Back to Colchester’s Mercury theatre last week for the new Girl Talk show featuring Barb Jungr, Mari Wilson and Gwyneth Herbert. Bit concerned that this might be one for the fairer sex and the males were certainly the minority of the not quite sold out audience. Needn’t have worried…..
Music
Show Of Hands at Snape
Great gig – excellent songwriting, fine musicianship, delighted to have finally got to see them. Had numerous opportunities, but always seemed to miss them for some reason or other. Not sure about the merging of ‘Country Life’ and ‘Captain Jack’; nice idea but I prefer an uptempo ‘Country Life’. Other than that, spot on! A word of praise for Miranda Sykes as well, filling out …
Peatbog Faeries at Snape
The Snape festival in July and August is always a bit more eclectic than its other seasons (i.e. beyond classical) and it always tends to feature the odd folk or folk/rock performance; and so it was that Peatbog Faeries played there last Saturday.
Suzy Bogguss at Sheffield Memorial Hall
What do you mean, you’ve never heard of her? For those who think country music is just honky tonk and cowboy boots read on….
Culture….but far from high!
Just recently had what seems like a spate of ‘events’, all taking place in April and May. Culture maybe, but not as the somewhat “up their own backsides” critics of the broadsheet press would have you believe
It Seems It’s True…
that tastes in music seem to adapt as you enter into your twilight years. Not necessarily more MOR I hasten to add, more in terms of scope and breadth.