Art Terry & The Black Bohemians

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This is the soundtrack to a short film made by Art Terry and Heloise Craddock during lockdown. With daily sung documents of philosophy, comedy and confusion, the Self Isolation Songbook is a memorial to the unforgettable global phenomenon of lockdown.

‘Debonair, always well turned out, whether in broad brimmed hat or African robes, and with charisma to burn, Terry is like your laidback neighbourhood Prince... By the end of Terry’s album I was starting to hear the whole thing as a child’s dream. The longest song, ‘Clone’, is a descending spiral: ‘Some folks just like to hate/I’d rather stay up late’. Clive Bell, The Wire

Buy Sex Madness on Bandcamp or vinyl

Californian singer-songwriter Art Terry brings gospel-fired psychedelic funk to a subject that preoccupies us up to 388 times a day: sex.  

‘An amazing album, all the more jaw-dropping for its deceptive simplicity and for the way it refuses to funk out a more obviously raunchy soundtrack.’ Brian Morton, The Wire

‘Playful, passionate and tragi-comic by turns, the Sex Madness album embodies an appeal for loving understanding. Art’s raw and personal lyrics about modern love and making out have a lush backdrop in his masterly piano riffs; brilliantly dense orchestration includes vibraphone, viola and trombone; and complex harmonies add to the rich mix of this idiosyncratic yet universal song cycle.’ musicnews.com

Buy Anutha Kinda Brotha on Bandcamp, vinyl or CD

Debut solo album from Art Terry, formerly of the group The Fairys.

‘For well over a decade now Art Terry has been an irrepressibly original and dynamic presence on the British music scene. The wily Californian has drawn from a deep well of Black music to wade into fresh waters that drown all stereotypes on the blues, gospel, soul, funk and rock. Terry has proved himself true to the title of his first album Anutha Kinda Brotha by making music that has a vivid element of meta-theatre as well as a broad sound palette, and he remains a genre all of his own.’ Kevin Le Gendre