New Jeb Loy On-U album United States of Broken Hearts

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Couple of tunes from it played on last night's On The Wire

otwradio.blogspot.com/

(about 45 minutes in)

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Album released November 11th and available to pre-order now - LP, LP + book, CD, and CD + book


store.on-usound.com/release/329858-jeb-loy-nichols-united-states-of-the-broken-hearted



jebloynichols-music.bandcamp.com/album/united-states-of-the-broken-hearted



New 'single' Big Troubles Come In Through a Small Door out now




On-U Sound are proud to present a new album from longtime friend and associate of the label, Jeb Loy Nichols. Produced by Adrian Sherwood, with careful arrangements framing twelve beautiful, acoustic-based songs. The album features contributions from the likes of Martin Duffy (Primal Scream/Felt) and Ivan “Celloman” Hussey, fresh from his work on the massively acclaimed duo of Horace Andy albums, Midnight Rocker and Midnight Scorchers, both of which featured songwriting contributions from Jeb Loy.

Jeb Loy comments: The United States Of The Broken Hearted has been forty years in the making. I’ve known Adrian, and considered him one of my closest friends, for that long. During that time we’ve spent more hours listening, and talking about, music than anything else. Reggae, Country, Folk, Jazz, Soul; it’s been the backdrop to our friendship. Adrian introduced me to some of my favourite music; Count Ossie, Culture, Harry Beckett, Mulatu Astatke. Through the years we’ve listened to Sun Ra, Lee Perry, Ornette Coleman, Johnny Cash, Woody Guthrie. A couple years ago, on a visit to Adrian, I mentioned Gram Parsons’s concept of ‘American Cosmic Music’, the melting mix of musical genres that constitutes a uniquely American sound. We talked about recording a record that incorporated all the influences I’d gathered, from Bluegrass to Jazz to Reggae to Soul. The United States Of The Broken Hearted is that record. We wanted to include Folk (Deportees), Country (Satisfied Mind), protest songs (I Hate The Capitalist System), and songs of my own that bore the marks of those that had gone before. I sang the songs and played guitar; Adrian brought in friends and fellow travellers to finish them. It’s all there, Soul, Jazz, Country, Folk; and underlying everything, Adrian’s Reggae infused production.”

Adrian Sherwood adds: “This is Jeb’s ‘Great American Songbook’, he’s become such a great singer and songwriter over the years. This is a beautiful piece of work reminiscent of our mutual love for the Miracle album I made with Bim Sherman. I’m really proud of this record and it’s a fitting follow-up to Long Time Traveller.”

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The first single taken from the album, 'Big Troubles Come In Through A Small Door', comes accompanied by a striking video shot by Jackson Mount.

For this song, they went to the Abergavenny Sports and Social Club and enlisted the help of local line dancing troupe The Rhinestone Cowgirls, coming up with a coordinated routine for the track.

Jackson Mount also recently made a short film about Jeb Loy, documenting his life and art making in an isolated part of rural Wales.

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Abergavenny in the house!

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Another 'single'

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Live from Under The Willow Tree available to download on Bandcamp.

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I just spotted this and was coming to post about it!