ORT, NEW ALBUM OUT NOW
New album ‘Ort’ is out now. It’s named after the now defunct arts cafe in Balsall Heath, Birmingham where so many friendships and artistic ventures began. The album features new collaborators such as drummer Jack Bowles and percussionist Glyn Phillips as well as members of The Kick and multi-instrumentalist Jobe Sullivan who features on violin and accordion.
Ort forges ahead with the kind of infectious afrobeat demonstrated in No Reply but also delves into a wide array of sounds influenced not only by the likes of Fela Kuti and Curtis Mayfield but Eurythmics and John Cale.
Having released three solo albums and in 2021, a collaboration with band The Kick, Goodall is back making new and frequently funky music with a new bunch of virtuoso musicians based in their home city of Birmingham.
Goodall studied and played with musicians such as bluesmen Ian Siegal and Aynsley Lister and afrobeat star Dele Sosimi, these experiences are now more than ever being channeled into Goodall’s own idiosyncratic music and performance style.
Goodall is making a splash on the live scene with high energy shows that will get the crowd dancing.
“Beautiful music, I love it”. – Guy Garvey, BBC6 Music, Elbow