Just a quick update to let you know that I have shelved
World United Music indefinitely. If I’m able to bring some serious attention to
this project in the future, I will certainly return more determined to make a
difference because that’s what World United Music has always been about. For
the time being, I will be working at World United News where the information
demand requires my full attention. I leave music fans with a ton of great music
and hope it has helped some of the artists I’ve supported over the past six
years. ~ Stewart Brennan
The contents of every music Playlist below can be accessed
by clicking on the 3-line square in the top left hand corner of each YouTube
Video screen. The Play-lists will automatically stream continuously from
whatever point you choose. So sit back and enjoy the music!
Known for dramatic performances as well as subtle, varied
recordings, Seattle experimental rock ensemble Midday Veil combines intense
vocals and cosmic synths with hypnotic rock grooves to produce music that
rewards careful listening and defies easy categorization.
The band began in 2008 as a collaboration between vocalist
and multimedia artist Emily Pothast and classically-trained pianist / analog
synth head David Golightly. In early 2009, Midday Veil's sound was catalyzed by
the addition of prolific multi-instrumentalist Timm Mason on baritone guitar,
bass, and modular synth. Bassist/guitarist Jayson Kochan joined the band in
2011, and in 2012, Garrett Moore replaced original drummer Chris Pollina. Percussionist
Sam Yoder has also performed and recorded as a member.
Midday Veil's debut studio album Eyes All Around (2010) and
ecstatic improvised cassette releases Subterranean Ritual II (2011) and
INTEGRATRON (2012) established the band as a multifaceted entity with roots in
synth pop, psychedelic rock and free improvisation. Produced by Randall Dunn
and featuring artwork by Robert Beatty, Midday Veil's 2013 studio LP The
Current harnessed the experimental intensity of earlier releases with an
intensified focus on songcraft. The Current found its way onto a number of
year-end lists, including a mention by The Wire as one of the top avant-rock
albums of 2013.
In 2014, the band returned to the studio with Randall Dunn
to record its third LP (and first with drummer Garrett Moore) This Wilderness,
was released in September 2015 on Brooklyn-based label Beyond Beyond is Beyond.
A strong live act, Midday Veil has toured the US regularly
since 2009, notably opening for krautrock legends Faust on a Northwest tour in
2012. Festival appearances have included SXSW, Bumbershoot, 35 Denton, Treefort
Festival, Hypnotikon Festival, LA Psych Fest and Vancouver Psych Fest.
The Ghost Ease are a Portland-based indie rock trio with a
dreamy, slightly aggressive sound influenced by '90s alternative rock/grunge as
well as the riot grrrl movement. Their songs are often tense yet calmly paced,
but they also ramp up into a spirited punk fury, and are always propelled by
the unique vocals of lead singer/guitarist/songwriter Jem Marie.
The group started as a home-recording solo project of Marie
in 2010, and became a duo in 2012 when Nsayi Matingou joined on drums. The
Ghost Ease recorded their self-titled debut album during winter of 2012 through
spring of 2013, engineered and mixed by Joey Binhammer, who also contributed
bass to some of the album's songs. Following the album's release on Talking
Helps Records, Fabi Reyna became the group's bassist. Lawrence Vidal replaced
Reyna in 2014. The trio's 7" EP Quit Yer Job, which featured a brooding
cover of M.I.A.'s "Bad Girls," was released by Cabin Games in April of
2015. The Ghost Ease recorded “Raw”, their second album, in Seattle with
producer Steve Fisk, and it was co-released by Cabin Games and K Records in
September of 2015. ~ Paul Simpson
The Ghost Ease revel within the warm folds of a sort of soft
savagery, pin-pricking holes into the fabric of the astral veil, and creating
hypnotic, raw opuses by way of heavy guitars, frenzied drums and lilting vocal
timbres.
Keith Watson is a singer-songwriter from Aberdeen Scotland
better known as “The Awkwards”. Keith plays a variety of music in the folk music
soft rock genres.
