Crooked Timbers
- Approved tracks
- 2
- Accepted by the Wigwam team and playable here — not a broadcast schedule.
About
Crooked Timbers is a collective of musicians, writers and artists led by songwriting and production duo Andy Alston (Del Amitri, Independent Group) and James Kirk (Orange Juice, Independent Group). The eclectic group of singers and collaborators on songs include Justin Currie of Del Amitri, Kevin Godley of 10cc, Ken McCluskey of The Bluebells, Frank Reader of Trash Can Sinatras, Graham Skinner of Hipsway, international singers such as Marilyn Carino (Mudville, David Byrne) and Scottish based solo artists Monica Queen, Lavinia Blackwell, French/Us chanteuse Marianne Dissard, Swiss Disco Queen Tina Lebea, Swedish singer songwriter Sabina Chantouria The collective’s first release is a diverse, constantly surprising album release On This Ocean. The album’s 11 songs are lyrical collaborations, some drawn from19th-century (sources such as Scotland’s Broadside Ballads) and lyric poetry, and are infused with experimental jazz, California dream pop, orchestral flourishes, disco and ethnic rhythms. “This surprising collection delivers a smorgasbord that includes dance-orientated pop to yearning heartfelt ballads to intriguing, arty, mysterious numbers to celebratory “in the ‘hood- fabulous” bangers, woven together by Alston’s multi-instrumental/electronic production and Kirk’s endlessly catchy guitar sounds.” Crooked Timbers is a continually-developing project, conceived with creativity at the centre and will engage with an expanding rotor of vocalists. Each release promises to always be a surprise. It encompasses genres, movements, individualism, thoughts, where the goal is always to be diverse, personal, catchy, intriguing and arresting.
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