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BBC Radio 2

Paul Jones Rhythm and Blues – "Live Session"
27 June 2011

Albany Down played their first LIVE Session on Paul Jones Radio 2 show on 27 June 2011.
Paul Jones said of their performance:

"WOW Very Very Good Indeed"

"Excellent guitar from Paul Turley there - Slide Stuff Terrific - and Paul Muir Superb on vocals, Sterling work from Billy Dedman on Bass and Jonny Bescoby on Drums. Thanks to Albany Down for an Excellent Session."

"These Guys are going somewhere, make sure they take you with them"

"The new Albany Down "South of the City" disc (produced by Greg Haver) is a bad-mama, rum soaked, spirited vintage patio-party album- full of passion and heat. Stick it on your iPod dock whilst you sip a few barbecue beers. Title song "South of the city" has a bittersweet butterscotch slide-guitar sound, drenched in oily gutter-slide hazy summer blues. "This track feels so close that it makes make you want to strip off your Hawaiian shirt and howl at the harvest moon"

Raw Ramp Music

Revolution comes in cycles.  It happened with the British rediscovery of American blues in the sixties, and it's happening again in 2011.  Albany Down serve up their own blend of infectious contemporary blues-rock music, whilst not forgetting to give a respectful nod of recognition to the glorious past.
Fresh from recording their début album produced by studio legend Greg Haver, the British 4-piece are putting the finishing touches to the massive launch of their first opus, entitled "South Of The City".

With a great team behind them and a glittering future ahead, it is surely only a matter of time before Albany Down become one of Europe's most recognisable super groups.

A re-imagining of the classic rock master melodies of yesteryear, Albany Down take the raw, gritty and unpretentious nuances of a wonderful period in rock and roll history, and transform it into something really "now"; something very special for the digital-download generation, and something for their sons, daughters and parents too. It is truly universal music.
Taking inspiration from Free, Zeppelin and, Hendrix, Albany Down combine a stunning and totally electric live performance with a studio album of superb quality and universal appeal.

http://www.albanydown.com