Salute To The Sun (Vinyl 2xLP) Indie Punk & Alternative

Salute To The Sun (Vinyl 2xLP) Indie Punk & AlternativeSalute to the Sun is his first album as a leader since Into Forever (2015) and marks the debut of his new band. A hand picked ensemble featuring some of Manchester's finest young musicians: Matt Cliffe flute & saxophone, Maddie Herbert harp, Liviu Gheorghe piano, Alan Taylor drums and Jack McCarthy percussion as well as long time Halsall collaborator, bassist, Gavin Barras who has been at the heart of Halsall's bands for over a decade. For Matthew it

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Too many classics on this one: "Peter Piper" with the massive Bob James bell drum sample

Graspop and Nova Rock

Jazz pianist and composer Kiefer Shackelford delivered this third studio album

drenched in a bath of raw beats and loops that have become the hallmark of her work with producer and frequent collaborator Onakabazien

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some of which involved original singers Malcolm Mooney and Damo Suzuki

what is perhaps most remarkable is that it was recorded in Europe

and Dave Holland on bass