Saturday 28 November 2015

Martyn Joseph @ The Old Queen's Head, 9 April 2013

The Old Queen's Head, 44 Essex Road, Islington
Support:  Luke Jackson


Incomplete set list

Luke

2 songs written on tour
- Running out of time
- (another driving bluesy one)

Also
* More Than Boys
- Lucy and her camera



 

Martyn
(Mason Nealy accompanying on drums/keyboards/violin/whatever for most of the set)
1. Please Sir
2. Proud Valley Boy
3. Arizona Dreams
4. # Beyond Us
5. # Crossing The Line
6. Lonely Like America
7. Cardiff Bay
8. # Feels Like This
9. Working Mother
10. ~ in the company of strangers, we find a little empathy, what we pass on to our children, always will be ~
11. # Archiv
12. ~ if love means something, there's always pain ~
13. # Not A Good Time For God
14. # Clar
15. On My Way
16. # Still A Lot Of Love Around Here


ENCORE:
17. * Bakers Woods (duet)
18. No Surrender (Bruce Springsteen)
19. # Let Yourself

* off Luke's debut album More Than Boys (2012)
# off Martyn's latest album Songs For The Coming Home (2012)

Tuesday 10 November 2015

Been To Any Good Gigs Lately?

In no particular order, highlights from the past few years...


Glen Hansard singing 'The Gift' from his (at the time) brand new album RHYTHM & REPOSE - Union Chapel on 4 September 2012

Luka Bloom with 'The Man Is Alive' plus 'The Hill Of Allen' (a double tribute to his father) - live @ the Zanzibar Club, Liverpool Irish Festival, 11 Oct 2013


Dan Wilde singing 'Pictures' at Brindle Rocks XIX (house gig), 28 October 2011


Eddi Reader with perennial favourite 'The Moon Is Mine' - fabulous night at Union Chapel, Islington, London, on 13 November 2013