New on Bandcamp at the moment is singer Cleveland Watkiss' Song Diasporas (****), some gorgeous treatments of classic rock and pop songs in the main, that Watkiss says “explores the idea of taking some of these songs and reinventing them through the art of improvisation. Though these songs and themes may be familiar, we come at them differently every time they’re played and sung.”

The project is a collaboration with Lineage bassist Larry Bartley and pianist, Monk expert, Jonathan Gee. Steve Williamson is a radical guest, restless and creative on a free form version of The Who’s ‘My Generation’ and on Bowie number ‘Space Oddity’. Love the version of the Ken Gold/Mickey Denne song ‘You to Me Are Everything’ a great reminder of how important The Real Thing were back in the day but apart from that a song that isn’t covered enough but is instantly familiar.

Listen to the Glimmer twins’ ‘Angie,’ above