Blue Orchids - Mystic Bud Format:CD All selections on Futurpiano are

All selections on Futurpiano are performed by noted Italian pianist Daniele Lombardi and were recorded in Rome and Lugano in 1995

an alt-country band and a band of swinging honky-tonkers

and obvious love of late-'60s and early-'70s country and folk-rock help make *Ways of Escape* the perfect late-summer road trip companion

His previous album Turpsycore was published in the same year

Elf Power and Japancakes and has also played or recorded with bands such as Superchunk

Blue Orchids - Mystic Bud Format:CD All selections on Futurpiano areRecorded in 2003, the third studio album from Blue Orchids sees founder member Martin Bramah joined by Stuart Kennedy, Alastair Murphy, Charlotte Bill and Bud Umu. Mystic Bud features nine Bramah originals, ranging from the naked soul of Shining Brow to the more upbeat Soul Stuff and Freak Show, plus troubadour gem Sub Rosa. By way of a surprise the set closes with a narcoleptic cover of the Archie's classic Sugar Sugar. Says Martin: "I'm back from