SONGHOY BLUES - Optimisme LP (colour vinyl) r&b Barrett’s rare gospel soul classic

Barrett’s rare gospel soul classic Like A Ship… (Without A Sail) is finally receiving a much-needed reissue

measuring equal parts melody and mystery

A Divine Symmetry finally lets me fall in love with this material

when drummer Tom Riss and bassist Cary Fletcher

SONGHOY BLUES - Optimisme LP (colour vinyl) r&b Barrett’s rare gospel soul classicLimited edition gold colour vinyl. Their lead guitarist is a distant relative of the late Ali Farka Toure, the legendary Mali desert blues musician, but the young generation are no traditionalists. They mix the complex rhythms and guitar lines of their tradition with hard rock and psychedelia into three minute statements.