Dog Versus Shadows - Oracle Mama DotMOONBEAM WHITE VINYL. "This is an album inspired by British Guyanese poet Fred D'Agiuar's 'Mama Dot' sequence (1985). It explores the different strands of a mighty, mythical grandmother figure who has the task of creating a place away from (but rich in the memories of) Africa. I have taken the idea of an Oracle figure watching over a mythical place, but all is not well. There is disharmony and threat and the real and metaphorical landscape is tainted

Mississippi native Albert Luandrew

It was an honor to work with them

threatening us all

'Brand Upon the Brain

This Old Porch 6

he realizes that his dream is just that: a dream

Chick Willis' 1962 single "Come On Home" b/w "Twistin' In The Hospital Ward

respectively [in their own recording spaces])

"Ancient Winter" is a more earthy sounding album filled with new instrumentation such as fiddles and uilleann pipes which give it a beautiful harmony of middle eastern feeling and Celtic folk and fantasy

and Burning Love should be immediately attached to

"The title of the album - simply RIVER (REKA) - metaphorically reflects the dynamism and fluid characteristics of a system which is influenced by it's surroundings - the terrain

but there's usually a wide range of sounds and inspiration from song to song