EVERYDAY'S A HOLIDAY - MEL BOWEN

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I don't know what it is about Mel Bowen I just love this sound - his sound! Going to be chatting with Mel soon, I'll tag it onto here for shizzle.... in the meantime have a listen - paulie

"Liverpool singer songwriter, Mel Bowen, brings colour to his sound with elements of folk, New York soul, the jazz of Montmartre pavement cafes, and the heat of Ipanema evenings. His instinct with an idea, played out in shifting time signatures, luscious warm melodies, laced through with Bert Jansch guitar picking, Tijuana brass and breathy sax lines. All this is given extra soul warmth by the electric piano and vocal harmonies of long-term collaborator Emily Valerio.
On The Wrong Side is taken from 'Everyday's A Holiday' - a six track EP. Listening to it, is like bathing in a Merseyside Truffaut movie"

"Mel's songwriting is firmly rooted in the British tradition and displays a fine combination of melodic energy and northern harmony. 
He has written music & song for the Frank Cottrell Boyce Radio 4 play - The Believers. He has also written for television creating the opening title track 'The Beautiful North' for a six part ITV social history doc about Merseyside called 'Tales From The Riverbank'.
He fronted the band Mercury 13 and released two singles on the Cooking Soup Label, Searchlight and Cities and Satellites.
Mel now offers his first solo recording in the shape of 'Everyday's A Holiday' - a six track EP infused with jazz-folk flavours and a huge touch of all things Merseyside.
Mel's philosophy is 'avoid getting onto others coat tails and make your own coat'. Everyday's A Holiday is very much Mel Bowen's own coat."