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Gregory Porter has collaborated with Laura Mvula.
The jazz singer has recorded a duet with the 'Green Garden' hitmaker on a revamped version of his track 'Water Under Bridges', which will feature on the expanded deluxe edition of his critically acclaimed album 'Liquid Spirit'.
Speaking about the 43-year-old musician, Laura said: "It's like the stars align when he does his thing."
The duet was originally performed last year when the 28-year-old joined Gregory on stage for his iTunes Festival performance at Camden's Roundhouse in London, with the crowd's reaction inspiring them to re-record the track together to be released as a single.
Written by the 'Be Good (Lion's Song)' singer - who won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album last year - the track laments his struggles to get over broken relationships, and appears on the repackaged album alongside a collaboration with Jamie Cullum on the track 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood'.
Elsewhere on the record, additional content comes from Ben L'Oncle Soul and a remix from 20Syl, with a bonus DVD featuring footage from Gregory's performance with the Metropole Orchestra, conducted by Jules Buckley.
The tracklist for the expanded deluxe edition of 'Liquid Spirit' - which will be released on January 12 - is as follows:

1. 'No Love Dying'
2. 'Liquid Spirit'
3. 'Lonesome Lover'
4. 'Water Under Bridges'
5. 'Hey Laura'
6. 'Musical Genocide'
7. 'Wolfcry'
8. 'Free'
9. 'Brown Grass'
10. 'Wind Song'
11. 'The In Crowd'
12. 'Movin''
13. 'When Love Was King'
14. 'I Fall In Love Too Easily'

BONUS TRACKS
15. 'Water Under Bridges' ft. Laura Mvula
16. 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood' ft. Jamie Cullum
17. 'Grandma's Hands' ft. Ben L'Oncle Soul
18. 'Liquid Spirit (20Syl remix)'

DVD
'Gregory Porter Meets Metropole Orkest'
1. 'Grandma's Hands'
2. 'Hoochie Coochie Man'
3. 'She Was Too Good To Me'
4. 'Someday We'll All Be Free'
5. 'Work Song'

Sia has apologised to those offended by her video for 'Elastic Heart'.
The clip which features 28-year-old actor Shia LaBeouf and 12-year-old Maddie Ziegler has been criticised for being potentially perverse - as it shows the pair performing an interpretive dance in a cage, while dressed in skin-coloured leotards - prompting the singer to clarify the meaning behind the video which she says depicts "warring" parts of her personality.
Taking to her official Twitter account, she wrote: "I anticipated some 'pedophelia!!!' Cries for this video. All I can say is Maddie and Shia are two of the only actors I felt could play
"These two warring 'sia' self states. (sic)"
The video - which has racked up over three million views in less than 24 hours - caused some social media users to slam the 39-year-old musician for creating the "disgusting" piece, with one user saying it "Smacks of child molestation #pervert #unacceptable #childabuse...Explain please!" while another fan simple wrote, "Sia's 'Elastic Heart' video is disgusting."
However, as well as explaining what she hoped viewers would see when watching the video, the singer - who released her sixth studio album '1000 Forms of Fear' last year - apologised to those who found it disturbing.
She added: "I apologize to those who feel triggered by #ElasticHeart My intention was to create some emotional content, not to upset anybody."

Noel Gallagher has slammed chart music.
The former Oasis rocker has criticised the state of the music industry and claims artists at the top of the current chart are "s**t" and "all the f**king same".
He said: "Bands now go cap-in-hand to the industry and the industry has already decided what it wants for the f**king chart stars.
"But the charts are all the f**king same. Every single song in the Top 10 is the same s**t with a different voice."
The 47-year-old musician is positive Oasis - who won fifteen NME Awards, nine Q Awards, four MTV European Music Awards and six Brit Awards - wouldn't have been as successful if they were starting out their career today as he doesn't think artists are given enough control.
He also alleged that national radio station BBC Radio 1 judges an artist by their following on social media.
He told NME magazine: "If Oasis were starting tomorrow we would have nowhere near the impact, because you're judged instantly on your first gig, and then Radio 1 will judge you on how many f**king followers you've got on Facebook.
"Oasis never had an A&R at Creation - we were given the f**king keys to the kingdom and they went, 'Off you go, see you in a bit'.
"Now, the manager is accountable to the A&R guy, who's accountable to the guy above him, who's gonna lose his f**king job."

