“Here’s a carrot, Mr. Rabbit, somethin’ for you to chew,
Get back in the hat, nothing’s magic about you …”
“Mr. Rabbit” – Mic Conway’s National Junk Band [2014]
Mic Conway has performed a lot of shows for kids in his lengthy career but his nursery rhymes for grown-ups are much more fun. Witness the lyric above. If you think it’s actually about a furry bunny, then you don’t live in Australia. Mic Conway’s National Junk Band has just released its first new album in 5 years and you’ll discover how subversively entertaining it is in this week’s JR.
There’s more Aussie music in this edition from Sydney’s Andy Bull with a new single just released in advance of his second album, ‘Sea Of Approval’, set to arrive early in July.
You’ll also hear from two of the most anticipated releases of the year thus far: The Black Keys’ ‘Turn Blue’ and Coldplay’s ‘Ghost Stories’. Both represent a departure from the sound those bands were previously known for - and both were made during dissolving personal relationships of the bands’ key members.
Remixing the past is almost never a good idea. Taking the voices of iconic singers like Billie Holiday and Marvin Gaye and fusing them with the rhythms of 2014 World Cup hosts Brazil is refreshingly different. You’ll hear the surprising results right here from the new compilation, ‘Studio Rio Presents The Brazil Connection’.
In an era of digital recording technology, it seems only fitting that Neil Young would team up with Jack White to make an album recorded with primitive technology, the ‘Voice-o-Graph’. ‘A Letter Home’ is Neil’s love letter to the past and whatever it lacks in sound definition (which is a lot) is made up for in commitment.
As well, we preview forthcoming albums from both Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan. ‘Band of Brothers’ is Willie’s first album of (mostly) new songs in almost 2 decades and ‘Shadows In The Night’ is the title of Dylan's next album, due “later this year” - his personal tribute to the songs of Frank Sinatra.
Andy Bull: “Talk Too Much ” (preview from the album, ‘Sea Of Approval’)
Coldplay: “A Sky Full Of Stars”/”Ink” (from the album, ‘Ghost Stories’)
Neil Young: “Reason To Believe” (from the album, ‘A Letter Home’)
Willie Nelson: “The Wall” (preview from the album, ‘Band Of Brothers’)
The Black Keys: “Turn Blue”/”Gotta Get Away” (from the album, ‘Turn Blue’)
Billie Holiday: “You’ve Changed” (from the album, ‘Studio Rio Presents The Brazil Connection’)
Marvin Gaye: “Sexual Healing” (from the album, ‘Studio Rio Presents The Brazil Connection’)
Mic Conway’s National Junk Band: “Diagonally Parked In A Parallel Universe”/”Mr. Rabbit” (from the album, Diagonally Parked In A Parallel Universe’)
Bob Dylan: “Full Moon And Empty Arms” (preview from the album, ‘Shadows In The Night’)
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