Abandon Ship The Ragtime Rumours

• 1Abandon Ship03:42
• 2Mister Moon01:42
• 35h Left02:04
• 4Yes, My Darling Daughter03:09
• 5Fieldman Song03:36
• 6Sky Is Turning Dark04:02
• 7A Romantic Story Between Minnie And Dave03:22
• 8Sway With Me02:55
• 9I Can't Sing The Blues03:09
• 10Pinocchio04:42
• 11Undressing Me02:25
• 12Valley Of The Gods04:40
• Total Runtime39:28

Info for Abandon Ship

Rules are there to be broken. Genres are there to be blurred. Perhaps you thought The Ragtime Rumours could never top the fearless alchemy of 2018’s debut Rag ’N Roll – a rebellious collision of vintage blues, offbeat rock ‘n’ roll, gypsy-jazz and quirky storytelling. But with this year’s Abandon Ship, you’ll be happily proved wrong. “In our opinion,” say the band, “Rag ’N Roll was the appetiser and Abandon Ship is the main course.”

Amongst the five-star reviews for Rag ’N Roll, there was one recurring complaint from the purists (“We often hear that ‘this isn’t real blues’”). But for a band this open-minded – with influences spanning from Robert Johnson and Tom Waits to Pokey LaFarge and Django Reinhardt – that criticism was practically a badge of honour. And while Abandon Ship was tracked at Kink Studio and Dog Licks Recording in the Netherlands, it’s a pleasure to find yourself back in The Ragtime Rumours’ idiosyncratic world.

Lose yourself in a lyrical landscape of dancing girls, moonshine and Cadillac salesmen, and dive into a production where anything goes. “We experimented a lot with sound,” remember the lineup. “After a million changes, this album became exactly how it was meant to be.”

Blues purists be damned. Abandon Ship is music without limits, for listeners without blinkers. “We think rules are meant to be broken,” say the band. “And we love breaking the rules…”

Thimo Gijezen, electric guitar, gypsy guitar, accordion, piano, harmonium, backing vocals
Tom Janssen, lead Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, blues harp
Sjaak Korsten, drums, percussion, backing vocals, footsteps
Niki van der Schuren, double bass, baritone saxophone, flute, vocals
Additional musicians:
Tim Daemen, trombone (Track 7)
Mozes Rosenberg, gypsy guitar (Track 5)
Lindsay Beaver, voice (Track 7)
Fast Eddie Nelson, voice (Track 9)
Stefaan de Rijcke, violin
Hanneke Verbueken, violin
Ine Kuypers, viola
Marlon Dek, cello

The Ragtime Rumours
An energizing mix of old-skool ragtime, gypsyjazz and roots/blues, played with a rock 'n roll attitude: "Rag 'n Roll!" Winner of The Dutch Blues Challenge 2017.

After a year of busking, gigging The Netherlands and doing a few European tours we're going to represent our country in Memphis, Tennessee at the Worldwide Blues Challenge next January.

We're currently working on another big project, our 16 song debut album "Comic And Other Songs For Smoking Concerts", which we'll be launching a crowdfund campaign for very soon.

Booklet for Abandon Ship