MOJO No. 300

Finally Mojo´s issue no. 300 is in the shelves here in Norway too.

The cover is a nice tribute to Beatles´ white album of course and the CD that comes with the magazine has a previously unreleased track by Robert Wyatt.

The Wyatt song is a beautiful demo of Robert Wyatt singing the Paul Weller lyrics to "Invisible", a song later used on Weller´s "22 Dreams" (2008).

From Mojo:
"I owe so much to Paul, he´s been so encouraging over the years", Wyatt tells us, "and he played on half a dozen of the best recordings I´ve been able to make. This is my way of saying "Thank you, Paul"."

Paul Weller: A Kind Revolution

Paul Weller´s new album "A Kind Revolution" (Parlaphone 2017) is out today.

Four physical versions available: Vinyl, CD, DeLuxe 3CD Set and Deluxe 10” Vinyl Box Set.

Robert Wyatt is on the track "She Moves with the Fayre". So far I have been enjoying it on Spotify.

Paul Weller - A Kind Revolution

Robert Wyatt sings and plays trumpet on the track "She moves with the fair" on Paul Weller´s forthcoming album "A kind revolution" out this spring.

See Paul Weller News for more info.

September In The Rain

"September in the rain" from the "People Powered: Concerts For Corbyn" The Dome Brighton 16th December, with Robert Wyatt, Paul Weller, Danny Thompson and others (?).

Would have loved to be there, and hoping for some high quality videos!


Added 18 December:

"Mass medium" and talk by Robert right here.

"Blues in Bob Minor" right here.

And as mentioned in a comment:
The other musicians on stage were Steve Pilgrim and Ben Gordelier.

People Powered: Concerts for Corbyn

Tonight is the first concert in a national series called "People Powered: Concerts For Corbyn".

"A wide range of incredible artists will be performing at Brighton Dome, including a collaboration between the legendary Paul Weller, Robert Wyatt and Danny Thompson, a performance by the iconic band The Farm, roots reggae with Ghetto Priest, psychedelic pop with Temples and the singer songwriting magic of Kathryn Williams, and many more".

More info over here (where I also stole the text and picture).

Paul Weller, Robert Wyatt To Play Concert For Jeremy Corbyn

Clash writes: Paul Weller, Robert Wyatt To Play Concert For Jeremy Corbyn.

"Paul Weller and Robert Wyatt are amongst the artists who are set to play the opening instalment of PEOPLE POWERED: Concerts For Corbyn.
The concert series has been pieced together by music writer Lois Wilson, live music figure Paul Phillips, and Unison Officer/Brighton Momentum Organisers Sarah Pickett and James Ellis.
The first show takes place at Brighton's Dome venue on December 16th, and features an all-star band led by Paul Weller.
Excitingly, the line up features Robert Wyatt, with the legendary singer set to come out of retirement to support Jeremy Corbyn."

From Uncut (Added to the blog post later same day):
Paul Weller forms supergroup with Robert Wyatt, Danny Thompson to play concert for Jeremy Corbyn.

The Whole Point Of No Return

Here is a stop motion animation (by Tom Nihiski) for the Paul Weller penned track "The Whole Point Of No Return", taken from Robert Wyatt´s great album "Shleep" (Domino 1997).

Robert Wyatt:trumpet and keyboard.
Chorus: Alfreda Benge, Jamie Johnson, Charles Rees and Robert Wyatt.

Now buy the album, please! How about a beautiful double vinyl edition released by Domino in 2008?

Come On Let´s Go!

Robert Wyatts "Free Will and testament" is on Paul Weller´s sampler, made for the April issue of Mojo (no 221, 2012).
How can you make a better choice than this song (although Weller admits he´s a bit biased, playing on that tune himself!)? New readers please take notes: The song was first released on Hugh Hopper & Kramer´s album "A Remark Hugh Made" (1995)(great version too!) and then on Wyatt´s fantastic album "Shleep" (1997).

Weller on "Free Will and Testament": "So, yes, it´s sort of bleak but, like a lot of music, when you listen to it, it actually pulls you out of depression"

Paul Weller´s cover of Nick Drake´s "River Man" is on the album too. This song was recorded for the 50th anniversary CD to celebrate the company Island, called "Island Life" (2009).