28/10/2017 - Secret Location, Jervis Bay area
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Australian Blues master and acoustic guitarist extraordinaire Lloyd
Spiegel is delighted to announce the release of his ninth album ‘This
Time Tomorrow’ and is headed on an extensive tour to celebrate.
“Australian blues and roots icon Lloyd Spiegel, in his first Bluesfest
appearance, holds his own full house in the palm of his hand, just him
and his trusty Cole Clark, a full swag of songs, a full tote of
stories told with humour and aplomb, the man able to make his guitar
do anything at all as he tells tales both tall and true, his own
superbly written material marrying with blues standards in a way few
others are able to manage. The man is a mountain, he’ll surely be back.”
Sam Fell – Rolling Stone
‘This Time Tomorrow’ is an album written as Lloyd travelled through
Europe, Central and North America and delivers driving rhythms that
return Spiegel to his gut bucket blues roots. Shady and colourful
characters spread out over continents and decades, through places
forgotten and familiar. ‘This Time Tomorrow‘ is a return in fine form
from an artist at the top of his game and lead track ‘Devil On My
Shoulder’ sets the mood of the album right from the get go.
Says Spiegel of the new songs,
“I’ve never written at home. I find it hard to be creative in my
lounge room looking at bills and checking footy scores and find that
the inspiration to write comes from those few quiet hours in a hotel
room on tour, the airport transit lounge or the long bus ride is where
I can reflect and put those experiences into lyric. I’ve travelled
most of my life so really, they’re like letters home.”
It’s been a while since Spiegel’s last studio album – 2010’s Tangled
Brew – but he’s been far from idle in that time. He’s toured the world
relentlessly, launched his own signature model guitars and cemented
his position as a bona fide festival headliner in Australia, with his
recent performance at Bluesfest in Byron Bay the cherry on top.
In Australia, Spiegel is approaching icon status among guitar lovers
and his 2015 double live album ‘Double Live Set’ won a swag of
Australian blues ‘chain awards’, peaking at number 7 in the APRA
independent charts.
With European and North American tours under his belt, along with
recent showcases at Folk Alliance in Kansas City, the ECMAs in Canada
and AMW in Sydney, Spiegel has many years on the road ahead of him.
‘This Time Tomorrow’ is available in stores July 3 through Only Blues
Music with preorder available from May . Please see below for East
coast dates with more to be announced for later in 2017.
