Multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Adam Gibbons (aka Lack of Afro) is back in some style with ‘Back To The Day’, a beautifully produced summer sizzler crammed full of infectious hooks, top musicianship and most importantly - vibe by the bucket load. Taking a nod from classic material by artists such as The Jackson 5, Earth Wind & Fire (and more recently Vulfpeck), ‘Back To The Day’ is Lack of Afro doing what he does best – blending old and new with big drums and heavy percussion to come up with a crossover classic that’s entirely his own, whilst all the while developing his abilities as a songwriter.

Providing a dynamite vocal is regular collaborator Elliott Cole. Not just the voice of the track, he also plays guitars and bass, whilst ably backed up by some stellar musicians including George Cooper (Haggis Horns) on keys, Rory Simmons (Blur, Jamie Cullum) on trumpet, string and horn arrangements and Harry Harding (Yola Carter) holding down the backbeat on drums.

Lack of Afro continues to go from strength to strength. 2016’s ‘Hello Baby’ (released on his own label LOA Records) picked up a BBC 6 Music ‘Album Of The Year’ nomination & appeared in the Top 10 of the iTunes R&B / Soul chart in 21 countries worldwide. More recently, Adam’s music continues to be used across all aspects of film & TV by networks such as ABC, Fox, NBC, Sony Pictures & the BBC whilst he also has released music on Universal & Warner Brothers Records.

Tour Dates:

6 May- Rock City, Nottingham

11 May- Bierkellar, Exeter

12 May- Camp & Furnace, Liverpool

18 May- The 100 Club, Oxford Street, LDN

19 May- The Bassment, Chelmsford

26 May- Band On The Wall, Manchester

31 May- The Parish, Huddersfield

1 June- Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle

9 June- Lemonfest, Newton Abbott

7 July- Mostly Jazz, Birmingham

15 July- Readipop Festival, Caversham

19 August- Sunrise Celebration Festival, Hereford

Following the release of ‘Catch Me If You Can’ last month, London-based Richard Jahn has unveiled his debut EP, Display:Orange and a new single entitled ‘Stranger Than You’. Always taking the listener on a uniquely cinematic journey, the latest release sees Richard contrasting a hook ridden vocal reminiscent of ‘80s funk and disco with the daring eccentricities of the track’s soundscape.

‘Stranger Than You’ has arrived straight off the back of a sold out vinyl launch at London’s Off The Cuff, and with equal measures of intensity poured into each facet of the record, it promises to truly challenge what’s expected from a debut.

Written at a time when he was still living at his parents’ house, Richard was forced to assess ‘the ugly strangeness and wonderful strangeness’ of his personality whilst feeling estranged from his friends in London. ‘Stranger Than You’ is surrounded by trademark embellishments as Richard explores his idiosyncrasies with each line, boasting two sides of a coin, ‘comfort and alienation’. Inspired by ‘a close relationship with a person who consciously and unconsciously finds it hard to come to terms with who you are’, testing every ounce of patience in the relationship, ‘it's a winding journey, that we work through if we care enough, or fall apart if we don’t.’