“I write mostly acoustic-based songs, do all vocals, play
all parts, and record in a home studio.”
Life’s experiences have been the main source of inspiration
for Keith’s music since his early youth, so it’s a good bet that you’ll find
Keith immersed in his music around the Aberdeen night club scene singing and
playing acoustic guitar if he’s not at home working in his studio on a new
track…and if you tune into BBC Radio Scotland you might also hear a song of his
from time to time.
Some of Keith’s favourite bands are the Shangri-Las, the
Velvet Underground, Black Sabbath, the Smiths, and Everything but the Girl...you
wouldn’t know it by the soft vocals, meaningful lyrics and melodic guitar
playing that embodies most of Keith’s music, which seems more in common with the
likes of Paul Simon and Jim Croce. Either way, listening to Keith’s music is a
pleasure and sure to resonate on an emotional level.
Be sure to pick-up Keith’s music on Bandcamp and while you’re
at it, drop him a line on Facebook.
Hailing from Italy and currently based between there and
Iceland, My Cruel Goro present their debut eponymous EP, released on 24 August
2015.
FOR LOVERS OF: Ash, Arctic Monkeys, The Fratellis, The Hives
and early LIbertines, Dinosaur Jr., Weezer.
There isn’t a more fitting way to announce your band to the
Punk Rock scene than with a song called “Clash”, an energetic attitude fitting
of praise. ~ Stewart Brennan, World United Music
Joe Jackson was born on August 11 1954 in Burton-on-Trent,
England, but grew up in the South Coast naval port city of Portsmouth. A skinny, asthmatic kid, he loved books and
originally wanted to be a writer. At
age 11, though, he joined a school violin class in order to escape the
humiliation of Sports periods in which it was very often him, rather than the
ball, which got kicked. Much to his own surprise, he found himself fascinated
by music and eagerly studying music theory and history.
A couple of years later, Joe had switched to the piano,
mainly because of his new ambition: to be a composer. His first efforts were pieces for piano and small groups of
instruments. Within a few more years,
though, he was writing songs, and leaning more towards the pop world.
At age 16 Joe played his first paying gig, as pianist in a
pub next door to a glue factory just outside of Portsmouth. This was followed by other pub gigs (in
which he was often trying to entertain crowds of drunken, bottle-throwing
sailors) and accompanying a bouzouki player in a Greek restaurant.
At age 18 Joe won a scholarship to study Composition, Piano,
and Percussion at London's Royal Academy of Music. During the three years he spent there, he broadened his horizons
further by working with a Fringe theatre group, studying Jazz with John
Dankworth at the Academy and in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, and playing
in pop cover bands with names like Edward Bear and The Misty Set. By the time he left the Academy, he was the
co-leader and songwriter of Arms and Legs, a proto-punk outfit which released
two singles on the MAM label before burning out somewhere around 1976.
Joe then took a detour through the Cabaret world, as pianist
and musical director first for the Portsmouth Playboy Club and then for singing
duo Koffee N' Kreme. The main purpose
of this was to save money to make demos of his own songs.
By 1978 Joe was living in London and hawking an album-length
demo, with his own band (Graham Maby, Bass; Dave Houghton, Drums; Gary Sanford,
Guitar) standing by. That demo -
already called Look Sharp -
eventually found its way to American producer David Kershenbaum, who was in
London in the capacity of talent scout for A&M Records. Joe was immediately signed and Look Sharp
more professionally re-recorded in August '78.
The Joe Jackson Band finally started to play regular gigs and the album
was released in January 1979.
1980’s
Joe Jackson's story up to this point is much more fully, fascinatingly,
and hilariously recounted in his book A CURE FOR GRAVITY. From here on, though, it becomes more a
matter of public record. Look Sharp (containing the hit Is She Really Going Out
With Him) was followed within a year by the very similar I'm The Man
(containing the hit It’s Different For Girls) and in 1980 by the darker, more
reggae-influenced Beat Crazy. At the end of 1980, drummer Houghton decided to
quit, and Joe decided to dissolve the band and try something new.
