{"id":4915,"date":"2022-01-15T08:24:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T08:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=4915"},"modified":"2022-12-18T12:01:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T12:01:10","slug":"music-new-lewis-taylor-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=4915","title":{"rendered":"MUSiC: New Lewis Taylor Album!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RMI7U6ESFPk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Wow! There\u2019s a YouTube channel calling itself Lewis Taylor, and it looks and sounds, for all the world, like it might be genuine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the most exciting thing is not the archive of old videos and music that\u2019s going up there, but the promise of new material. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can\u2019t recall exactly when I first heard this news. It was some time last year. Maybe around mid-2021? But now, in Jan \u201822, there\u2019s the new video, above, with actual snippets of music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZxWERJWFq7g?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The first LT song I ever heard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Whoever was the very first LT song I heard, courtesy of Gilles Peterson, on one of his radio shows. And given I almost <em>never<\/em> listen to such stuff (contemporary music on the radio, that is), looking back that\u2019s quite miraculous!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[I have to confess I find the video posted above a bit annoying &#8211; the visual style of it; too much movement\/cutting (and other stuff I dislike, but I\u2019ll not go down that rabbit hole!) &#8211; and advise listening to the track I headphones, eyes shut!]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result of listening to that show, and poss\u2019 also reading glowing reviews in the magazine <em>Straight No Chaser<\/em>, I bought two albums: Leon Parker\u2019s <em>Belief<\/em> (1996), and Lewis Taylor\u2019s self titled debut. Both albums are good.* But the latter is truly <em>great<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_4596.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4916\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_4596.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_4596-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_4596-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_4596-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I got LT\u2019s debut the year it came out, way back in \u201896!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As well as his YouTube channel, LT appears to have a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/lewistaylorsmusic.com\/latest-news\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>, which is fairly minimal, but includes links to purchase his back catalogue, and news on the latest impending release. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the eclecticism and range of music LT has made, it\u2019ll be interesting to hear more fully the whole new album. Can\u2019t wait! From the snippets in the online teaser video, it seems to follow on pretty seamlessly from the \u2018core\u2019 LT sound(s) he established with his first two or three albums. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think I\u2019ll save further ruminations &#8211; I could digress, esp\u2019 on the potential for more off the beaten track style music (don\u2019t forget he did a <em>Trout Mask Replica<\/em> homage!) &#8211; on all things Lewis Taylor for another post. For now, this is just a brief \u2018halloo\u2019 in excitement and anticipation, re the news of a forthcoming release of long and eagerly awaited new LT material.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>* This post is actually a reminder to me to go back and check out <em>Belief<\/em> again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"596\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_4595.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4917\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_4595.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_4595-300x298.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_4595-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_4595-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Must go back and listen to this again!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow! There\u2019s a YouTube channel calling itself Lewis Taylor, and it looks and sounds, for all the world, like it might be genuine. And the most exciting thing is not the archive of old videos and music that\u2019s going up there, but the promise of new material. I can\u2019t recall exactly when I first heard &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=4915\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MUSiC: New Lewis Taylor Album!!!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-1hh","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4915"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4915"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7601,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4915\/revisions\/7601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}