Mon 8 May 2017 to Sun 14 May 2017

by Don Bryant


Don Bryant Don't Give Up On Love (PBS Feature Record)

Memphis soul original and Hi Records hit man Don Bryant has announced his return to music with Don't Give Up On Love, set for release on May 12th via Fat Possum Records. Recorded in honor of his wife of 43 years, the soul legend Ann Peebles, the collection is Don’s first release in decades.

On Don't Give Up On Love Don is joined by multiple generations of Memphis studio legends, including Hi Rhythm Section members Charles Hodges (organ), Archie “Hubbie” Turner (keyboard) and Howard Grimes (drums), Joe Restivo (guitar), and Scott Bomar (bass). Marc Franklin and Art Edmaiston, both of the Gregg Allman Band, contributed horns. The album was produced by Scott Bomar and Bruce Watson and tracked by Adam Hill at Bomar’s Electraphonic Recording studio in Memphis.

From the opening vamps of the classic “A Nickel And A Nail,” it’s evident that Don Bryant, at 74 years old, is in prime fighting shape and as versatile a performer as ever — sensual and expressive on “It Was Jealousy,” swaggering and suave on “One Ain’t Enough,” and swept up by the grandeur of the Almighty on “How Do I Get There?” These ten songs — including seven Bryant-penned originals — show a soul survivor in action, exhibiting the kind of sharp vocal acumen that can only be honed by years spent on the road and in the studio.

With an intrepid musical style informed by his church upbringing, Don Bryant first found success with his vocal group the Four Kings. After that group split, he was taken under the wing of Hi Records legend Willie Mitchell. Don started off singing lead for Willie’s live band, but soon found himself releasing a full length album on Hi and writing songs for the likes of Solomon Burke, Albert King, Etta James and many more.

But Don Bryant’s biggest hits came when, in 1970, he was linked up with Hi Records artist Ann Peebles. The two penned the classic “I Can’t Stand the Rain” and many others before marrying in 1974. They toured together regularly for decades and are married to this day. Following a stroke in 2012, Peebles retired from performing and Don found himself at home for the first extended period in many years, affording him the time to return to the studio and commence the sessions that would become Don't Give Up On Love.

Ghosting Reimagining Miyazaki (featured on The Breakfast Spread)

Reimagining Miyazaki is the ambitious debut instrumental mixtape from Ghosting, a new identity for influential Melbourne record producer Andrei Eremin. Inspired by the beautifully minimalist soundtracks of iconic anime director Hayao Miyazaki’s work, the mixtape samples each of his feature films and transports them to an entirely new dimension, continuing the beatmaker legacy led by the likes of Dilla, Metro Boomin, Flume and more.

Taken from his incoming Reimagining Miyazaki mixtape, the first taste of the expansive body of work is 'One Summer「 Spirited Away 」'. Inspired to write the mixtape after the 15 year anniversary of Spirited Away's release, Eremin comments:

'The mixtape started as a lightbulb moment to sample Spirited Away, one of my all-time favourite films. I took out my keyboard on a whim, cut up the intro to the film and within 4 hours I’d finished the best track I’d ever made. It was a sign. From there the decision made itself - I had to sample every other Miyazaki film.'

So invested in the project, Eremin took a visit to one of Taiwan, to visit Jiufen, a coastal mining town 45 minutes out of Taipei, famous for being the inspiration behind Miyazaki’s Spirited Away.


This week's Top 10:

Don Bryant - Don't Give Up on Love
Ghosting - Reimagining Miyazaki
The Stroppies - The Stroppies
Ewah and the Vision of Paradise - Everything Fades to Blue
Jade Imagine - What the Fuck Was I Thinking
Various Artists - Guitars and Three Rs: Roots, Rockabilly, RAdelaide
Mt Mountain - Dust
Tim Rogers - An Actor Repairs
Jessica Moss - Pools of Light
Nick Haywood Trio - Many Rivers




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