Photo: Jason Evans

Last month, Tom Skinner announced the release of his second solo album, Kaleidoscopic Visions, and enticed us then with the beautiful, swirling and cinematic title track. With just a month to go until the album drops on September 26th through Brownswood and International Anthem, the ingenious drummer, producer and composer has unveiled ‘Margaret Anne’, an exhilarating and sublime track named after his mother Anne Shasby, the former concert-piano prodigy. Speaking about the single, Skinner comments:

“In the early 80s, shortly after I was born, my mother stepped away from the concert stage — not out of a loss of ability or passion, but out of frustration with the entrenched misogyny of the classical world, and to focus on raising our family. No small thing, as I have come to understand. She never stopped playing, though; the sound of her piano has been a constant presence throughout my life, and still is to this day. In no small part shaping my musical sensibility and laying the foundation for my own musical path. The Max Roach inspired rhythm and taut energy of this piece speaks to her courage, strength and resilience in following her heart.”

Listen to ‘Margaret Anne’ below.