KEITH JAMES LIVE IN CONCERT

Saturday November 21st 8pm

Keith James. Two Concerts in one!

First Set: ‘Always’ – Keith’s widely acclaimed new Album

Second Set: ‘Solid Air’ – The Songs of John Martyn from 1970-76

Always. Keith’s first original Album for 10 years, performed in its entirety.

After more than a decade of dedicated study and more than 1500 acclaimed concerts performing the work of much admired Songwriters and Poets: Cohen, Lorca, Drake, Neruda, Blake and Dylan Thomas, Keith is releasing what can only be described as an amazing landmark original Album entitled ‘Always’. These 10 original songs (apart from Hiring Fair by Ralph McTell ), meticulously written and arranged, have come together slowly over the past 10 years or so and have matured with a strong sense of both personal and collective awareness, a tone that has been caught through older eyes; surreal, sub-textural, daring and provocative, showing anger and disturbance, humour, resolve, vision and sometimes compelling sadness.

Much has been drawn from those he has admired throughout his life – either consciously or otherwise.. along with kaleidoscope of colour from today’s set of paradoxical assimilations we call reality.

‘A bold, fresh and imaginative album containing tender, thoughtful and observant songs’ Anthony Weightman, AAA music

‘prototypical singer-songwriters of his calibre don’t fade away, they just get wiser’ Maverick

‘a serious and seriously good record’ Dai Jeffries R2 Magazine

‘James’ own material and the assured, masterful manner in which he performs it, emerges as evocative and richly resonant’ Mike Davies, Folking.com

‘Master of musical phrasing. A superb songwriter with faultless delivery’ Frank Hennessy BBC Radio Wales.

Solid Air. The Songs of John Martyn from 1970-76

John Martyn OBE, simply the most unforgetable and deliciously evocative songwriter and guitarist this country was ever blessed with. A wild card and a maverick, more of a soul singer with an acoustic guitar: an early Ray LaMontagne or Ben Howard. His music is entirely emotionally driven and often incomparably beautiful and tender – somehow opposite to the man himself, excesive and ill behaved.

This very personal and studied concert visits his most rich and potent songs, those that have found themselves in the most loved and preserved corner of our collective consciences.

Bless the weather, Solid Air, May you never, Coundn’t love you more, Over the Hill, Spencer the Rover…

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To book please call us on 01803 394113 or email us from the contact form

Doors open 7:30pm and show starts 8:00pm Tickets are £10

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