In 1981 Jackson recorded Jumpin' Jive, a 'musical vacation'
paying tribute to Swing and Jump Blues artists such as Louis Jordan and Cab
Calloway. Returning to songwriting, Joe
spent a large chunk of 1982 in New York. The result was Night and Day, a more
sophisticated and melodic record built around keyboards and Latin percussion,
rather than guitars. With a new guitar-less band, Jackson hit the road for a
whole year, and the album became his biggest success, spawning the hit singles
Steppin’Out, Breaking Us In Two and Real Men and going platinum in the US.
During the tour Joe also somehow found time to write his first film score, for
James Bridges' Mike's Murder. (He would
go on to write several more, including most notably for Francis Ford Coppola's
Tucker in 1988).
Now based in NYC, Jackson's next album Body and Soul (1984)
was in a similar vein to Night and Day but featured a horn section (which,
along with the Blue Note-inspired cover art, led many people to wrongly assume
he'd made a jazz record). For Big World (1986) Jackson stripped everything down
to a 4-piece again, and recorded live, direct to 2-track master. In 1989 he
went in the opposite direction with the majestic, semi-autobiographical Blaze
of Glory, and toured with an 11-piece band.
Laughter and Lust (1991) was more like a mainstream (though still
idiosyncratic) rock record, but yet another lengthy world tour left Jackson
exhausted and at a creative dead end. As he sees it, his workaholic phase -
which also included several film scores, a live album (Live 1980-86), an
instrumental album (Will Power, 1987), guest appearances with Suzanne Vega,
Ruben Blades and Joan Armatrading, and endless touring -
was over.
1990’s
Joe's work during the rest of the 1990s was his most
challenging and eclectic: the gentle, soul-searching Night Music (1994), the
ambitious and original song-cycle based on the Seven Deadly Sins, Heaven and
Hell (1997), and the album Joe considers his most underrated, Night and Day II
(2000). The turn of the century saw a burst of creativity: Jackson won his
first Grammy (Best Pop Instrumental Album for the non-traditional,
non-orchestral Symphony No.1) and published his book A Cure For Gravity.
Described by Joe as not an autobiography but ‘a book abut music thinly
disguised as a memoir’, it was well-reviewed and has been translated into
German and Dutch.
2000’s
In 2003 Jackson astonished everyone, including himself, by
re-forming the original Joe Jackson Band for a stunning new album, Volume 4,
and a lengthy tour. The reunion was always intended as a one-off, but it also
produced a live album, Afterlife, in 2004.
By this time Jackson was living mostly back in London. He
made quite a few solo appearances, including on an unusual triple-bill tour
with Todd Rundgren and the string quartet Ethel. He sang and played piano on
Rickie Lee Jones' It's Like That and William Shatner's Has Been (produced,
arranged and co-written by Ben Folds). He made his first film appearance, as a
pub pianist, in The Greatest Game Ever Played, which also features some of his
music. He was also awarded a Fellowship by the Royal Academy of Music and an
Honorary Doctorate by the University of Portsmouth.
Around this time Joe started working with writer Raymond
Hardie and director Judy Dolan on Stoker, a musical theatre project about Bram
Stoker, the creator of Dracula. Though Stoker has been workshopped, performed a
couple of times for small invited audiences, and attracted a lot of interest
from theatre companies around the world, it has yet to find the backing for a
fully-staged production.
In 2006 Joe turned his attention back to pure songwriting
and did a short Trio tour with Graham Maby and Dave Houghton. Having failed to
happily re-establish himself in London, he moved to Berlin, where his next
album Rain was recorded in 2007. Consisting of ten powerful, timeless new
songs, Rain creates a surprisingly epic sound with just voices, piano, bass and
drums. The trio toured for the next three years, and played more shows than any
other J J lineup, including Joe’s first visits to Mexico, Israel, Croatia, the
Czech Republic, South Africa and Turkey. A live album, Live Music, was released
in 2011.
