LITTLE STEVEN AND THE DISCIPLES OF SOUL

LITTLE STEVEN AND THE DISCIPLES OF SOUL

NEW ALBUM ‘SUMMER OF SORCERY’
Out May 3rd via Wicked Cool/UMe

Brand new track ‘SUPERFLY TERRAPLANE’

UK tour dates kick off in Liverpool on May 16th

Little Steven and The Disciples Of Soul have announced the release of their new album Summer Of Sorcery, out May 3rd via Wicked Cool/UMe. An instant grat download of the LP’s jet-fueled first track release ‘SuperflyTerraplane,’ can be heard HERE.

Summer Of Sorcery will be released on CD, digitally and on vinyl as double LP on 180-gram black vinyl. A limited edition version will be available as a double LP on 180-gram psychedelic swirl vinyl exclusively via uDiscover.

Little Steven will celebrate the album’s release with a world tour, kicking things off in the UK on May 16th at Liverpool’s 02 Academy, before heading around the country, into Europe and then taking on the rest of the world.

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Thurs 16th – Liverpool, O2 Academy

Sat 18th – Leeds, O2 Academy

Mon 20th – Glasgow, O2 Academy

Wed 22nd – Bristol, O2 Academy

Fri 24th – London, O2 Forum Kentish Town

Sun 26th – Derbyshire, Bearded Theory Festival

Summer Of Sorcery – which arrives just two years after Little Steven’s acclaimed 2017’s solo return, Soulfire– was written, arranged, and produced by Van Zandt at his own Renegade Studios in New York City. The album was co-produced and recorded by Grammy Award-winner Geoff Sanoff and co-produced by Disciples of Soul MD and guitarist Marc Ribler. The album was mixed and mastered respectively by Bob Clear mountain (Rolling Stones, David Bowie, The Who), and Bob Ludwig (Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Sly and the Family Stone).

The album is another landmark in a four-decade career full of milestones. It’s a spirited collection of songs which conjure up all the wonder and magic of the beach and the boardwalk, the young love and unbridled lust, the innocence and experience that somehow starts it all.

“With this record I really wanted to travel back to a time when life was exciting, when unlimited possibilities were there every day, says Van Zandt. “That was the feeling in the ‘60s, the thrill of the unexpected coming at you. Our minds were blown every single day, one amazing thing after another, constantly lifting you up. So you kind of walked around six inches off the ground all the time, there was something that kept you buoyant in your spirit.”

Little Steven is joined on this thrilling musical journey with his all-star band the Disciples of Soul, a 14-strong ensemble made up of some of the best studio and live musicians in the business. Leading the charge alongside Van Zandt and musical director, Ribler, is Lowell “Banana” Levinger of The Youngbloods on piano and Wurlitzer, bassist Jack Daley (Lenny Kravitz, Boz Scaggs, Darryl Hall), drummer Rich Mercurio (Ben E King, Sara Bareilles, Idina Menzel), percussionist Anthony Almonte (King Creole and The Coconuts), Andy Burton on B3 organ, piano, synthesizers (Cyndi Lauper, John Mayer, Ian Hunter), the dynamite horn section of horn director Eddie Manion on baritone saxophone (Diana Ross, Bruce Springsteen, Southside Johnny), Stan Harrison on tenor saxophone and flute (David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Duran Duran), Ron Tooley on trumpet (James Brown, John Lennon, Maceo Parker), Ravi Best on trumpet (Aretha Franklin, Stevie, Wonder, Kool and The Gang) and Clark Gayton on trombone (Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Joss Stone, Rihanna). The band is rounded out with the soulful, synchronised dancing backup singers Jessie Wagner (Kid Rock, Lenny Kravitz, Chic ), Sara Devine (Alicia Keys, Mary J Blige) and Tania Jones (Disciples of Soul).

Little Steven and his 15-piece big band have spent years traveling the world, including last year’s ‘Soulfire Teacher Solidarity Tour’ supporting TeachRock, the Rock and Roll Forever Foundation’s national initiative to bring music curriculum into schools across the country.

If Soulfire stands as the last word at the end of one chapter of Van Zandt’s long career, Summer Of Sorcery marks the start of what comes next.

SUMMER OF SORCERY TRACK LIST:

1. Communion
2. Party Mambo!
3. Love Again
4. Vortex
5. A World Of Our Own
6. Gravity
7. Power Twist
8. SuperflyTerraplane
9. Education
10. Suddenly You
11. I Visit The Blues
12. Summer Of Sorcery

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