Press Release
JOAN ARMATRADING CBE
NATURAL RHYTHM – Released via BMG on July 23rd 2021
Speaking about the new single, Joan said: “Natural Rhythm’s got right inside my soul, the pulse is slow but my heart beats fast.”
Natural Rhythm is the second single from Consequences, Joan Armatrading’s recently released Top 10 album which shot straight into the UK Top10 in its first week of release.
On July 23rd BMG release Natural Rhythm, from Consequences, following up on the highly successful first single, Already There .
Natural Rhythm is the first track on Consequences (Radio 2’s Album Of The Week week) and, as with the other nine songs, is completely written, performed and produced by Joan herself.
The new single is a jaunty upbeat song in complete contrast to the first single which described a different aspect of love, the moment when one person had already fallen in love and was waiting for their partner to catch up.
Herewith links to the Packshot and Label copy.
Packshot: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ynimnxhntaemle6/NATURAL%20RHYTHM.tif?dl=0
Natural Rhythm, as with all Joan’s songs has a beautifully crafted lyric which denies being Star Crossed but admits to being lovers and reading each other like an open book.
Joan will be performing tracks from Consequences as well as some of her biggest hits on the live stream concert she is airing on July 31st. Tickets for access to the concert are available now from https://joan.lnk.to/Livestream and are priced at £ 24.00.
September 28th sees John Otway, Rock ‘n’ Roll’s greatest failure, release the DVD and Blu-ray of his film, Otway The Movie (Product Code: ODNBM003).
To coincide with its official launch Otway embarks on a nationwide tour with his old partner in crime Wild Willie Barrett. (See attached for dates.)
Aptly titled the Film Stars Tour 2014, it sees them play 25 dates in addition to the shenanigans on the 28th.
At 2.30pm on September 28th Otway and his band play a special DVD Launch performance at HMV, 363 Oxford Street, London.
This is followed by a full gig at 7.30pm with Wild Willy Barrett at Leicester Square Theatre.
The DVD – Rock And Roll’s Greatest failure: Otway The Movie – is distributed by Odeon Entertainment and is (for Otway) surprisingly good. It charts the all too frequent lows and spasmodic spectacular highs of this one man’s ongoing reach for stardom.
The movie premiered at Leicester Square Odeon. (Never one to stint, Otway chose Leicester Square Odeon for the ‘producer’s cut’ adding on the film’s ending on the day). It then made a big impact at 2012’s Cannes Film festival before going on to play at Glastonbury Festival and over 50 cinemas across the UK.
Financed by his fans, the movie was deemed unanimously to be a triumph. It received a four star review from the Guardian, and others, while Guardian readers voted it the Second Best Movie of 2013. http://goo.gl/gNttMA … second only to Gravity.
Featuring classic archive film and TV footage plus interviews from family and antagonists universal in their estimation of his talent, it shows just how much can be made out of just how little. Analysing the disastrous decisions that led to 25 years out of the limelight before returning once again to the top, it demonstrates all too well the pitfalls of the rock ‘n’ roll dream.
Otway The Movie follows in a great tradition of rock films from Spinal Tap and Performance onwards, but its frank (and very funny) no holds barred portrayal of one of rock’s most likeable characters makes it an unreserved, must see, stand alone, self-assured HIT. www.otwaythemovie.com
Photography
copyright/photo credit: Judy Totton 
copyright/photo credit: Judy Totton 
copyright/photo credit: Judy Totton 
