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Graham Clark
Music Features Writer
@Maxximum23Clark
10:20 PM 15th November 2014
arts

Album Preview: Jools Holland - Sirens Of Song (East West Records)

 
Following the hugely successful release of Golden Age Of Song in 2011, which sold close to 200k copies in the UK alone, Jools Holland is back with a brand new album and an elite gathering of world-class female artists. Sirens Of Song highlights Jools' talent for amazing collaborations and features duets between the music maestro himself and some of the most iconic female voices in contemporary and classic music: Kylie, Emeli Sandé, Joss Stone, Laura Mvula, Imelda May and Rumer to name just a few.

Sirens Of Song will be released on Monday 24 November by East West.

Jools Holland said:
"It's a privilege and honour to celebrate and bring together, for the first time ever, some of the greatest female vocalists and writers of our time on this new record."

"I'm so grateful to have had the support of these incredibly gifted women in music who bring that magical female perspective to every track... Collaborating and working with this diverse and dazzling array of talent, who hail from all sorts of genres spanning from today and back to the jazz age, has been an inspiration and something rather special... Enjoy".

Sirens Of Song is a true showcase in musicianship and combines an array of wonderful performers with Jools' outstanding talent, with big band support from his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra. The 14 track album features a selection of originals and reworked classics.

Sirens Of Song Tracklisting:

1. Ruby Turner - Jumpin' In The Morning
2. Joss Stone - Letting Me Down
3. Emeli Sandé - Love Me Or Leave Me
4. Louise Marshall - A Vow
5. Amy Winehouse - Monkey Man
6. Kylie - Should I Stay Or Should I Go
7. Mabel Ray - Sweet Bitter Love
8. Laura Mvula - See-Line Woman
9. Rumer - Lost Mind
10. Imelda May - Top To Bottom Boogie
11. KT Tunstall - Night And Day
12. Melanie C - I Wish
13. Ruby Turner - I Still Went Wrong
14. Eartha Kitt - Ain't Misbehavin'

Jools plays the following gigs in Yorkshire this month:

Fri 21 November - Bradford, St. George's Hall (with Marc Almond)
Sat 22 November - Harrogate, International Centre (with Marc Almond)
Sun 23 November - Sheffield, City Hall (with Marc Almond)