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Herman Dune
with support
from Royal City & John Stammers
Soothing home based acoustic led
pop music produced by John Stammer plus 2 opened the evening,
warmly reverberating
around the attic like venue, metaphorically hugging each
member of the audience with its warmth and feeling. Bright
ballad’s such as debut single ‘Ivy & Dennis’ made
for a laid back and contented start to proceedings. Subtle
percussion was produced with a deft touch from the drummer
whose well timed participation added to the heart warming
feeling of the opening set. Stammer’s ironic wit after
one of the songs; “thank you Glastonbury” hit
home a poignant message that good music is good music, no
matter where it is played.
Touring in promotion of their soulfully
tantalizing second album ‘Little Heart’s Ease’, the Toronto
four piece Royal City wooed the gathered audience with their
uplifting mix of sincere and succinct songs. The set consisted
of tracks from their compelling, raw and almost Dylan like
first album ‘Alone At The Microphone’, including
the impressive ‘My Brother is The Meat Man’ and
numbers from the latest album like the longing ‘Count
The Days’. Front man Aaron Riches bounced off the crowd,
as without the aid of a set list he improvised and molded
the set into a tender and emotive crowd pleasing offering.
This was no more prevalent than in the finale when the sharp ‘Spacey
Basement’ was followed by the newer ‘My Body
Is Numbered’ that saw Riches
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