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RELAY (Vol. 1) for Music Venue Trust #SaveOurVenues

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All proceeds from this pay-what-you-want album go to Music Venue Trust, supporting grassroots music venues in the UK with their #SaveOurVenues campaign.

RELAY is a new series of download albums dreamed up during lockdown and featuring an on-going chain of cover versions recorded by artists from the independent music scene.

Created during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown it's a small way to keep a community of musicians in creative contact in the wake of all tours and live events being postponed or cancelled.

The idea behind the project is simple: an artist records a cover version of someone else’s song, someone they’ve crossed paths with through their zig-zagging community of touring musicians. When an artist’s song is covered, the baton is then passed to that artist, and they in turn cover someone else’s song, and so on – a kind of song-relay that has quickly begun to take on a life of its own. Volume One features the first 10 tracks that have been recorded so far, with more volumes to be released periodically as the baton continues to be passed.

These recordings were made with whatever resources were available to each artist - sometimes a home studio, sometimes just a phone recording in someone's living room - capturing raw and intimate performances of songs they love.

All artists have contributed their work to this project for free - it's our hope that this is also a way of turning you, dear independent music fan, onto new artists. Please follow the musical jellybean trails and check out all of the artists you may not know on this record (links below), and where possible show them support in whatever way you can - and try catch them live when we can all be in rooms together again!

Until then, stay safe, keep listening, and thank you for supporting independent musicians and music venues.

credits

released May 3, 2020

Artwork and design by Mariya Brachkova

Artist and songwriter links:

Billy Bragg - www.billybragg.co.uk

Sean McGowan – www.musicglue.com/seanmcgowan

Jacob & Drinkwater - www.jacobanddrinkwater.com

Edgelarks - www.edgelarks.co.uk

The Little Unsaid - www.thelittleunsaid.com

Dan Whitehouse - www.dan-whitehouse.com

Boo Hewerdine - boohewerdine.net

The Rail Abandon - therailabandon.com

Brooke Sharkey - brookesharkey.co.uk

Chris Cleverley - chriscleverley.com

Catherine Feeny - catherinefeeny.bandcamp.com

Sama Dams - sama-dams.com

Emily Barker - www.emilybarker.com

Dear Pariah - dearpariah.bandcamp.com

LEWiSBURG - www.facebook.com/lewisburguk



FULL CREDITS:

1. Billy Bragg – Springhill (Sean McGowan)

Written by Sean McGowan
Publishing by Mythophonic Ltd. & Sentric Music Ltd.
Billy Bragg – vocals and guitar
Georgina Leach – violin

2. Edgelarks – To My Lordless Sons (The Little Unsaid)

Written by John Elliott
Publishing: PRS
Arranged and performed by Edgelarks
Hannah Martin – electric guitar, fiddle and vocals
Phillip Henry – harmonica, dobro
Produced by Phillip Henry

3. The Rail Abandon – May (Brooke Sharkey)

Written by Brooke Sharkey
Publishing: PRS
Performed by The Rail Abandon
Produced and mixed by Sonny Johns, at Nave Studios, Leeds
Recorded in various homes
Sonny Johns – guitar and vocals
Yuval Wetzler – drum machine
Elliot Galvin – synths
Raph Clarkson – trombone

4. Dan Whitehouse – Funny Bones (Boo Hewerdine)

Written by Boo Hewerdine
Published by Chrysalis Music Publishing Ltd.
Dan Whitehouse – vocals and guitars

5. Catherine Feeny – Not Gonna Lie (Sama Dams)

Written by Sama Dams
Published by ASCAP & Pretty Ghosts Publishing
Catherine Feeny – vocal and ukulele
Michael Blake – Rhodes organ
Mixed by Sebastian Rogers

6. The Little Unsaid – Lucky (Catherine Feeny)

Written by Catherine Feeny
Publishing: ASCAP
John Elliott – vocals, guitars, synths, programming
Tim Heymerdinger – household beats and man thigh
Produced and mixed by John Elliott

7. Chris Cleverley – Real Love (Jacob & Drinkwater)

Written by Tobias ben Jacob
Publishing: PRS
Chris Cleverley – vocals, guitar, synth and programming

8. Jacob & Drinkwater – Tonight (Edgelarks)

Written by Edgelarks
Publishing: PRS
Tobias Ben Jacob – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Lukas Drinkwater – double bass, electric guitar, percussion, backing vocals
Mixed by Lukas Drinkwater @ Polyphonic Recording

9. Emily Barker – Can’t Be There Today (Billy Bragg)

Written by Billy Bragg
Published by Sony/ATV Music Ltd.
Produced by Emily Barker and Lukas Drinkwater
Recorded and mixed by Lukas Drinkwater @ Polyphonic Recording
Piano recorded by Daniel Inzani

Lukas Drinkwater – double bass, electric guitar
Daniel Inzani – piano
Emily Barker – acoustic guitar and lead vocals

10. Dear Pariah – Wasted (LEWiSBURG)

Written by LEWiSBURG
Publishing: PRS
Charlie Hinchcliff – vocals and guitar

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RELAY is a new series of download albums featuring an on-going chain of cover versions recorded by artists from the independent music scene.

Created during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown it's a small way to keep a community of musicians in creative contact in the wake of all tours and live events being postponed or cancelled.
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