2010’s
Joe Jackson’s most recent project is a tribute to one of his
greatest musical heroes, Duke Ellington. The Duke is an often radical re-interpretation
of fifteen Ellington classics, arranged into ten tracks, and featuring an
eclectic roster of guest artists including Iggy Pop, Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson
and other members of The Roots, Sharon Jones, Steve Vai, and jazz violin star
Regina Carter, who joined Joe on the subsequent tour.
Jackson is currently living in Berlin but returns frequently
to both New York and Portsmouth. He just released his latest album "Fast Forward" in Oct., 2015.
Eric Victor Burdon (born 11 May 1941) is an English
singer-songwriter best known as a member and vocalist of rock band the Animals
and the funk band, War and for his aggressive stage performance. He was ranked
57th in Rolling Stone's list The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.
The Animals
Burdon was lead singer of the Animals, formed during 1962 in
Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The original band was the Alan Price Rhythm and
Blues Combo, which formed in 1958; they became The Animals shortly after Burdon
joined the band. The Animals combined electric blues with rock and in the USA
were one of the leading bands of the British Invasion. Along with the Beatles,
the Rolling Stones, the Hollies, the Dave Clark Five, and the Kinks, the group
introduced British music and fashion. Burdon's powerful voice can be heard on
the Animals' singles "The House of the Rising Sun", "Sky
Pilot", "Monterey", "I'm Crying", "Boom
Boom", "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", "Bring It On Home
to Me", "Baby Let Me Take You Home", "It's My Life",
"We Gotta Get out of This Place", "Don't Bring Me Down",
and "See See Rider".
By late 1966, the other original members, including
keyboardist Alan Price, had left. Burdon has often attributed the
disintegration of the band to conflict with Price, specifically that Price had
claimed sole rights and ownership to “House of the Rising Sun.” Burdon and
drummer Barry Jenkins reformed the group as Eric Burdon and The Animals. This
more psychedelic incarnation featured future Family member John Weider and was
sometimes called Eric Burdon and the New Animals. Keyboardist Zoot Money joined
during 1968 until they split up in 1969. This group's hits included the ballad
"San Franciscan Nights", the grunge–heavy metal-pioneering "When
I Was Young", "Monterey", the anti-Vietnam anthem "Sky
Pilot", and the progressive cover of "Ring of Fire".
In 1975, the original Animals reunited and recorded an album
called Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted, released in 1977 and overlooked
due to the dawning of punk. In May 1983, The Animals reunited with their
original line-up and released the album Ark on 16 June 1983, along with the
singles "The Night" and "Love Is For All Time". A world
tour followed, and the concert at Wembley Arena, London, recorded on 31
December 1983, was released in 1984 as Rip it to Shreds. Their concert at the
Royal Oak Theatre in April 1984 was released in 2008 as Last Live Show; the
band members were augmented by Zoot Money, Nippy Noya, Steve Gregory, and Steve
Grant. The original Animals broke up for the last time at the end of 1984.
WAR
During 1969, while living in San Francisco, Burdon joined
forces with Californian funk rock band War. In April 1970, the resulting album
created was entitled, Eric Burdon Declares "War", which produced the
singles "Spill the Wine" and "Tobacco Road".
A two-disc set entitled “The Black-Man's Burdon”, was
released later in September 1970. The singles from the double album,
"Paint It, Black" and "They Can't Take Away Our Music", had
moderate success during 1971. During this time Burdon collapsed on the stage
during a concert caused by an asthma attack, and War continued the tour without
him.
