Billie Bottle’s Temple of Shibboleth – Billie Bottle’s Temple of Shibboleth (2023)
Billie Bottle is a highly talented vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, masterful arranger, and composer who performs playful and idiosyncratic music. She masterfully intertwines engaging Canterbury-leaning progressive rock, skillful contemporary jazz, lovely English folk elements, quirky twists, charming humor, and alluring instrumentation. On Billie Bottle’s Temple of Shibboleth, she is joined by a cast of skilled and diverse musicians from various music disciplines.
Musicians: Billie Bottle on vocals, piano, synth bass, bass, Hammond organ, organ, electric pianos, keyboards, Mellotron, drum programming, programming, swanee whistle, vibraslap; Viv Goodwin-Darke on flutes, voice, cello, iron, crumhorn; Roz Harding on alto sax, voice, tenor recorder, kettle, wind chimes;
Anna Batson on bassoon, vocals, crumhorn, hoover; Emma Holbrook on drums, cymbals, percussion, pandeiro, vocals.
Guests: Richard Sinclair on bass; Martine Waltier on vocals; Rowan Porteous on trumpets; Greg Hancock on vocals; Hugh Nankivell on viola; Geoff Bartholomew on Lyra-8 virtual synth; Geoff Bartholohowl, Otis & Vita Jarman-Pinto on vocal howls; Amy Howard on soprano saxophone; Ivo Stimpson on spoken word; Kimwei McCarthy on penny whistle wolf; Lyndon Forster on handpans; and George Shilling on drum programming.