Pete Doherty tried to recruit a "warlord's daughter" for the new The Libertines album while in rehab.
The band's frontman - who left the Hope Rehab facility in Thailand in December after recovering from a heroin addiction - has been working on new music during his time in the Asian country and is hoping some of the influences from the nation will translate to the group's third studio album.
Speaking about what he did during his stint in the centre, he said: "I've come up with some good riffs too. Like simple bass lines and I'm trying to get this warlord's daughter to play drums for me but she's off the radar at the moment. So hopefully we'll have some new ideas when Carl next bounds into view in his bandana and leathers. A man who swore he'd never wear flip-flops! Although he doesn't call them flip flops he calls them 'sliders'."
As well as working on the follow-up to the band's self-titled 2004 record, the 35-year-old rocker - who sings and plays guitar in the band alongside Carl Barât, John Hassall and Gary Powell - said he has been revisiting some of his favourite tracks as a youngster while recovering.
He explained: "The thing is it's quite a tranquil place, so I don't like to make too much noise. But I'll say that I have rediscovered a few facets that have come back to life since I've been here and one of them is just enjoying playing guitar and learning songs I used to know backwards and inside out. Like old Lindisfarne and Stone Roses songs and just taking them and just shifting the chords about."

Iggy Azalea thinks sexism is to blame for much of the criticism she receives.
The 24-year-old star says it's especially difficult for her to succeed in the rap industry because she's white and female.
Asked if she thinks she's being singled out for criticism because she's a woman, Iggy replied: "Well, they don't say that stuff about Macklemore. So, yes, I think it has 100,000 percent to do with the fact that I have a vagina."
Iggy also suggested the public is unduly interested in the fact she's a white Australian forging a successful career in hip-hop.
The blonde beauty told Vanity Fair magazine: "I never thought it was strange. If you go back to the Rolling Stones and Elvis Presley and Eminem - they've all basically done black music.
"I felt this wasn't that far from what we've seen in music history over and over again."
Meanwhile, Iggy revealed recently that she has been diagnosed with the jaw condition TMJ.
The condition, otherwise known as temporomandibular joint dysfunction, can be caused by stress and restricts movement of the mouth, making eating and talking more difficult.
She tweeted: "Last month I was diagnosed with TMJ which isn't the best ... I don't think western medicine all the way acknowledges what a huge toll mental stress takes on our bodies. But I do believe it is a factor. I'm gonna make more of an effort to take care of myself in 2015, stay away from all the drama & hopefully not have any flair ups. (sic)."

Former US President Jimmy Carter will present Bob Dylan with the 2015 MusiCares Person of the Year award next month.
The 90-year politician will honour the 'Like a Rolling Stone' singer in Los Angeles, following in the footsteps of previous winners such as Tony Bennett, Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel and Quincy Jones.
The pre-Grammy show - which will take place on February 6 at the Los Angeles Convention Centre - will feature performances from Bruce Springsteen, Tom Jones, Willie Nelson and Jack White, all of whom will celebrate the star's extensive back catalogue.
The 73-year-old musician was announced as the winner of the accolade in September, with the MusiCares Foundation Board chair, Bill Silva, praising him for his ability to write incredible songs, having released over 30 albums.
He said: "Bob Dylan's songwriting ability is unmatched, and it will be an extraordinary evening to hear his work showcased by such a remarkable group of artists."
Proceeds from the event - which takes place just two days before the 57th annual Grammys Awards on February 8 - will go towards MusiCares, which provides financial and medical assistance to needy musicians.
The celebration will take place in the same week as the star releases his 36th studio album 'Shadows in the Night', on which he has reimagined classic Frank Sinatra tracks.

