Connor Selby - Connor Selby (Brown Vinyl)

CONNOR SELBY (DELUXE EDITION)
OUT ON MARCH 3, 2023

British troubadour Connor Selby will release a Deluxe Edition of his eponymous debut album on 3 March via Provogue/Mascot Label Group. The deluxe version will include four bonus tracks.

Connor is one of the brightest talents on the UK blues scene. He has been voted "Young Artist of the Year" at the UK Blues Awards for the last three consecutive years (2020, 2021, 2022). He has an impressive venue checklist, including Wembley Stadium, where he opened for The Who in July 2019 and has since gone on to play Hyde Park, London, on a bill with Pearl Jam, Stereophonics and Johnny Marr in the summer of 2022.

Raised in an Essex village, he has trodden a path less travelled. From early years in Connecticut, USA, as a young child to Dubai, UAE, aged ten to fourteen, and Essex either side, with those young eyes soaked up the travels and the changes passing him by.

One thing that kept with him was his burgeoning love of American roots music. "I got interested in not just the music itself but the history and everything around it," he says. "I love the directness, the simplicity and earthiness of it," he adds. "I love really how down-to-earth; it is both lyrically and musically. I think with the blues, it's fundamentally about very basic human emotions. Things like sorrow and pride and exploring the way we deal with everyday situations and problems."

As a teenager, he devoured the music of Eric Clapton and Ray Charles - "Ray completely reshaped me as a person and the way I thought about music." But he also draws influence from old Delta records to soul artists like Sam Cooke, Bill Withers and the Stax sound to Jazz singers such as Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra as well as singer-songwriters; Van Morrison, Townes van Zandt, Bob Dylan, Nick Drake and contemporary artists like Ray LaMontagne, Norah Jones and Foy Vance."

Tracklisting:
A1. I Can't Let You Go
A2. Falling In Love Again
A3. If You're Gonna Leave Me
B1. Emily
B2. The Man I Ought To Be
B3. Hear My Prayer
B4. Show Me A Sign
C1. Anyhow
C2. Waitin' On The Day
C3. Starting Again
D1. I Shouldn't Care (Bonus Track)
D2. Love Letter To The Blues (Bonus Track)
D3. My Baby Don't Dig Me (Bonus Track)
D4. The Deep End (Bonus Track)