In 1976, a compilation album, Love Is All Around, released
by ABC Records, included recordings of Eric Burdon with War doing a live
version of "Paint it, Black" and a cover of The Beatles song "A
Day in the Life." The band also featured ex-NFL star Deacon Jones who
coined the term "quarterback sack" and sang on the band's 1975 song
"Why Can't We Be Friends?"
Eric Burdon and War were reunited for the first time in 37
years, to perform an Eric Burdon & War reunion at the concert at the Royal
Albert Hall London on 21 April 2008. The concert coincided with a major reissue
campaign by Rhino Records (UK), which released all the War albums including
Eric Burdon Declares "War" and The Black-Man's Burdon.
Solo Career
Burdon began a solo career in 1971 with the Eric Burdon
Band, continuing with a hard rock–heavy metal–funk style. In August 1971, he
recorded the album Guilty! which featured the blues shouter Jimmy Witherspoon,
and also Ike White of the San Quentin Prison Band. In 1973, the band performed
at the Reading Festival and in 1974 they travelled to New York City. At the end
of 1974, the band released the album Sun Secrets and this was followed by the
album Stop in 1975. Burdon moved to Germany in 1977 and recorded the album
Survivor with a line-up including guitarist Alexis Korner and keyboardist Zoot
Money; the album also had a line-up of four guitarists and three keyboard
players and is known for its interesting album cover, which depicts Burdon
screaming. The album was produced by former Animal's bassist Chas Chandler. The
original release included a booklet of illustrated lyrics done in ink by Burdon
himself.
In May 1978, he recorded the album Darkness Darkness at the
Roundwood House in County Laois, Republic of Ireland, using Ronnie Lane's
Mobile Studio and featuring guitarist and vocalist Bobby Tench from the Jeff
Beck Group, who had left Streetwalkers a few months before. The album was
eventually released in 1980. During January 1979, Burdon changed his band for a
tour taking in Hamburg, Germany, and the Netherlands.
On 28 August 1982, "The Eric Burdon Band" including
Red Young (keyboards) performed at the Rockpalast Open Air Concert in Lorelei,
Germany. Following this Burdon toured heavily with his solo project from March
1984 to March 1985, taking in UK, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Canada and Australia.
In 1986, Burdon published his autobiography entitled I Used To Be An Animal,
But I'm Alright Now.
In March 1979, he played a concert in Cologne and changed
the band's name to "Eric Burdon's Fire Department", whose line-up
included backing vocalist Jackie Carter of Silver Convention, Bertram Engel of
Udo Lindenberg's "Panik Orchester" and Jean-Jaques Kravetz. In mid
1980, they recorded the album The Last Drive. "Eric Burdon's Fire
Department" toured Europe with this line-up and Paul Millins and Louisiana
Red made special appearances in Spain and Italy. By December 1980, the band had
broken up.
In April 1981, Christine Buschmann began to film Comeback
with Burdon as the star. They created a new "Eric Burdon Band" whose
line-up included Louisiana Red, Tony Braunagle, John Sterling and Snuffy
Walden. This band recorded live tracks in Los Angeles. They also recorded in
Berlin with another line-up, the only remaining member being John Sterling. In
September 1981, the final scenes of Comeback were shot in the Berlin Metropole
and Burdon and his band continued to tour through Australia and North America.
A studio album titled Comeback was released in 1982. The 1983 album Power
Company also included songs recorded during the Comeback project.
In 1988, he put together a band with 15 musicians including
Andrew Giddings – keyboards, Steve Stroud – bass, Adrian Sheppard – drums,
Jamie Moses – guitar and four backing vocalists to record the album I Used To
Be An Animal in Malibu, in the United States. In 1990, Eric Burdon's cover version
of "Sixteen Tons" was used for the film Joe Versus the Volcano. The
song, which played at the beginning of the film, was also released as a single.
