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Liane Carroll At The 606 Club – Live Music Review
WHEN Liane Carroll is on stage, one thing is guaranteed above all else. Fun – and massive doses of it. She was born to entertain and boy does she deliver in spades. Appearing at the 606 Club in London’s Chelsea on Sunday night (January 20) – one of her favourite venues – she had…
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Sarah Gillespie – Live Music Review
SARAH Gillespie oozes talent from every pore. Whether it is writing witty lyrics or performing on stage (guitar in hand), she always delivers, hitting sweet spots galore. At Pizza Express Live Soho on Friday night (January 18), Gillespie’s musical mastery thrillingly bubbled to the surface like the bubbles in the restaurant’s house Prosecco. As with…
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Sarah Jane Morris Sings John Martyn At Ronnie Scott’s – Live Music Review
LIKE a good port, songstress Sarah Jane Morris ages quite magnificently. The equivalent of a Cockburn’s vintage port, but gorgeous on the ear rather than on the throat. Although it is more than 30 years since Morris was helping The Communards to chart success, her voice remains extraordinary, reaching depths that few others dare plunge…
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Phoebe Katis At Brasserie Zedel – Live Music Review
ALTHOUGH Phoebe Katis is still in her mid-20s, her lyrics are those of someone who has already lived a long life. They are very much reminiscent of Beverley Craven’s song book, based around relationships – fulfilled and unfulfilled. Judging by her words, Katis has endured more heartache in her 26 years than most people…
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Piaf ‘No Regrets’ – Christine Andreas Live Music Review
ALTHOUGH Christine Andreas is now in her late 60s, she remains a formidable force on stage. Especially when belting out songs from the extensive songbook of Edith Piaf. She quite literally generates volts of electricity with her presence and sultry voice. Performing at the Pheasantry (Pizza Express Live) in London’s Chelsea on October 11, she…
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Antonio and his glorious weeping guitar (Live Music Review)
ANTONIO Forcione may not presently be on every music lover’s radar but he should be. Believe me, if you want to listen to someone who can extract extraordinary sounds from a guitar that others cannot, he is the man. Search him out. On Monday night, at Crazy Coqs in London’s West End (part of Brasserie…
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In Second Heaven with Sarah Jane Morris (Live Music Review)
BY her own frank admission, Sarah Jane Morris is menopausal, causing her to break out into hot sweats on stage. But the flushes and the occasional waving of a cooling red paper fan have done nothing to dampen her mercurial stage presence and her ability to mesmerise an audience. As evidenced by her recent 102-minute…
