Real World Records

In 2009 we have reached our 20th year and will be celebrating with a selection of new music releases. We start with a special collaboration between Daby Touré and Skip McDonald, ‘Call My Name’.

As soon as they met, they knew each other. Daby Touré: a thirty-something musician raised in Mauritania, West Africa, currently a leading light on the Paris, France scene. Skip McDonald: an old school African American bluesman from Dayton, Ohio, long time resident of London, England. And having met and jammed one summer’s night at Real World they kept on meeting and jamming at festivals around the world.

The sound, for the most part, is pop. Compelling and catchy. Direct and frills-free. But pop unlike anything else you’ve heard before. “We just had this immediate musical connection. In the way our instruments and voices combined. In the things we sing about and the emotions we put into our songs,” says McDonald.

Available to buy 9th March in Europe / 7th April in the USA

Daby Touré is the latest artist to feature on Real World’s remix site www.realworldremixed.com.

Remix Daby Touré’s track Setal and be in with a chance to win an ipod Nano and jam with Daby over the winning remix at his show in Amsterdam on April 11th.

See Daby Touré live with special guest Skip McDonald on selected UK dates:

12th March The Sage, Gateshead UK
13th March York, National Centre for Early Music UK
14th March Kendal, The Brewery UK
15th March Southport Arts Center UK
18th March London, Jazz Café, with Skip McDonald UK
19th March Colchester Arts Center, with Skip McDonald UK
20th March Brighton Dome, with Skip McDonald UK
21st March Bristol Fiddlers, with Skip McDonald UK
8th April Rotterdam, Lantaren/Venster NL
9th April Deventer, Burgerweeshuis NL
10th April Leeuwarden, Poppodium Romein NL
11th April Amsterdam, Podium Mozaiek NL
12th April Tilburg, Theaters Tilburg NL
17th April Antwerpen, Zuiderpershuis BE
18th April Utrecht, Vredenburg NL
19th April Arnhem, Zuiderpershuis NL

Daby will also be on tour in North America later in the Summer. More tour dates.

The Daby and Skip collaboration started life on the B&W Society of Sound Music Club. Become a member of the club and each month you receive exclusive access to high-quality music downloads from brand new artists. Each album is delivered digitally in high-quality lossless audio complete with artwork. Together Peter Gabriel's Real World and B&W are giving the opportunity to a wide range of artists to record at the outstanding Real World Studios. This month's musical offering is 'The Afrobilly Sessions' by Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara. This is an early vesion of the forthcoming Real World Records release.