That is an amazing review! I think he quite likes it! I am just sitting in the Golden Lion waiting for the soundcheck to finish and the curtains to open. If anyone else is in the Bishopston area of Bristol, get yourselves here ASAP!
I just got back from Bristol. Now, I’ve been to one or two gigs in my time, featuring artists of all genres, in venues of all sizes. I knew this would be a good one, I’ve played the album a couple of times and I’ve heard most of the tracks before anyway. I wasn’t expecting to be blown away by the sheer energy and power and confidence of this woman. As the set began she demanded more volume of the backing tracks from the sound guy. Then she wanted still more, and again, more. Her incredible vocals still soared above and cut through everything. But it wasn’t just a case of blasting and scorching the crowd into submission, this is a performer who knows her audience and who communicates directly with them. After the set I spoke to a few of the crowd and they all felt the same as me, that Fable was singing just for them. It’s a great skill, and she is very, very accomplished at it. As she told us, she loves Bristol, and I can confirm the feeling is mutual. Oh, and the dancers were fab too!
So glad we had Saints rep out there, and so gutted I couldn’t be there (cheers Covid!) There’s a really nice feature with her this morning on 6Music - about 1:40 in here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0019j5l
Ok, i've just discovered my new current favourite band, they are Eyelids from the musical hotbed of Portland, Oregon. They list early R.E.M. and Teenage Fanclub among their influences and in fact Peter Buck produced their last album and their new one, A Colossal Waste Of Light out soon. I love finding a new artist and going though their back catalogue which has all been high quality stuff...
I have been listening to a lot of Eric Dolphy the last few weeks and absolutely love this track. The emotional pull of this music is incredible....
If you haven’t seen “The Harder They Come”, the seminal film featuring the music of Jimmy Cliff, Fred Hibbert, and others, which introduced reggae to audiences outside Jamaica, it’s being re-released tomorrow, to mark the 50th anniversary of its original release. An absolute classic, and a must-watch. Has the distinction of being the first English-language movie to require subtitles in the US.
Good film but the ska, rocksteady and latterly reggae genres were pretty well established certainly in club culture of the all nighters I was going to back in the day.
Oh certainly, but this film definitely broke reggae into the mainstream, and paved the way for Bob Marley a little bit later.
I was about to say I don't recognise any of these when I realised it's a different Eyelids! I'm familiar with the UK version http://theeyelids.co.uk/#videos
I missed the second half of the football so I could get to Glastonbury for the Extravaganza, which this year featured the amazing Seasick Steve, supporting Paloma Faith. He was just brilliant and I could have done with another couple of hours of him. After that I wasn’t sure I was going to enjoy Paloma’s set, but she won me over with her engaging personality and her very danceable music. She can sing a bit too! As always, the fireworks stole the show though.
