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Officially released on Wednesday 4th of April,  this single from Mike Collins featuring Joanna Kay is now available on iTunes, Amazon and at several other popular online retailers and streaming sites.

RNS 0017 – “Hangin’ On A String” – Mike Collins featuring Joanna Kay

Mike Collins produced, played and programmed all the instruments on this 1992 cover version of the Loose Ends classic mid-80′s soul track – “Hangin’ On A String”. Danish vocalist Joanna Kay sings the song while Keith O’Connell sings the backing vocals together with Joanna.

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Thursday, 8 March 2012: Despite initial problems with the distribution, the second EP from Mike Collins and Aurora Colson is out now on iTunes and Amazon.

RNEP 002 – Mike Collins | Aurora Colson – “The Singles Collection”

Songs include “It’s Too Late”, “Fortune Teller”, “Light My Fire”, “Love Is A Losing Game”, “White Christmas” and “Auld Lang Syne”.

Aurora really stretches out vocally on these songs – ‘covers’ of well-known pop hits together with two ‘seasonal’ songs – adding lots of harmonies and ad libs together with great ideas for guitar solos on “Fortune Teller” and “White Christmas”, hand claps on “Fortune Teller” and hand drum on “Light My Fire”!

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Thursday, 8 March 2012: Originally scheduled for release in February, technical difficulties delayed the full release of this EP until this week. Simply titled “Michael & Aurora”, the songs are all taken from the ‘live’ repertoire developed for the duo featuring Mike Collins and Aurora Colson.

RNEP 001 -  Mike Collins | Aurora Colson – “Michael & Aurora”

Songs include “Baby Mine”, “Joe Le Taxi”, “Jolene”, “Ballade Irlandaise (Un Oranger)”, “Verlaine”, and “Le Temps Des Cerises”. Aurora sings four of these in her first language, French, and, singing in English, offers poignant interpretations of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” and “Baby Mine” – a beautiful song first featured in the Walt Disney film “Dumbo”. Michael plays acoustic guitar and adds extra instruments on “Baby Mine” and Verlaine” to create fuller arrangements for these.

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Sunday, 26 February, 2012: Delayed due to technical difficulties, the second album featuring Mike Collins and Jim Mullen finally made it onto iTunes this weekend.

RNA 003 - “Pop, Rock & Gospel” – Mike Collins | Jim Mullen

This album starts out with a tribute to The Shadows, offering quirky versions of “Man of Mystery” and “Apache”; continues with other well-known pop, rock and gospel tunes, including “Jailhouse Rock” and “Old Man River”; and finishes off with a selection of standards including “The Sound of Music” and “When I Fall In Love”.

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Monday, February 13th, 2012: Released just in time for the Valentine’s Day celebrations, we present two songs featuring Aurora Colson all about romantic love!

RNS 0016 – “Berwick Rendezvous” c/w “Hymne À L’Amour” – Mike Collins | Aurora Colson

“Berwick Rendezvous” tells the story of a girl meeting a guy for the first time at a party and immediately falling under his spell – a classic ‘love at first sight’ situation! The lyrics spell the situation out, an unexpected introduction just as she is about to go home early, then it happens – the shock of the attraction!

“Hymne à l’Amour”, one of the most famous songs written by Edith Piaf (widely regarded as France’s most famous popular singer), is an ode to the love of her life, boxer Marcel Cerdan who was killed in a plane crash en route from Paris to New York to see her. This version takes the song into jazz territory with Jim Mullen’s sophisticated guitar chords and Jamie Talbot’s smooth tenor saxophone solo.

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