He also recorded the singles "We Gotta Get out of this Place" with
Katrina & The Waves and "No Man's Land" with Tony Carey and Anne
Haigis. Later in 1990, he had a small line-up of an Eric Burdon Band featuring
Jimmy Zavala (sax and harmonica), Dave Meros(bass), Jeff Naideau (keyboards),
Thom Mooney (drums) and John Sterling (guitar) before he began a tour with The
Doors guitarist Robby Krieger and they appeared at a concert from Ventura
Beach, California, which was released as a DVD on 20 June 2008.
On 13 April 2004, he released a "comeback" album,
My Secret Life, which was his first album with new recordings for 16 years.
When John Lee Hooker died in 2001, Burdon had written the song "Can't Kill
the Boogieman" the co-writers of the songs, on the album, were Tony
Braunagel and Marcelo Nova. In 2005, they released a live album, Athens Traffic
Live, with special DVD bonus material and a bonus studio track and disbanded in
November 2005. He began a short touring as "The Blues Knights".
On 27 January 2006, he released his blues–R&B album Soul
of a Man. This album was dedicated to Ray Charles and John Lee Hooker. The
cover of the album was a picture which was sent to Burdon a few years before.
Burdon then formed a new band, with the following members: Red Young
(keyboards), Paula O'Rourke (bass), Eric McFadden (guitar), Carl Carlton
(guitar), and Wally Ingram (drums). They also performed at the Lugano Festival
and in 2007 he toured as the headlining act of the "Hippiefest"
line-up, produced and hosted by Country Joe McDonald.
Burdon, at 71, recorded an E.P. with Cincinnati garage band
the Greenhornes called, simply, Eric Burdon & the Greenhornes. The album
was recorded at an all-analogue recording studio, and released on 23 November
2012 as part of Record Store Day's "Black Friday."
In 2013, Eric Burdon came out with a new album called, “Til
Your River Runs Dry”. The lead single off the album was called,
"Water" and was inspired by a conversation he had with former Soviet
premier Mikhail Gorbachev.
Other Associations:
In 1991, Burdon and Brian Auger formed the "Eric Burdon
– Brian Auger Band" with the following line-up: Eric Burdon – vocals,
Brian Auger – keyboards, vocals, Dave Meros – bass, vocals, Don Kirkpatrick –
guitar, vocals, and Paul Crowder – drums, vocals. By 1992, Larry Wilkins
replaced Kirkpatrick and Karma Auger (Brian's son) replaced Crowder and in 1993
they added Richard Reguria (percussion). The live album Access All Areas was
then released. In 1994 the "Eric Burdon – Brian Auger Band"
disbanded. Burdon then formed the "Eric Burdon's i Band". The line-up
included Larry Wilkins, Dean Restum (guitar), Dave Meros (bass) and Mark Craney
(drums).
In 1995, Burdon made a guest appearance with Bon Jovi,
singing "It's My Life"/"We Gotta Get out of This Place"
medley at the Hall of Fame. He also released the album Lost Within the Halls of
Fame, with past tracks and re-recordings of some songs from I Used to be an
Animal. In October 1996, Aynsley Dunbar replaced Craney on drums. The Official
Live Bootleg was recorded in 1997 and in May that year Larry Wilkins died of
cancer. He also released the compilations Soldier of Fortune and I'm Ready
which featured recordings from the 1970s and 1980s.
In 2000, he recorded the song "Power to the
People" together with Ringo Starr and Billy Preston for the motion picture
“Steal This Movie!”. On 11 May 2001, the Animals were inducted into the Rock
Walk of Fame on Burdon's 60th birthday. On 3 March 2002, the live album Live in
Seattle was recorded. Ex-War member Lee Oskar made a guest appearance on the
album. In 2003 he made a guest appearance on the album Joyous in the City of
Fools by the Greek rock band Pyx Lax, singing lead vocal on "Someone Wrote
'Save me' On a Wall".
In 2001, his second critically acclaimed memoir, "Don't
Let Me Be Misunderstood," written with author/filmmaker J. Marshall Craig,
was released in the US, followed by editions in Greece, Germany and Australia;
it covers the British Invasion, moving to Los Angeles and Palm Springs, and
various anecdotes about Rock and Roll stardom.
