Mike Oldfield releases video for Moonshine

Four decades after Tubular Bells, Oldfield returns to Virgin with an album of exquisite guitar playing' - Daily Mail 

Moonshine . . . [a] wistful song about raising a glass to a cold Irish wind and dreaming of America, which Oldfield began writing 30 years ago' - Classic Rock 

Moonshine is to be the next radio track from Mike Oldfield's critically acclaimed UK Top 20 album Man On The Rocks. Watch the video below.

The follow-up to the BBC Radio 2 A-Listed 'Sailing', Moonshine will be available to download from the album, with a video released on iTunes from 14 April. Featuring the vocal prowess of Luke Spiller, the track was recorded by Oldfield in his studio in Nassau working with musicians in LA via Skype. 

Moonshine is about an experience Oldfield and his then band had on the west coast of Ireland in his touring daysThe windswept scenario is captured perfectly by Oldfield in this rousing anthem. The song is the second single taken from Man On The Rocks, his first album of new material since 2008. Described by MOJO 'The definition of a 'big rock record’' Man On The Rocks is a deeply personal song-based album that reflects many of Mike's different influences. 

Recorded in the Bahamas, Mike's 25th studio album has been produced by Mike with legendary British producer Stephen Lipson (Jeff Beck, Paul McCartney, Annie Lennox). Man On The Rocks features players such as legendary bassist Leland Sklar (Phil Collins, Crosby, Stills & Nash, James Taylor) and drummer John Robinson (Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Daft Punk).  

April 14, 2014 1:44pm ET by Dawbell   Comments (0)

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