Songhoy Blues Announce details of the release of a deluxe version of their debut album

Having already had a hugely successful 2015, Songhoy Blues go into the end of the year by announcing their biggest UK headline show to date and a deluxe version of their much-acclaimed debut album, Music In Exile.

Having made their first appearance in London in July 2014 at the Servants Jazz Quarters, the band play The Roundhouse in London on May 2016.

Additionally, the deluxe version of their debut album will be released on Friday November 6^th 2015 on Transgressive Records.

The deluxe edition, released on CD and download features three extra tracks - cover versions of the Clash’s Should I Stay Or Should I Go, Led Zeppelin’s Kashmir and a version of Manu Dibango’s classic Soul Makossa.

The 3 covers featured on the deluxe album will also be available on the same day as a stand-alone 12” titled Re-Covered.

Having made storming appearances at a number of UK festivals over the summer, including performances at Latitude, Greenman and the main stage at Glastonbury, the band return to the UK in the autumn for a UK tour. In Belgium they played an amazing set at Dour festival.

Songhoy Blues has recently been nominated for the Q Awards under the category of Best New Band.

The full list of UK dates is as follows:

OCTOBER

• 22^nd Glasgow SWG3 Warehouse Studio
• 23^rd Leeds Brudenell Social Club – SOLD OUT
• 24^th Brighton Concorde 2
• 25^th Manchester Gorilla
• 26^th Birmingham Hare & Hounds
• 27^th Bristol The Fleece – SOLD OUT

NOVEMBER

• 4^th London KOKO – SOLD OUT
• 10^th Antwerp De Roma

MAY 2016

• London Roundhouse

Finally, They Will have To Kill Us First, a film featuring Songhoy Blues which documents the current struggle faced by musicians in Mali, which received its premiere at this year’s SxSW Festival, is also set to have a cinema release in the autumn Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TX7ybW6nAQ

Praise for Music In Exile:

• Etching out their own groove – 4/5 Daily Telegraph
• They have all the makings of African-rock crossover heroes – 5/5 The Guardian
• Thrilling and vital young African band – 4/5 Mail on Sunday
• Persuasively propulsive as anything so far released this year – 4/5 Independent
• Set to take London by storm – 4/5 Eve Standard
• If you thought guitar music was dead, think again – 4/5 Daily Mirror
• A triumph – Observer
• A masterpiece, blending American guitar licks with Malian groove – 8/10 NME
• Incredibly rousing and intense – 4/5 Mojo
• Grit, urgency and delicacy in abundance – 4/5 Q

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Live 10^th November @ De Roma, Antwerp