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  McCully/Mackay announce new single  The Mystery Man Sleeve art for the single - (c) Laura McCullagh Cape Town duo McCully/Mackay are pleased to announce their new single ‘The Mystery Man’. “The Mystery Man explores paranoia and surveillance in the modern era, in a light-hearted manner” says Tully, “we are all familiar with the current issues of surveillance and privacy and feelings of isolation and paranoia, but we wanted to do a more playful and nostalgic take.” The upbeat track has a retro feel, drawing thematic inspiration from old spy movies and film noir and sonically recalls the 80s sounds of The Police and Men at Work. As has become a hallmark of the band, the track features many subtle layers of instrumentation and is propelled by a solid rhythm section that echoes the building tension and intensity of the protagonist. The song also features Gordon on lead vocals, he says “When Tully and I were discussing Mystery Man, Spy Vs Spy was mentioned. Fortunately I had a ver...

McCully Workshop - Tully and Mike McCully, Rupert Mellor, Richard Black and Gordon Mackay - are excited to announce their new single 'Beginnings'.  Visual fro the new video clip (c) Songwrights Publishers The track is the first new release from the iconic band since their 2019 album ‘Infinity’. Since then, guitarist Richard Black has relocated to the UK, making 'Beginnings' the first time the band has created music completely remotely.  "Though we're not able to play live together anymore, we still chat all the time and all agreed it would be nice to do a new project involving everybody", says Tully (lead vocals and bass). The song recalls the band's iconic hit 'Buccaneer' and was conceived as an ode to the band's heritage as well as humanity's love for and creation of music over the millennia. "There is music in everyone. Some let out, some keep it in, but it's always been there" says Mike (drums and backing vocals), to w...

Here is producer Peter Richardson's press release for the new Zayn Adam, single. To sweeten up the final master Peter arranged and recorded the strings onto the recording and it was ready to go. Links to music after release >> >  https://orcd.co/ydkevyp

Bangla Folk/rock outfit CHIRKUTT are a busy unit. They seem to be constantly on the road but thanks to their tie up with a sound studio they can also have a steady output of recordings. (c) Songwrights Publishers 2022 The next releases from them are two singles lead singer Sumi promised to get out for the end of Ramadan this year. They are BUKA BUKA and KHALASH both written and very ably sung by Sumi herself. The first track (Khalash) goes live on the 1st of May and the second on the 8th of May. Both songs are issued on the Mountain Records label. The tracks can be previewed and per-ordered on some platforms. Links to music >>  https://orcd.co/bz3kqmv Links to video >> https://youtu.be/yuVn_9wfaSE The band's comments on Khalash -  Khalash is another magical song from the contemporary folk tale album Maati Geeti. The lyrics, melody and vocals are by the band’s only female lead, Sharmin Sultana Sumi, along with Pavel Areen at Drums and percussion, Emon Chowdhury at G...

Bangla Folk rockers, Chirkutt, have their full length album, Chirkuttnama lined-up for its international debut on the 10th of April. Sleeve of the new album Chirkuttnama (c) Songwrights Publishers The record featuring the outstanding compositional and performance talents of lead singer Sumi, has been heard only in their home country, Bangladesh until now. ‘We have never compromised when it comes to quality of our songs which is a reason why we took our time to release the albums. After the release of our last album all of us have worked really hard and finally we are ready to release our third album,’ said Sumi Nine songs of varied mood and tempo are included in the package. The release is again made possible by a deal between award winning world music label Mountain Records and Chirkutt. Speaking about the songs, Sumi said the band hopes to generate awareness among the young generation through the songs highlighting different social and environmental issues. ‘The songs address the dis...

Producer and engineer Murray Anderson was asked by our label to remix a third Amampondo track. We chose a song from their early recordings that at the time of the original release was something of a ground breaking trance tune.  The latest is remix of Sibuyele 915 from their live album, Feel the Pulse of Africa . Murray remixed two other songs by the group which were released in 2019 - when one could still get out to a club. As with the previous mixes he has taken the approach of keeping the energy level high with concentration on the drums.  (c) Songwrights Publishers 2022 The composition of song was credited to the late Amampondo drummer, Michael Ludonga . As with all the group's early works the whole band had a hand in finishing the work for the stage. Listed as Sibuyele 915 (Murray Anderson Mixes) , the release is on an EP titled Amampondo - Dance, containing the studio master of Sibuyele 915, as well as pumped up master (credited - Electro Tiger Master) of the new mix...

 Bangla Folk/Rock heroes, Chirkutt (চিরকুট) who are fronted by the very talented singer and songwriter, Sumi have reached a deal with Hamburg based music and media distributer LTE Distribution, to distribute their current and back catalogue albums. Silky voiced singer, Sumi (c) Songwrights Publishers The first releases will be the singles Sumi composed for a project she created around her visit to the Womex expo in Portugal last year. These will be followed by the band's EP titled Udhao, slated for its first international release on the 25th of March 2022. Chirkutt are a household name in their home country having started 20 years ago when the members were studying at university in Dhaka.  Watch this page for more details. First release here >>>  https://orcd.co/66vv3n9 Second release here >>>  https://orcd.co/bp86p4b   Udhao >>>> https://orcd.co/eo9n9j4 The releases so far are made available on the award winning world music label...