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From the basement tapes of Terence (Tully) McCullagh's Spaced Out Sound Studios comes another production featuring a song performed and composed by Lesley Rae Dowling . This is the third re-make following his work on the video soundtrack of the song I'm a Woman and the demo of Dressing for the Boys . The latter was also a track from the studio archive. (c) Songwrights Publishers 2022 The new version of track, never before heard outside the studio, is Make my Move . Like the two previous singles this is a masterly creative and technical accomplishment from her longtime producer.  Tully was responsible for this hugely talented singer-songwriter's hits, Spaniard and Grips of Emotion . He also remixed the recording of Innocent Child giving Lesley a streaming hit in 2021. The track will be released on digital platforms on the 3rd of March 2022. Links - https://orcd.co/kvlkarr

A new album by Janie Renée, INESPERADO Janie Renée is a franco-Ontarian singer-songwriter, a master of words and syncopated melodies. She is one of those unclassifiable artists. She is now presenting her fourth album, an opus filled with Brazilian roots music and beautiful poetic lyrics. INESPERADO is the name of this new album. It’s the result of numerous collaborations with Brazilian artists, between the typical rhythms and sounds of Brazil and the poetic and imaginative pen of Janie Renée. Eleven original pieces, with majestic acoustic orchestrations and traditional instruments (cavaquinho, bandolim, pandeiro, surdo, viola 7-cordas and all the rest) compose this luminous album, full of hope and sweetness. Recorded between Rio de Janeiro and Canada, it features arrangements by Brazilian cavaquinhist Jayme Vignoli and the measured, penetrating and splendid musical performances of many musicians, each a master of their art. After accompanying her father through a long illness and afte...

From Coenie de Villiers' debut album Skoppensboer, we have taken the track Namakwaland as the next re-master and re-issue. (c) Songwrights Publishers The song features Coenie in his distinctive almost European classical piano style, fingers running over the keyboard, counterpointed against a choice of Khoi sounding names spun into the Afrikaans lyrics. One can almost imagine the daisies dancing in the wind, in a panorama of vivid colours.  Also featured on the track is a young Steve Newman on classical guitar. Steve has gone on to have a distinguished career as a guitarist and composer in his own right. The two came together as stable mates on the Mountain Records label. We have re-mastered the track mostly for digital listeners who these days hear their music on ear pod headphones. The track will be available on the 12th of February 2022 on all the major digital platforms for both streaming and download. Link >>   https://orcd.co/dd4pkj6 Mountain Records

The late Louis Ribeiro and Brian Sepel wrote some powerful rock songs in their time together in the 1980s. Sadly they are no longer with us. (c) Songwrights Publishers Taken from their album they made as part of the band Zeebra, we now offer the single version of Wake the Day. The song produced by Jerry Barnard in Cape Town features Louis on vocals, Brian on keyboards, Jonathan Butler on guitar and Gary Horne on saxophone. The track, which was not a single until now, is edited from restored tapes stored in the Mountain Records archive. It will be available on the 25th February 2022. For reasons of possible copyright infringement we are obliged to re-name the band Cape Zeebra. Links to music - https://orcd.co/74mgy2k Video - https://youtu.be/2IS5Squit3Q Mountain Records

Following the release of their debut album, 2020's The Unicorns Are Screaming, Cape Town prog-rock duo McCully/Mackay are proud to announce their new single Flowers in the Dirt With this latest release, veteran musicians and long-time collaborators Tully McCully and Gordon Mackay continue to explore and develop their sound. The 70s/80s progressive influences that coloured their debut album are less pronounced, but while  Flowers  expands into more commercial territory it still retains what have become the hallmarks of the duo’s work: a high level of musicality, analogue instruments and sounds, intricate sonic layering and contemplative lyrics focusing on humanity and our place in the world. McCully/Mackay or Photos (c) Laura McCullagh & Laverne Mackay “I was walking on Blouberg Beach” says Tully, “and was shocked at how much plastic and rubbish there was everywhere. Then I saw these flowers, just growing there in the middle of it all. They didn’t care that they were s...

  One of Bangladesh's best known Folk Rock outfits, Chirkutt, has launched a four single recording project that ties into the visit of singer and songwriter, Sumi's visit to Womex in October this year. The first single has the theme of what inspired her in Switzerland where she was prior to moving on to the world music expo in Porto, Portugal. She has named the song Jajabor . It is about her wandering in the Swiss cities she visited. The song can be pre-ordered on the iTunes Store >>>  https://music.apple.com/de/album/jajabor-switzerland-mix-single/1599478526?l=en   The band previewed the single with a clip to go along with the recording that was released on Youtube. Something else for fans is footage of Sumi in Switzerland together with some studio footage.  The release is officially available on all platforms at the end of December 2021 and is released world-wide on the world music label Mountain Records. Youtube link >>> https://youtu.be/u1dejLHW...

Canadian jazz singer-songwriter  Janie  Renée,   released her album L'Eden est un bazar  over a year or ago but never got a full digital  release. From the 5th of November we can offer the album to all territories. Here are the press announcements from her label Les disques Mme, in French and English. Links to listen >>  https://orcd.co/dkg0lnb