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Micah P Hinson

The Tomorrow Man

Born in Memphis in 1981 but raised in Texas, Micah P Hinson didn't initially understand his uniqueness. For one thing, he is of Chickasaw descent, a Native American tribe known for being particularly fierce warriors. For another, his family belonged to The Church of Christ, which is, as he explains it, "one of the newest and the strictest and the most bizarre sects of Christianity."

As a teen, Hinson rejected his religious background and instead turned to music for inspiration, listening to industrial and alternative acts such as Skinny Puppy, My Bloody Valentine, and The Jesus and Mary Chain. Along with his older brother, he began playing the electric guitar, writing songs that reflected those musical influences. At his brother's suggestion, though, Hinson began playing acoustic guitar, although he retained his edge - a trait that remains one of his music's most distinctive qualities to this day. His first album was released in 2004 on a UK based label, followed by 10 more. He has spent his time between Europe & the USA ever since.

After a period of profound personal and artistic transformation, Micah P. Hinson returns to thrill his audience with his latest album "The Tomorrow Man", a collection of new songs written in Spain and in Texas. This is his second collaboration with the Italian producer & guitarist Alessandro 'Asso' Stefana after his last album "I Lie to You". They are all new compositions, with the exception of the long lost country classic 'The Last Train To Texas', and all written from his present and current times. They are landmark songs in his life, he feels, stating, 'I have been searching for these songs my entire life. I've been on a lifelong voyage to find the perfect place where truth and understanding live, and thrive, in the forefront of my mind and my songs. I have found this place, and will be chasing this beast till my last days.'

TRACK LISTING

Oh, Sleepyhead
One Day I Will Get My Revenge
Think Of Me
Mothers & Daughters
Take It Slow
The Last Train To Texas
Hallow
I Don't Know God
I Thought I Was The One
I Was Just Standing There
Walls
Oh, Sleepyhead (Reprise)

Justin Adams & Mauro Durante

Sweet Release

'Sweet Release' is the second album from master musicians Justin Adams & Mauro Durante.

Three years of worldwide touring has turned what was originally a fusion project into a fully realised and unique entity. Drawing on Durante's Taranta background with Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, as well as his work with Ludovico Einaudi, and Adams' prolific career as guitarist, with everyone from Sinead O'Connor to Robert Plant and Tinariwen, their musical landscape ranges from raw Rockabilly to Sufi ecstasy via Minimalism. For this album they have brought in some guest vocalists adding yet more layers to their distinctive sound. 

Exploring themes of musical healing and catharsis, the title track and opener 'Sweet Release' is a heartfelt manifesto of the duo's vision, featuring Adams' unmistakeable touch on the guitar and Durante's masterful tamburello frame drum. Along with original tracks such as the shimmering pizzica- based 'Leuca' featuring guest singer Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino's Alessia Tondo and the wildly rocking 'Ghost Train', they cover Lebanese Diva Fairuz's haunting Easter Hymn 'Wa Habibi' with guest singer Yousra Mansour from Bab L' Bluz, which becomes a timely meditation on suffering. CBGB's underground legend Felice Rosser brings vocals to 'Tide Keeps Turning' adding a deeply soulful touch to the ritual Neapolitan Tammurriata beat of Durante's drum, while Adams' starkly beautiful guitar illuminates 'Aurora', inspired by a dawn call to prayer heard in Rajasthan. The anthemic Instrumental 'Ithaca Return' opens brightly before turning into a wild pizzica-like tune led by Durante's rhapsodic violin. 'Qui Non Vorrei Morire', sung by Durante, is a setting of a poem by Vittorio Bodini, another native of Salento, originally recorded by Mauro's late father Daniele, one of the leading lights of the Taranta revival.

TRACK LISTING

Sweet Release
Leuca (ft. Alessia Tondo)
Ghost Train
Wa Habibi (ft. Yousra Mansour)
Silver And Stone
Aurora
Ithaca Return
Qui Non Vorrei Morire
Tide Keeps Turning (ft. Felice Rosser)
Santu Paulu


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