Charlie & Jake, The Rail Abandon, Isaac Birituro

Charlie & Jake
charlieandjake.co.uk/

Charlie & Jake are a Bristol-based vocals and multi-instrumental duo, combining powerful, soulful vocals with rich piano to weave stories of love, friendship and sense of place.

Often cute and cheerful, sometimes wandering into the misty and mellow then swiftly dropping into the groovy and sassy to get everyone clapping along again. Every instrument under the sun will be used in loopy chaotic explosions of fun. Their debut single 'Still Here' was released worldwide in 2018 and their next, 'Same Old Story' is due for release in September. Keep your eyes and ears peeled for that soon!

Isaac Birituro & The Rail Abandon
therailabandon.bandcamp.com/

The Rail Abandon is the musical (dis)guise of Sonny Johns, Grammy, MOBO and Mercury nominated producer, engineer, musician. Grounded in the 1960s folk revival of John Martyn, Nick Drake and Fairport Convention, The Rail Abandon’s “Afrolktronica”.

incorporates influences of electronic music as well as the sound of West Africa – inspired by the musicians Sonny has worked with, including Ali Farke Toure, Fatoumata Diawara, Orchestra Baobab
and Tony Allen. In 2016 Sonny went to Ghana and met master xylophone player Isaac Birituro. After an instant music connection, they spent 3 days in a church making the basis of the album Kalba. Sonny then called upon musician friends, such as Polar Bear’s Seb Rochford, Leafcutter John and Mark Lockheart as well as Laura Jurd, Elliot Galvin and Samantha Whates, to produce “one of the most exciting things I've worked on in the 20 years of the label,” – Dom Servini, Wah Wah 45s.

The album is a collaboration between Ghanaian and UK songwriters, recorded by 28 musicians from around the world, a mixture of traditional Ghanaian xylophone music, British folk, Afrobeat, Highlife, electronica and a whole load more.

Incorporating new members, Trombonist Raph Clarkson (www.raphclarkson.com) horn arranger on the album, and drummer Yuval Wetzler (www.yuvalwetzler.com), vocalist Yolanda Eyama
and master balaphone player Moussa Dembele, The Rail Abandon will be touring the music from Kalba as a five-piece (Vocals/Percussion, Xylophone, Guitar/Samplers, Trombone/Keys, Drums/Drum Machines) recreating the sound of 28 musicians through their technical and musical wizardry.