John Parry, Author at Backseat Mafia

See: Melt Yourself Down – new single and video – Born in the Manor

Melt Yourself Down are an important band. Revolving around saxophonist Pete Wareham (a key player in punk jazz pioneers Acoustic Ladyland) and Kushal Gaya (vocalist with the much missed genre…

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Track: Julia Holter releases new (old) cover of Gold Dust Woman

Remember music magazines…remember the cover-mount CDs (you probably have plenty stuffed in a cupboard somewhere)? Well Julia Holter, singer, composer and sonic explorer does. She recorded this version of ‘Gold…

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Track: Steve Arrington releases new track, ‘Soulful I Need That In My Life’

Anticipation is rising amongst devoted funksters as Steve Arrington’s new album ‘Down To The Lowest Terms: The Soul Sessions’ is due to drop on 18th September on Stones Throw Records.…

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Track: Pauline Murray reveals new track, ‘Shadow In My Mind’, plus album/tour news

Singer/songwriter and bona fide first wave punk pioneer has never rested on her reputation. From the expansive raw highs of Penetration (the only band who could cover Patti Smith and…

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See: Orchestra Baobab – 50th Anniversary/ re-release and archive video for Dee Moo Woor

Ok so this is really heart and soul stuff. The legendary seminal Senegalese collective Orchestra Baobab are marking the 50th anniversary of their ground breaking music making with the vinyl…

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Meet: Gregory Porter ahead of his album release ‘All Rise’

As you know at Back Seat Mafia we feature music of quality and distinction, well known and unknown, anything that has integrity…no pretenders. So when the chance came up to…

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Track: Mammal Hands reveal new Track ‘Ithaca’

Norwich is a place that always feels distant and that sense of space sweeps through the music of Mammal Hands. Formed in the UK’s most easterly city in 2012 the…

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See: Anna von Hausswolff reveals new album, plus new video for ‘Sacro Bosco’

If you are looking for gothic atmosphere, dark waves of sound and focused experimentalism then Anna von Hausswolff is waiting for you. Last seen supporting Sunn O))) in full band…

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Album Review: Rival Consoles – Articulation

Electronic music can often be stunningly complex, deeply beat laden and dripping in atmosphere but Ryan Lee West (aka Rival Consoles) has always focused on the person rather than the…

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Album Review: Jon Hassell – Seeing Through Sound (Pentimento Volume 2)

When Brian Eno has touted you as ‘the most influential composer of the last 50 years’, when you’re credited as raising cultural awareness with your ground- breaking Fourth World Music,…

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