Agincourt - Fly AwayDuring the mid 1960s, deep in the Sussex countryside of southern England, aspiring musicians Peter Howell and John Ferdinando played in a few school bands before recording together in Howells fathers garage. Through Ferdinandos connections with a theatre group, the duo created a musical companion for their production of Alice Through The Looking Glass, which the duo pressed privately; then, Fly Away, credited to Agincourt, was produced in a spare

Now based in Brooklyn

which wouldn’t often feature in my music (there are in fact more drums on this LP than in my combined output over the last 8 years) and the pieces are noticeably shorter

This final story that we see

followingåÊa flute around the groove

he has established himself as a serious 21st century singer-songwriter with an enduring lyrical poise and elegant minimalist sound

and boasting the talents of famed Los Angeles session musicians The Wrecking Crew

life is a Rashomon

police brutality

Solar Bridge was the first Emeralds album to receive any kind of proper distribution and represents the first attempt to archivally preserve their fluid craft

Marcia Griffiths’ ‘Feel Like Jumping’ is a stone cold classic

The songs introduce characters who grapple with values that are pitted against the expectations around them

something akin to showtunes but with edges sanded down and viewed through Kurt's own specific lens