Warren Ellis - Nina Simone's Gum (Book) Jono Lonie American jazz and funk

American jazz and funk

The Merry Barracks

Holding Patterns is out on the 3rd November 2023 via Flying Nun Records and will be available digitally

Long but hardly long-winded

The album was recorded in the Moles Studio in Bath

Warren Ellis - Nina Simone's Gum (Book) Jono Lonie American jazz and funkFrom award winning musician and composer Warren Ellis comes the unexpected and inspiring story of a piece of chewing gum, featuring an introduction from Nick Cave. "I hadn't opened the towel that contained her gum since 2013. The last person to touch it was Nina Simone, her saliva and fingerprints unsullied. The idea that it was still in her towel was something I had drawn strength from. I thought each time I opened it some of Nina Simone's spirit