, blues, and funk, it also has contem- porary components often found in the music of St. Vincent, James Blake, Dev Hynes, and FKA Twigs.

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“The Fun Rises” represents the gritty side of the album, and “The Fun Sets” is the softer side of things. Headroom and If I Wanna Dance With You, both heavy piano ballads, have a vocal urgency reminiscent of modern hip-hop and R&B, while the orchestrations are pure early 70‘s Philadelphia soul. There are also French For Cloud (cstbu), a pure funk and soul track, and Vega (stripes on), which features the jangly guitars from Howlin’ Wolf records and closes with a short rhyme reminiscent of early Rae Kwon (Wu Tang Klan).

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Thirty Tigers New 2015 Releases – Turbo Fruit

Turbo Fruit
No Control

Release Date:
20 April 2015

Emerging from a cloud of pot smoke as teenagers in 2007, Turbo Fruits have made their name with notoriously wild live shows and frenetic rock songs about girls, drugs and frying their brains. Their 4th and most self-aware album, No Control, still covers familiar themes but with a notably different perspective and remarkably strong songwriting. No Control arrives April 21st, 2015 as a co- release between their own label, Turbo Time, and Melvin Records/Thirty Tigers.
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Thirty Tigers New 2015 Releases – St Paul & The Broken bones

 

St Paul & The Broken Bones
Live From The Alabama Theater

Release Date:
18 April 2015

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“A promising Muscle Shoals made debut. Blue eyed soul with a gritty bite.”
MOJO

“Old school soul with a perfect pedigree”
The Guardian

“A fusion of pulsating soul music and honest to goodness song writing, delivered with a passionate near religious fervour.”
Clash

“Best Soul Band”
Rolling Stones

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Thirty Tigers New 2015 Releases – Scott Matthews

 

Scott Matthews
Mona (Birthday Mix)

Release Date:
30th March 2015

“Raw, beautiful and unrelenting” Wonderland

“A classy and original performer” Guardian

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Second single from the amazing 4th Album from Scott Matthews Home Part 1.

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Home part 1’, Scott Matthews’s fourth record, features eleven beautiful and personal tracks, following  the wonderful radio favourite ‘Sunlight’ Now comes the captivating new track ‘Mona’, which Scott remixed on his Birthday hence the title.  The Album was recorded at home in his custom made studio, the album was called a “gem” by the Daily Mail and “a beautifully produced acoustic melancholic collection” by the Sun, who both awarded it four stars.

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Thirty Tigers

Thirty Tigers New 2015 Releases – Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield

 

Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield
Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield sings Elliott Smith

Release Date:
16 March 2015

This record is an overall truth between two friends and, as is true with any covers-based album of quality, comes from a place of true admiration.  The album, produced by Seth Avett and recorded over the last three years at Echo Mountain Studios in Asheville, NC as well as at Avett’s and Mayfield’s homes, covers twelve Elliott Smith songs;
Both artists are currently known for their contributions to the indie folk rock landscape. The recordings are, in many cases, defined by bare instrumentation, driven by a simple yet bold vocal delivery, the depth of feeling complimenting that of the subject matter. This album is an obvious labour of love; a comment based on the genuine reverence which Avett and Mayfield clearly hold for Smith. At times, the songs feel light as a feather, while in others, thematically leaden with heartache, they are given a deep breath, a different dimension, a new colour. In modern fashion, melodies intensely whispered by Elliott Smith are sung in a harmonious way, akin to the folk aesthetic of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings.
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Thirty Tigers New 2015 Releases – The McCrary Sisters

 

 

The McCrary Sisters
Let’s Go

Release Date:
09 March 2015

The McCrary Sisters (Ann, Deborah, Regina and Alfreda) are the daughters of the late Rev. Samuel McCrary—one of the original members of the legendary gospel quartet The Fairfield Four. The daughters were raised in harmony, singing at home and at their father’s church, but word soon spread of their individual accomplished voices and each began sharing the family vocal legacy as solo artists with a wide range of performers to include Bob Dylan, Elvis, Isaac Hayes and Stevie Wonder.
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