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Roden was singer with the Alan Bown Set ('60s) and Bronco ('70s) before going solo on the Island label. Only two Roden albums have ever been available on CD anywhere in the world. Roden has sung/played on albums by Robert Palmer, Paul Kossoff, John Martyn, Mott the Hoople and Jim Capaldi and came from the same West Midlands music scene as Led Zeppelin. He stepped into the late Jim Morrison s shoes when remaining Doors became the Butts Band and worked with legendary New Orleans producer Allen Toussaint.

Jess Klein’s long-awaited new album Learning Faith is here. In it, Jess explores her roots in the blues and the music she grew up with. In Jess’s words it’s her most “edgy and brutal” album to date. Covering themes of the hardships of youth, the search for self, redemption and a new focus on women’s politics, Klein weaves her charm, hitting the sweet spot every time, making the experience an absolutely engaging listen. “I pulled no punches on this new album and was inspired by genuine love for this world.”

Time Ain't Accidental - Jess Williamson - Time Ain't Accidental is the sound of a woman running into life and art head-on, on her own terms, for the first time in a while. Blending the vocal power and emotional immediacy of mainstream country with the honest transmissions of writers like Townes Van Zandt and Terry Allen, the album's reckoning with loss, isolation and personal reclamation signals a tectonic shift for Williamson: from someone who once made herself small to a woman emboldened by her power as an individual.

Jess Uke is a 1962 album by ukulele player Jesse Kalima. Originally released on the Sounds Of Hawaii label, this comes from a pressing released by Lehua Records sometime in the 1970's. This is a vinyl rip.

Roden was singer with the Alan Bown Set ('60s) and Bronco ('70s) before going solo on the Island label. Only two Roden albums have ever been available on CD anywhere in the world. This CD picks the best of his six albums for Island and is the first best of on either vinyl or CD. Roden has sung/played on albums by Robert Palmer, Paul Kossoff, John Martyn, Mott the Hoople and Jim Capaldi and came from the same West Midlands music scene as Led Zeppelin. He stepped into the late Jim Morrison s shoes when remaining Doors became the Butts Band and worked with legendary New Orleans producer Allen Toussaint.

Jess Silk is a singer songwriter from Dudley who has been penning songs since her early teens. Over the past few years her style has developed into a husky, shouty brand of folk music that often has her being likened to a female Frank Turner or Billy Bragg. With two self produced EPs, Jess gigs a lot around the Black Country and Birmingham and is currently working on her debut album.

Jess Williamson's Heart Song is a brave record. It explores the strength in vulnerability, the power in silence and empty space. The recordings bristle with energy and confidence while maintaining the intense intimacy Williamson is known for. Like the visceral desert landscape that inspires her, she knows when to let her vocals drift across the song, light like a tumbleweed, and when to, like the fiercest of Texas storms, unleash thunder and lightning with her band. A few years back, Jess Williamson returned home to her native Texas to reconsider everything and rethink the direction of her life. It was that about-face that gave her the security and solitude, the inspiration needed to create 2014's highly acclaimed debut album, Native State.

Bootleg was recorded on two summer nights in 2014 at Austin's amazing Strange Brew/Loungeside club. The first of these shows was the CD release for "Learning Faith," and the first time the new band had played together live. The second was in the early autumn after Jess had returned from a grueling but successful tour of Europe.