On 7 June 2008, Burdon performed at the memorial service of
Bo Diddley in Gainesville, Florida. During July and August 2008, Burdon
appeared as the headline act of the "Hippiefest". He also recorded
the single "For What It's Worth" with Carl Carlton and Max Buskohl.
On 12 November 2008, Rolling Stone ranked Eric Burdon No. 57
on the list of the 100 Greatest Singers of all Time. On 22 January 2009 he
first performed with his new band, including keyboardist Red Young, guitarist
Rick Hirsch, bass player Jack Bryant and drummer Ed Friedland. For a few months
he was sick and did not perform except in the United States. On 26 June, he
began his European tour. The band included Red Young (keyboards), Billy Watts
(guitar), Terry Wilson (bass), Brannen Temple (drums) and Georgia Dagaki
(cretan lyra). The tour ended on 7 August.
On Monday 28 January 2013, Eric Burdon made a rare
appearance performing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, backed by the Roots.
Fallon hyped Burdon's current album, 'Til Your River Runs Dry.
On Tuesday 23 July 2013, Eric was a guest on stage with
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band at Cardiff Millennium Stadium,
performing "We Gotta Get Out of This Place."
In August 2013, he toured with Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo.
Influences:
The sound of The Animals influenced many Britpop,
alternative rock and power pop groups as well as the bands Deep Purple, The
Black Crowes, The Hives, Grand Funk Railroad, MC5, The White Stripes and
his voice has been highly respected by many singers such as Jim Morrison,
Robert Plant, Tom Petty, David Johansen, Joe Cocker, Bruce Springsteen, Ian
Hunter, Ryan Adams, Julian Thome, Jack White, John Mellencamp and Dan Zanes.
Discography:
The Animals
1964 - The Animals
1965 - The Animals on Tour
1965 - Animal Tracks
1966 - Animalisms
1977 - Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted
1983 - Ark
Eric Burdon & The Animals
1967 - Eric Burdon & The Animals
1967 - Winds of Change
1968 - The Twain Shall Meet
1968 - Every One of Us
1968 - Love Is
Eric Burdon & War
1970 - Eric Burdon Declares "War"
1970 - The Black-Man's Burdon (double album)
1976 - Love Is All Around – 1976, No. 140 US
Eric Burdon & Jimmy Witherspoon
1971 - Guilty! (Re-released in 1976 as "Black &
White Blues")
The Eric Burdon Band
1974 - Sun Secrets
1975 - Stop
1982 - Comeback
Eric Burdon
1977 - Survivor
1980 - Darkness Darkness
1980 - The Last Drive
1983 - Power Company
1988 - I Used To Be An Animal
1995 - Lost Within the Halls of Fame
2004 - My Secret Life
2006 - Soul of a Man
2008 - Mirage
2012 - Eric Burdon & The Greenhornes
2013 - 'Til Your River Runs Dry
Live Albums:
1965 – In The Beginning
1973 – The Animals with Sonny Boy Williamson
1984 – Rip It To Shreds: Greatest Hits Live, No. 195 in US
Marlon Williams is an award winning singer-songwriter from
town of Lyttelton, New Zealand.
He released his debut solo album to critical acclaim in
April, charting at 4 in New Zealand, and 31 in Australia in its opening week.
The album has been called “captivating” by Rolling Stone, “a revelation” by
Metro Magazine and “wonderfully accomplished” by the New Zealand Herald in a
5-star review. It has also featured on countless ‘Best of the Year So Far’
lists including Double J, Fasterlouder, Herald Sun, The Music and Timber &
Steel
Williams’ sold out album release tour in June/July,
including an epic hometown show at the 1300-capacity Theatre Royal in
Christchurch. Performing with his band The Yarra Benders, the Sydney Morning
Herald review glowed “what a terrific show. Fun and funny, sad and blue, it had
flashes of modernity amid vast swathes of history and offered up the promise of
a future completely unpredictable and completely watchable”.
