Reveries for the laziest day of the week
30 June 2024
Press photo by Nicole Nodland
Veteran-songsmith legend PAUL WELLER released
his 17th album, titled 66 on 24 May, a day before his
66th birthday. Happy B, Modfather!
A soul man at heart.
– NOTHING –
– 66 –
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PW: Linktree
25 May 2024
Living songsmith legend PAUL WELLER is back from never having been away. He just released his 17th album, baptized 66, referring to his 66th birthday, today 24 May.
The cover of the new record is designed by Sir Peter Blake,
his first for Weller since 1995’s Stanley Road.
Press photo by Nicole Nodland
MOJO: “There’s a sense throughout of Weller, the inveterate seeker, grasping
for something tantalisingly out of reach – and in doing so, creating a record of
recurrent intrigue and frequently sublimity.” Score: 8/10.
TUTV: Yesterday the former angry young The Jam man launched ’66’, today he
celebrates his 66th birthday. And it’s a splendid one. Simply, one of his best in
a long time. His love for Motown Soul, especially for the sensuous side of Marvin
Gaye is still intact (Nothing / A Glimpse Of You / In Full Flight / Rise Up Signing).
His appetite for lettin’ the good times roll now and then with instantly affectionate
grooves is present on Flying Fish, Jumble Queen and Soul Wandering, and again his old(er) man’s crooner instincts are omnipresent (A Glimpse Of You / My Best Friend’s Coat / I Woke Up / Burn Out and on his Motown Soul reveries).
All in all, 12 delightful, subtly constructed, heart-warmingly orchestrated melodies with
a nostalgic, soulful and ear-relaxing feel. That’s entertainment. Happy birthday, Sir Weller.
Singles/clips: Soul Wandering / Rise Up Singing / Nothing
– SOUL WANDERING –
– RISE UP SINGING –
– NOTHING –
ALBUM
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PW: Linktree
In their new issue MOJO have an exclusive interview with former Modfather
and veteran songsmith PAUL WELLER about his upcoming new LP, titled 66.
The title refers to his 66th birthday, on 24 May, a day after the album comes
out. Stream the 3 shared tracks off the album below.
Other features: Noel Gallagher on his friend and (sometimes fiery) mentor. The birth
of The Byrds; Pete Townshend’s turbulent ’80s; Marvin Gaye’s buried treasures; Dusty Springfield – the genius and heartache; and about Johnny Cash; Jessica Pratt; Belle And Sebastian; Motörhead; Dirty Three; Richard Thompson; Dickey Betts; John Grant; David Bowie; The Durutti Column; Dana Gillespie; Pat Metheny; Royal Trux; and all back to Russell Crowe’s!
You can purchase a copy of this new issue #368 and
let it be sent to your home address. Info HERE.
– SOUL WANDERING –
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– RISE UP SINGING –
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– NOTHING –
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PW: Linktree
New striking strokes
8 April 2024
Press photo by Nicole Nodland
Living songsmith legend PAUL WELLER is back from never having been away. He canned his 17th longplayer and named it 66, referring to his 66th birthday, on 24 May, a day after the album comes out.
The cover of the new record is designed by Sir Peter Blake,
his first for Weller since 1995’s Stanley Road.
First single RISE UP SINGING is a characteristic,
soulful Weller musing with strings all over it.
PW: Linktree
Daily electricity to load your batteries
25 February 2024
Artwork by Sir Peter Blake, his first for Weller since 1995’s Stanley Road
He was the angry young mod of The Jam (1972-1982), the posh popster of
The Style Council (1983-1989) and the solo soul man, he already is for about
30 years.
PAUL WELLER will release his 17th solo LP, named 66.
It’ll come our way on 24 May, the day before his 66th birthday.
Press info: “Continually finding new ways to alchemise the miracle of living and the meaning of it all, he draws on fragments of real life, ruminations on spirituality and even childhood memories. There are songs touching on faith, changing circumstances and the fractured realities of life in this turbulent age. But 66 is positive at heart, bursting with the wisdom and perspective accrued by the business of someone who has really lived and loved.”
First single SOUL WANDERING is a boogielicious rocker
with a retro soul flavor. Weller still knows what entertainment
is all about.
PW: Instagram – Linktree
4 January 2024
Sorry, Paul, I’m hooked on Spotify.
(Image on top: cover ‘True Meanings‘ album)
25 May 2023
John William Weller was born on 25 May 1958 in Woking, Surrey, UK.
Happy 65 to the former Jam and Style Council mastermind who started
his sublime solo career back in 1990 and made/released 16 studio albums
(so far) with Fat Pop as the most recent one, released in 2021.
Three big WELLER ones to celebrate.
– IN THE CITY –
(With The Jam – 1977)
– SPEAK LIKE A CHILD –
(With The Style Council – 1983)
– COSMIC FINGERS –
(Single from his latest solo album Fat Pop)
PAUL WELLER: Bio – Discography – Facebook –
(Image on top: cover of his solo album ‘True Meanings’)
25 March 2023
Band: THE STYLE COUNCIL
Who: Paul Weller‘s new project after splitting up The Jam,
assisted by keyboardist Mick Talbot who had left Dexys
Midnight Runners.
Active: 1983-1989 / 5 LPs
Debut single/clip: SPEAK LIKE A CHILD
A horn-fueled and catchy top tune that
peaked at #4 on the UK Charts.
Watch/listen.
THE STYLE COUNCIL: Bio – Discography
Playing sober again in 2023.
18 December 2022
Always underrated and underpaid (not only in the UK), despite
the healing and humanitarian/talking therapy work and the unlikely
amount of labour during the Covid-19 period, NHS workers in the UK
are ignored by the unworldly Tories who spend their time with me, myself,
and I rhetoric. They do not care! They force the NHS to strike to get
attention for their unrewarded work.
Pat Cullen, the union’s general secretary: “Hundreds of thousands
of hard-working, decent people should not be cast aside as ‘unreasonable’
for expecting better for themselves, their families and their patients.”
Claire Murdoch (NHS mental health director) Over a million people already
use NHS talking therapies every year, but we know we can help just by telling
them it’s there for them.
Several British musicians, such as Weller, Primal Scream and Billy Bragg,
do care and expressed their support on their social media.
Paul Weller
Primal Scream
Billy Bragg