“Oriole is a strange and beautiful blend of influences, a group that re-imagines Tracy Thorn in a band with Joao Gilberto and Charlie Byrd. Brazilian samba and British folk-rock rarely coalece so seamlessly. Led with great authority by guitarist-composer Jonny Phillips, the ensemble features F-IRE collective notables saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock,[…]
Jazz CD of the week The second disc from acoustic guitarist Jonny Phillips and his band Oriole is a lovely development of the first and he is so sure of himself in this territory that it leaves the listener feeling thoroughly at home, as if we have been listening to[…]
Jonny Phillips? Oriole is one of the only surviving lineups from the bands that made up the first flowerings of the influential F-ire Collective. The stability of its personnel contrasts with the nomadic wanderings of the Lake District born acoustic guitarist and composer. His desire to experience first hand the[…]
The F-ire collective is probably best known for spawning punk-jazz outfit Acoustic Ladyland. Despite sharing a rhythm section with the latter, F-ire guitarist Jonny Phillips?s Oriole is a bird of a very different feather. Their third album Every New Day (FIRE) was largely written in Cadiz, Spain and is full of[…]
Contemporary jazz is more often categorized by nervy rhythmic restlessness rather than by luxurious sensuality ? but British F-ire Collective guitarist Jonny Phillips infuses swaying Latin grooves with Jazz urgency. Phillips?s beautiful song-shaped themes are delivered by a F-ire supergroup that includes Polar Bear?s Seb Rochford on drums and New[…]
I wrote some new retro lounge music with stellar producer and friend Joe Leach from The Cowshed Recording Studio, London. Our first project was called Good Times and has been used on television and media all over the world. We are nearly finished with our follow up, Guitar Souffle. Good[…]
F-IRE CD 03 The soundtrack for a film waiting to be made F-IRE Recordings proudly launches the debut album of a huge talent with a bright future. “Gentle beautiful music that is surprisingly affecting“. – Timeout “Song for the Sleeping, a gorgeous lullaby performed by guitarist Jonny Phillips’ Oriole” –[…]
Oriole – Migration “The soundtrack to a story of joy and longing born from an irresistible impulse to travel but never to arrive?” Migration is Oriole’s second album, a sensory banquet of soaring melodies, colourful South American folklore, lively dances and emotional ballads of longing. Music that creates a rich, emotionally disquieting[…]
Oriole Every New Day F-IRE RECORDS ? distributed by Proper ? Release Date 30 APRIL 2012 ?Quietly intense, beguilingly beautiful? Time Out ?If the lineup sounds like a dream made real, so does the music? All About Jazz ?A musical mosaic that feels as spiritually uplifting as a Paulo Coelho[…]
