After yesterday's rant it's nice to return to something gentler today i.e music.
Another excellent evening at Bedfords Grapevine. For those coming to this blog late, the Norwich pub/restaurant venue hosts an acoustic folk evening on the fourth Wednesday of each month. Last night we had some guy from Banham (that's a variation on a joke around a country and western singer from Preston which is far too coarse to re-tell here). Sorry but I didn't catch his name, but he was decent with a voice reminiscent of the Stereophonics' Casey Jones.
Then we had Paul Goodwin who provided a number of quirky songs delivered with a pseudo London accent a la Billy Bragg. I enjoyed the set even if it did become a tad samey. The highlights of the evening were a set from New Yorker Annie Dressner, who had an engaging personality, an unusual voice and some pretty good material and also the ability to look winsome and smile with her mouth shut (just try that one yourself). The evening finished with five piece band The Willows from Cambridge and they went down extremely well. A mixture of traditional and contemporary folk, it was their engaging personalities that shone through, not to mention some decent musicianship.
I just love this venue and what it achieves in the heart of Norwich. If you are anywhere in the vicinity do check out one of these evenings where you get three hours of music for a fiver. The food isn't bad either. Apparently there has been a complaint from a near neighbour about the noise. How ridiculous is that? We are talking acoustic music here - usually one person with a guitar. I would like to take this woman, whoever she is, to see something like The Hold Steady at Norwich Waterfront and then she would know what loud is. I came out of that one with my ears ringing
This afternoon I'm off to play golf. Basically I am to golf what Herbie Hide is to public relations. That remark may be lost on a few people. Suffice it to say that Hide is a professional boxer and former Heavyweight Champion of the world (in one of the many lesser set-ups) who lives just round the corner from the golf club but who doesn't really contribute a lot to the local or Norfolk pr economy. I'm saying no more.
Then this evening the culture continues (does it know no end?). We are going to Waterstones book shop in Norwich to listen to top selling author Robert Goddard as part of the Norwich crime fortnight which features some top selling authors. Tomorrow night it's Norwich Forum to meet RJ (Roger) Ellory. I have a number of signed books from Roger which I reviewed for my web site. I have been talking to him via e-mail for some time and it will be great to meet him in the flesh.
Another excellent evening at Bedfords Grapevine. For those coming to this blog late, the Norwich pub/restaurant venue hosts an acoustic folk evening on the fourth Wednesday of each month. Last night we had some guy from Banham (that's a variation on a joke around a country and western singer from Preston which is far too coarse to re-tell here). Sorry but I didn't catch his name, but he was decent with a voice reminiscent of the Stereophonics' Casey Jones.
Then we had Paul Goodwin who provided a number of quirky songs delivered with a pseudo London accent a la Billy Bragg. I enjoyed the set even if it did become a tad samey. The highlights of the evening were a set from New Yorker Annie Dressner, who had an engaging personality, an unusual voice and some pretty good material and also the ability to look winsome and smile with her mouth shut (just try that one yourself). The evening finished with five piece band The Willows from Cambridge and they went down extremely well. A mixture of traditional and contemporary folk, it was their engaging personalities that shone through, not to mention some decent musicianship.
I just love this venue and what it achieves in the heart of Norwich. If you are anywhere in the vicinity do check out one of these evenings where you get three hours of music for a fiver. The food isn't bad either. Apparently there has been a complaint from a near neighbour about the noise. How ridiculous is that? We are talking acoustic music here - usually one person with a guitar. I would like to take this woman, whoever she is, to see something like The Hold Steady at Norwich Waterfront and then she would know what loud is. I came out of that one with my ears ringing
This afternoon I'm off to play golf. Basically I am to golf what Herbie Hide is to public relations. That remark may be lost on a few people. Suffice it to say that Hide is a professional boxer and former Heavyweight Champion of the world (in one of the many lesser set-ups) who lives just round the corner from the golf club but who doesn't really contribute a lot to the local or Norfolk pr economy. I'm saying no more.
Then this evening the culture continues (does it know no end?). We are going to Waterstones book shop in Norwich to listen to top selling author Robert Goddard as part of the Norwich crime fortnight which features some top selling authors. Tomorrow night it's Norwich Forum to meet RJ (Roger) Ellory. I have a number of signed books from Roger which I reviewed for my web site. I have been talking to him via e-mail for some time and it will be great to meet him in the flesh.
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