Excellent gig by Reg Meuross tonight, playing his new album ('RAW'). He's my favourite active songwriter at the moment. Completely unamplified at the Cockpit Theatre with a crowd who all love him and where you could feel the intensity of the attentiveness. 16 fine new songs, although including two not-so-new ones that he found again after having lost them by accident.
I also recently saw the '12 Silk Handkerchiefs' show, about the 1968 Hull triple trawler disaster. That was excellent, too, although quite different, as it was a mixed show including readings by Brian Lavery from his book about it. He doesn't play that many London shows, but I hope he'll be back soon.
Excellent gig by Reg Meuross tonight, playing his new album ('RAW'). He's my favourite active songwriter at the moment. Completely unamplified at the Cockpit Theatre with a crowd who all love him and where you could feel the intensity of the attentiveness. 16 fine new songs, although including two not-so-new ones that he found again after having lost them by accident.
I also recently saw the '12 Silk Handkerchiefs' show, about the 1968 Hull triple trawler disaster. That was excellent, too, although quite different, as it was a mixed show including readings by Brian Lavery from his book about it. He doesn't play that many London shows, but I hope he'll be back soon.