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FOUR STARS! Q Recommends”
“A fantastic album!”
“One of the most original artists out there”
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Press & Radio
“Modern rock music at its very best. A warped mix of country, rock and blues. Conil takes the blues on a 21st century journey. This record is anything but predictable. One of the best releases of the year.
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“I played it last week, I just had to play it again”
“A strange brew indeed. Gritty, urban blues, full of tales of hard life. Pray he lives long enough to record a second album. ”
“If you like your music real, raw and meaningful, here’s the voice for you. One of Heat’s Hot New Artists of the Year.
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About
Songs from the edge of somewhere. You step in and can’t tell if you’ve walked into a protest, a party, or the end of something.
The music comes from the blues and from the life that followed it. A voice marked by the places it’s been.
People heard it before he understood what they were hearing.
Bass legend Danny Thompson said, “You don’t sound like anyone else.”
Grammy-winner Tchad Blake still plays Strange Part of the Country.
Fleetwood Mac’s Peter Green walked into the studio one afternoon and cut a track with him.
More high-profile support has come from John Martyn, Peter Gabriel, Marc Ribot, John Leckie, Daniel Lanois, and Pino Palladino.
His first record didn’t arrive with noise. It surfaced. Q Magazine rated it high. Blues Matters put him on the cover. BBC Radio played it, then asked him in for a live session. A single reached number three on the U.S. Alternative Radio Chart.
The early years were England. Then came New Orleans, New York, Berlin, the Himalayas, Kilimanjaro.
More albums are close now. Marc Ribot on guitar. Danny Thompson’s last sessions. Tchad Blake mixing.
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Produced by Conil
Feat. Grammy-winner Tchad Blake (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello)
& bass legend Danny Thompson (Joe Strummer, Nick Drake)
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