Williams will spend 2015 touring the album in Australia and
NZ, acting in several film and TV roles, and touring North America, UK and
Europe before he releases the album internationally in early 2016.
With one of the purest voices in modern music, and the
charisma and individuality to match it, the world is about to discover Marlon
Williams.
BACKGROUND
Marlon Williams grew up singing in the Christchurch
cathedral choir, before his punk rock dad turned him onto country music in his
teens.
He founded The Unfaithful Ways at 17, with his high school
friends and their science teacher, and quickly gained national attention,
playing the Big Day Out, touring with Band of Horses and Justin Townes Earle,
and picking up a Critics Choice award nomination at the 2011 New Zealand Music
Awards for their debut album Free Rein.
Williams met acclaimed country singer Delaney Davidson in
2011, and the pair began performing as a duo. Over two years they released
three volumes of the series, Sad But True: The Secret History Of Country Music
Songwriting, garnering critical acclaim, including the New Zealand country song
and country album of the year in 2013.
Relocating to Melbourne in mid-2013, Williams began
performing solo around town and built a cult following playing a residency at
local venue the Yarra Hotel. The buzz built nationally in 2014, with major
festival and television appearances leading to sold out tours of Australia and
New Zealand.
He released his debut solo album in April 2015 to critical
acclaim, and will spend the year touring internationally alongside film and TV
appearances.
ALBUM PRESS
“Picks his marks and hits them…captivating” Rolling Stone
“…his voice soars to the heavens and plucks at the
heartstrings.” The Australian
“One of the most impressive country records this year”
Tonedeaf
“At times impossibly fun, at others bone-achingly beautiful;
Marlon Williams has delivered a gem” The Music
“The whole record is remarkable…” Music Feeds
“…sublime” Herald Sun
“Williams is also a singular artist who mimics none of his
heroes, and has forged his own musical path” New Zealand Herald
“Williams’ combination of youthful enthusiasm, old-soul
wisdom, and solid songwriting makes this debut a wonderfully accomplished
record which justifies the hype he is getting” New Zealand Herald
“It’s a revelation: an album that will still be listened to
and enjoyed a decade hence” Metro Magazine
“Marlon Williams solo debut is so effortlessly great…” Metro
Magazine
“A big part of his charm is that voice, which almost
single-handedly brings back the type of emotive yet eloquent crooning touched
on by both Tim Buckley and his son Jeff, but which hasn’t really been done the
way it needs to be done since those first crooners of rock and roll, those
bedevilled songs of Bing like Elvis Presley and especially Roy Orbison” Metro
Magazine
“Well, I have something to say. Do yourself a favour and buy
this album. Buy it now, because it might just be one of the best
country/folk/alternative/whatever-you-want-to-categorise-it records you listen
to all year!” Speaker TV
Marlon Williams has one of the richest voices you’ll hear
anywhere in New Zealand.” Sunday Star Times
Though this solo debut has been a long time coming he has
built a strong reputation as a live performer across Australia and New Zealand,
and that experience has filtered through on this superb album that never
falters or loses its sense of wonderment across its thirty-five minutes” UTR
“Sorry, New Zealand – in the grand tradition of Crowded
House, Sam Neill and Russell Crowe, Australia will be claiming Marlon Williams
as our own. After all, the Lyttelton-born singer resides in Melbourne now, and
really, he’s just that good, we’re having him” The Age
striking poise and unique polish” Mess & Noise
One of New Zealand’s finest musical exports” Renowned For
Sound
DISCOGRAPHY
2011 – Free Rein by The Unfaithful Ways
2012 – Sad But True Vol 1 by Delaney Davidson & Marlon
Williams
2013 – Sad But True Vol 3 by Delaney Davidson & Marlon
Williams
