limn » gig http://www.limn.org.uk Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:14:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Duke Special & Foreign Slippers http://www.limn.org.uk/2009/05/duke-special-foreign-slippers/ http://www.limn.org.uk/2009/05/duke-special-foreign-slippers/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 17:15:45 +0000 neal http://www.limn.org.uk/?p=306

Quite an busy few weeks in terms of gigs .. last week we dropped into Oran Mor to catch Duke Special and Foreign Slippers (Gabrielle Fröd).
We walked in while Andy Knox finished off the last song of his supporting act, and a few minutes later were beautifully surprised by Foreign Slippers’ unique combination of an intricately handmade hat replete with bird and fast but delicate vibrato.

Duke Special was up to his usual theatrical tricks with lots of energy including a few songs based around the silent films of Hector Mann (although you’ll be hard pressed to find them in any archives, a Duke-style twist I only realised when trying to write this post!). There there were a few moments where you noticed was the final gig of the tour, but otherwise an brilliant evening with two excellent artists

currently listening to: duke special | foy vance | mumford and sons | laura marling | foreign slippers | van morrison (especially “Never Let the Spirit Die”| pedro the lion | oscar peterson | iain archer | dan lyth (although i’ve nearly had enough of all of them, i’m open to other suggestions..!)

]]> http://www.limn.org.uk/2009/05/duke-special-foreign-slippers/feed/ 0 Foy Vance | Never let the Spirit Die http://www.limn.org.uk/2009/04/foy-vance-dont-let-the-spirit-die/ http://www.limn.org.uk/2009/04/foy-vance-dont-let-the-spirit-die/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:07:16 +0000 neal http://www.limn.org.uk/2009/04/foy-vance-dont-let-the-spirit-die/
An incredible gig last night at King Tut’s with Foy Vance, Iain Archer (whose spouse is also german speaking it think..) and Dan Lyth. My favourite gig in a long time, and now settling down to an afternoon of sorting through some more photos (Couldn’t beat the photo I took at the last one though!) and listening to a the two wee EPs we picked up at the gig.

Also.. Dan Lyth’s album is free to download on his site in exchange for your email address.. lots of luscious acoustic music to enjoy for the next wee while…

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dol eoin, potential strangers – a happy little family!
]]> http://www.limn.org.uk/2008/11/potential-strangers-brel/feed/ 1 TKC | I wasn’t there when they decided the name.. http://www.limn.org.uk/2008/10/tkc-i-wasnt-there-when-they-decided-the-name/ http://www.limn.org.uk/2008/10/tkc-i-wasnt-there-when-they-decided-the-name/#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:55:48 +0000 neal http://www.limn.org.uk/?p=113 It’s been about a year and a half since my trumpet’s been out of the case.. good craic yesterday getting back into the swing of things yesterday though..

drop in to the real gig this wednesday

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