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FOUR STARS! Q Recommends”
“A fantastic album!”
“One of the most original artists out there”
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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Produced by Conil
Feat. Grammy-winner Tchad Blake (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello)
& bass legend Danny Thompson (Eric Clapton, Joe Strummer)
About
Songs from the edge of somewhere. You step in and can’t tell if you’ve walked into a protest, a party, or a funeral.
The music comes from blues-damaged rock ‘n’ roll, and from the life that followed it. A voice marked by the places it’s been.
Bass legend Danny Thompson said, “You don’t sound like anyone else.”
Fleetwood Mac’s Peter Green came to find him and cut a track with him.
Grammy-winner Tchad Blake loves Strange Part of the Country. “It’s an amazing album,” he says, “I still listen to it.”
More high-profile support has come from Marc Ribot, John Martyn, John Leckie, Pino Palladino, and Daniel Lanois.
His first record didn’t arrive with noise, but it’s become a beloved album with fans all around the world.
Q Magazine rated it high. Blues Matters put him on the cover. BBC Radio played it, then asked him in for a live session. The same with WWOZ. A single reached number three on the U.S. Alternative Radio Chart.
The early years were England. Then came New Orleans, Brooklyn, Chicago, and Berlin.
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