At the weekend I went to the awesome music all-dayer Waterfront Festival at the Canal House in Nottingham. It was coordinated by my wonderful friends Rebi and Al (LeftLion) with others who I'm afraid I don't know so can't credit here (sorry!). [edit: I'm told that Will Robinson (I'm Not from London) and Hannah Larham (Audacious Face music) are the brains behind the festival - see comment below - nice one guys!]
There were three stages full of some ace acts from Balkan folk to prog rock and future bass. Eclectic shit. And it was raising money for a new Cystic Fibrosis unit in Nottingham and also for Scope. How amazing is all that!?
Anyway - one performance that really caught my eye was Evil Jack. A mixture of beautiful trad folk covers and darting technical instrumental compositions.
Here's a selection of tracks from his Soundcloud page. He closed the set with 'You can fuck your 50mph average speed check I'm not slowing down' which is a brilliant track which bursts out in banjo style picking (Jack also plays banjo) and then meanders through some beautiful miniaturist phrases before coming full circle. Joe's Blonde Locks is another great composition. And after listening to his version of the traditional ballad Shady Grove a couple of times today I can confirm that it is definitely one which keeps rolling around in your head.
Listen to him. Like him. Go and see him. Nice one Evil Jack.
-L
Yeah this bastard is bloody good.
ReplyDeleteThanks for coming and supporting it! It was a amazing day, made even better by awesome friends! Will Robinson (I'm Not From London)and Hannah Larham (Audacious Face music) are the brains and soul behind the festival and it was pleasure working with them. x
ReplyDeletehad to think of leo kottke, amazing.
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