Alela Diane
The Leisure Society
Laura Gibson
Shepherd's Bush Empire, 17 September 2009
Last weekend it was the End Of The Road festival, a country-friendly event that meant plenty of cool Americana and folk acts were over in the UK at the same time and most used their time in the UK wisely by playing some shows over here once the festival has finished. This was great for those of us who didn't get to go the festival except it meant that on one day in particular, Thursday 17 Sept, there was a lot of acts with similar audiences all playing the same night. The big three for me were Alela Diane, who released one of my favourite albums this year, the always superb Richmond Fontaine who I had been eager to see again and my beloved Neko Case, who, if she had announced her show first, would have no doubt taken priority for me. If they had been playing different nights I would have gone to them all but alas a decision had to be made and since Alela's show had been announced first and I already had tickets she won out, and I have to say I'm pretty glad she did because the show was superb.
Laura Gibson
Shepherd's Bush Empire, 17 September 2009
Last weekend it was the End Of The Road festival, a country-friendly event that meant plenty of cool Americana and folk acts were over in the UK at the same time and most used their time in the UK wisely by playing some shows over here once the festival has finished. This was great for those of us who didn't get to go the festival except it meant that on one day in particular, Thursday 17 Sept, there was a lot of acts with similar audiences all playing the same night. The big three for me were Alela Diane, who released one of my favourite albums this year, the always superb Richmond Fontaine who I had been eager to see again and my beloved Neko Case, who, if she had announced her show first, would have no doubt taken priority for me. If they had been playing different nights I would have gone to them all but alas a decision had to be made and since Alela's show had been announced first and I already had tickets she won out, and I have to say I'm pretty glad she did because the show was superb.
