SUNDAY SESSIONS - Project Blackbird

Sun Feb 09 2025 at 05:00 pm to 06:30 pm UTC+00:00

Eel Pie Records | Twickenham

Tom\u00e1s Doncker
Publisher/HostTomás Doncker
SUNDAY SESSIONS - Project Blackbird
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Project Blackbird is a part of the True Groove Family led by Tomas Doncker.
Here's how they describe their music:
"Eclectic"..."genre-fluid"..."mercurial"....We have long struggled to describe our own sound, informed as it is by a tapestry of influences, experiences, and musical sensibilities. Lately we've been playing with the concept of "atmospheric groove". We have always considered that our albums are best listened to straight through in the chilled-out solitude of a darkened room, and while that may still be true of our latest material, there's also evolution: the shift and glimmer of new rhythms and light, moving with us and illuminating the journey.
We hope these stories move you, too.
THE BAND
The five musicians behind the East Midlands, UK-based Project Blackbird are multi-instrumentalist Jamie Varley, drummer Eddie Dublin, multi-instrumentalist Jon Read (former trumpet player for The Specials), vocalist Ming Nagel (originally from the USA), and guitarist Alan Roberts. This “extraordinary” band, as BBC 6Music’s Tom Robinson has described them, offers an atmospheric, eclectic listening experience that draws equally upon intellect and emotion. “Imagine a party at Ronnie Scott’s,” one supporter suggests, “where Sade, Björk, Jeff Beck, and David Byrne meet Portishead and then go for a late night curry to exchange ideas…sublime”.
Project Blackbird have been championed by BBC Leicester’s Uncle Frank (Frank Benbini of Fun Lovin’ Criminals) as well as an increasing number of independent stations, presenters, album listeners, and gig audiences. In 2022, they were honoured to support Fun Lovin’ Criminals on their European tour. In the summer of 2023, they toured the U.S.A. in their own right from New York, NY to Denver, CO.
The band's debut album Endurance (2018) is an immersive and poetic journey through hypnotic soundscapes. Sophomore album If This Is the End (2021) is "a multilayered gem of tremendous complexity, but always coherent and never less than compelling....an intelligent, thought-provoking album that will linger long in your memory....utterly beguiling" (Andrew R Houghton, GIGsoup). Both are available on CD, double gatefold vinyl, mp3 download, and a variety of streaming platforms.
Shake these Trees ft Lynval Golding

Thank you for Last time (from new album)

Corvids (Live) at The Musician


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