Neil Cowley Trio release Radio Silence + 2010 UK tour dates

In just a few short years, and over the course of two acclaimed albums, pianist Neil Cowley and his band mates, bassist Richard Sadler and drummer Evan Jenkins, have carved out a reputation as one of Britain's most exciting bands.

Radio Silence, their Naim Jazz debut released 19th April 2010, is their most complete and eloquent statement yet.

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Radio Silence is the sound of a band fully comfortable in their unique sonic skin. And if an album is simply a snapshot of a work in progress, then this is a perfect portrait, capturing Cowley and his co-conspirators in the right place at the right time. This is the record that he has been working towards, documenting the magical empathy of a unit, who, with thousands of hours under their belt have learnt to breathe and listen as one.

Described by Cowley as music for the 'heart and feet', Radio Silence shifts effortlessly between moments of poetic grace, rip-roaring riffs and Chaplinesque ditties that reminds us that for all his many influences, Cowley's music is as British as 'Test Match Special', warm beer or a bacon sarnie.

After all, it is Cowley who played the elegiac intro to Adele's London hymn "Hometown Glory" and likewise, his own music is just as rooted in where he comes from. This is music born in London pubs, on stage at Glastonbury, in suburban side streets and the banter of the tour bus, with results that are as enthralling, heart-warming and gripping as the very best in contemporary music.

Take for instance, the gorgeous title track which invokes the sudden and stark realisation, that someone you love is no longer close to you. It is a deceptively simple but highly effecting tune propelled by the bands intuitive group interplay and conjures moments of sheer beauty.

Elsewhere, Gerald is an affectionate portrait of a geeky friend and part-time guitarist who likes to "wig-out" at the weekend, while the epic, blissful Portal expresses a child-like sense of wonder before the cosmos. Vice Skating is a lyrical tour-de-force and the raucous Hug the Greyhound is partly inspired not only by the impossibility of such an act, but is also a wry nod at his own manic energy levels, and it is this restless drive that pushes the Neil Cowley Trio towards greatness.

"Their most cohesive offering to date ... dynamic ... seismic... and delicately lyrical... EST on steroids with the attitude of Motorhead" - Record Collector

Neil Cowley Trio Radio Silence tour dates:

(Dates and information subject to change.)

May 2010

Weds 5th May Leeds College of Music 0113 222 3434 / www.lcm.ac.uk
Thurs 6th May Manchester Band on the Wall 0845 2 500 500 / www.bandonthewall.org
Fri 7th May Liverpool Liverpool Philharmonic 0151 709 3789 / www.liverpoolphil.com
Sat 8th May Southampton Turner Sims 023 8059 5151 / www.turnersims.co.uk
Weds 12th May Brighton The Old Market www.theoldmarket.co.uk
Thurs 13th May Bristol Colston Hall 0117 922 3686 / www.colstonhall.co.uk
Sun 16th May Cambridge The Junction 01223 511 511 / www.junction.co.uk
Tues 18th May Milton Keynes The Stables 01908 280800 / www.stables.org
Weds 19th May Newbury The Corn Exchange, as part of the Newbury Spring Festival 01635 522733 / www.cornexchangenew.com
Mon 31st May London Ronnie Scotts 020 7439 0747 / www.ronniescotts.co.uk

June 2010

Tues 1st June London Ronnie Scotts 020 7439 0747 / www.ronniescotts.co.uk
Thurs 3rd June Norwich Norwich Arts Centre 01603 660352 / www.norwichartscentre.co.uk
Fri 4th June Northampton Royal + Derngate 01604 624811 / www.royalandderngate.co.uk
Sat 5th June Birmingham CBSO Centre 0121 7674050 / www.birminghamjazz.co.uk

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