“These songs are the spirituals I swam against the waves with.”

Yussef Dayes and long-time collaborators Rocco Palladino and Charlie Stacey are releasing a new live album, called Welcome To The Hills, via Cashmere Thoughts this December

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Welcome To The Hills was recorded in Copenhagen during 2019, in what would turn out to be the trio’s last performance together.

Many of the albums were created live during gigs across 2018 and 2019.

“It feels more right than ever to release this live recording, as there have been no shows this year… So we want to give you, the listener, the chance to participate and enter the Yussef Dayes trio live experience,” Dayes explains.

Pre-order Welcome To The Hills here in advance of its 20th December release, check out the artwork and tracklist below.

Tracklist:

2. Jamaican Links

3. Odyssey

4. Gully Side

5. For My Ladies (Live in Copenhagen, July 9, 2019)

6. Palladino Sauce

7. Welcome to the Hills

8. Yesterday Princess

9. Encore ~ Babylon Burning

10. Purple Skies ~ Libations

11. Ride Out

12. Nipsey Tha Great

Photo by: Florian Joahn