Kevin Jonas admits the Jonas Brothers split because there was "too much friction".
The sibling trio - Kevin and his younger brothers Joe and Nick - went their separate ways after scrapping a planned tour in autumn 2013 and the 27-year-old reality star thinks they were right to call it a day when they did.
He said: "Being able to play shows and travel together was great, but then once at the end there, the friction was too much and we just really needed to break away and kind of do our own things for some time."
And Kevin believes splitting the band when they did has saved their family relationship as they get on much better without the "constant butting of heads" over their career.
He added in an interview with HuffPost Live: "I think that's why we're close now, because we're not in the band. We chose to be a family, not a band."
Kevin's brother Nick has now launched a solo career and recently admitted he thinks he has a "cooler" image away from the group.
He said: "I definitely feel cooler. I think that was a big part of approaching phase two [of my career], being true to who I am.
"This is way more organic and natural to me than anything I've done in the past. I do get to start over in a lot of ways, so I'm trying to embrace that."

The Prodigy will release their sixth studio album in March.
The electronic music group have been working on the LP, titled 'The Day is My Enemy' since 2010, and have revealed it will finally be released on March 30.
Announcing the news on their website, the band - which features Liam Howlett, Keith Flint and Maxim Reality - confirmed the release of the 14-track LP, including their single 'Nasty' which was unveiled last month.
Other tracks on the 'Firestarter' hitmakers' album include 'Rebel Radio', 'Get Your Fight On', 'Invisible Sun' and a collaboration with 25-year-old DJ Flux Pavilion on the song 'Rhythm Bomb'.
Speaking in October, Liam, 43, said he hoped the album would be the antidote to the formulaic sound of the majority of modern day electronic dance music, describing what they had made as "pure violent energy."
He said: "Dance music across all types has become formula-based.
"It's 'Here's your drum fill, here's your build.' All that DJ b******s and tutorials on YouTube s**t. This album is totally organic. Pure violent energy."
The trio are expected to play tracks from the record when they headline Isle of Wight Festival, which will take place from June 11 to 14.

The tracklist for 'The Day is My Enemy' is as follows:
1. The Day is My Enemy
2. Nasty
3. Rebel Radio
4. Ibiza feat. Sleaford Mods
5. Destroy
6. Wild Frontier
7. Rok-Weiler
8. Beyond the Deathray
9. Rhythm Bomb feat. Flux Pavilion
10. Roadblox
11. Get Your Fight On
12. Medicine
13. Invisible Sun
14. Wall Of Death

N.E.R.D. have reunited for their first new music in almost five years.
The hip hop trio - featuring Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo and Shae Haley - have recorded three new songs for the official soundtrack of 'The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water'.
The first single to be taken from the soundtrack, 'Squeeze Me' is available to listen online now, while tracks honouring the animated character's pals have also been recorded, titled 'Patrick Star' and 'Sandy Squirrel'.
Speaking about making music with his bandmates for the movie, Pharrell, 41, claimed it was the perfect fit for them because he loves the sea dwelling invertebrate so much, with Shae saying they share beliefs with the loveable sponge.
He said: "We loved going into studio to make music for this film. I am one of SpongeBob's biggest fans--can't wait for everyone to hear the songs."
Shae added: "It was a complete honor to be a part of this project. SpongeBob and N.E.R.D. share the same belief that imagination is the key to everything."
Despite not having recorded new music together since the release of their fourth studio album 'Nothing' in 2010, Pharrell and Shae both appeared on stage together at Camden's Roundhouse in London in September and teased new material from the band.
Joining the 'Happy' hitmaker on stage, the 42-year-old musician said: "It feels good to be back in London. When we released our first album back in 2001 and first crossed the Atlantic, this was the first place to embrace us. You're going to like this s**t we're going to release."