Jeb Nichols Loy - United States Of The Broken HeartedThe new Jeb Loy Nichols album is twelve sombre but beautiful tracks, with longtime friend and producer Adrian Sherwood swapping his trademark dubwise approach for carefully stripped back arrangements. Acoustic guitar and Jeb's voice are framed by subtle splashes of horns, cello and percussion, plus keyboard contributions from Martin Duffy (Primal Scream Felt). Politically charged cover versions ("I Hate The Capitalist System", "Deportees") sit amongst

it is veiled in myths and misunderstandings that are beginning to clear up thanks to research and performance efforts of musicians such as Jos van Immerseel

while his sound has been sampled extensively by artists such as Kanye West

Looking Through The Shades

They followed in the footsteps of the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi and the Dixie Hummingbirds

Both films have been widely screened both domestically and internationally and have received wide acclaim

after collapsing in an aquarium and apparently dying

the international swing sax hero

The vinyl comes housed in a replica of the original jacket design

mostly notably The Flenser label-mates Have A Nice Life and Planning for Burial

" Smith's set of smoky vocal and piano duos recalls the Old Absinthe House in New Orleans' French Quarter and includes classics such as "Lover Man" and "Straighten Up and Fly Right

while his Sonata da Chiesa for solo organ employs a more chromatic language despite the neoclassical origins of the form

Among other activities he initially worked as a sideman with his father Kevin Coyne