Among those who value originality, inspiration, eccentricity, and character as well as talent that hovers somewhere on the outskirts of genius, the story of Paul Thorn is already familiar. Now, Thorn reveals another layer of his fascinating history on the album Pimps and Preachers, addressing that subject on the title cut and in the intriguing family portrait he painted for the cover, which highlights his daddy, the preacher and his uncle the pimp.

The cover depicts a teeming street scene, at the unlikely intersection of Redemption Lane and Turn Out Blvd. two figures dominate: a pimp and a preacher, both dressed to the nines beneath broad-brimmed hats, surrounded by streetwalkers, holy rollers and onlookers all on their paths to salvation or perdition. Nearly lost in this tumult is a small boy, banging a tambourine branded with the name of Jesus but backed up against a hooker holding a fistful of greenbacks.

That little boy represents me, says Thorn. I m in the church group but my eyes are looking back to the streets where all the sin is going on. It shows me being intrigued by the broad world. That s why I made this my album cover: It describes who I am.

Renowned singer/songwriter, boxing champion and folk artist Paul Thorn reaches a career milestone with the release of his new live DVD and audio CD compilation - So Far So Good: The Best of The Paul Thorn Band Live. Featuring 17 songs recorded live in Birmingham on March 12, 2005 and mixed in 5.1 Surround Sound and stereo, this DVD includes two bonus acoustic tunes and footage from "Fellow Americans," a film by John Kane.

Partnering again with Berlin-based producer Ewan Pearson, Tracey Thorn has created an album that is striking in its simplicity. Recorded in Berlin and London, Love And Its Opposite features contributions from Hot Chip's Al Doyle, The Invisible's Leo Taylor, Jens Lekman, Nashville songwriter-drummer Cortney Tidwell, and Lost Valentinos' guitarist Jono Ma. The tight, often undecorated arrangements for guitar, piano, bass, and drums (and a smattering of strings and woodwinds) confront the full uunvarnished weight of complex relationships in flux.

As the singer and co-songwriter of Everything But The Girl, Tracey Thorn is one of the most recognized voices in music.She's responsible for over 2 1/2 million albums sold in the US, a Gold album, a number #1 single, as well as being the vocalist on Massive Attack's biggest hit Protection and The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game on the 1.5 million selling soundtrack Batman Forever. And now she has been nominated for a Grammy for her collaboration with German DJsTiefschwarz (Damage Thorn (Buick Project Remix)).Tracey Thorn's new album, Out Of The Woods, effortlessly mixes the dance-driven, electronic feel of Everything But The Girl's recent direction with a return to her acoustic pop roots. In short, Out Of The Woods is sophisticated pop that sounds as at home in the caf‚ as it does in a club's lounge. It's an album that will effortlessly appeal to both the old and new Everything But The Girl fans, an extensive audience built up over 22 years. Already anticipation for Out Of The Woods is spreading to blogs for artists like Pet Shop Boys, Goldfrapp, Gwen Stefani, The Eurythmics, Massive Attack, Liz Phair and Paul Weller, attracting across the board attention that is sure to draw traffic to this album.