Eleanor McEvoy Unplugged
Posted by: Mr Underhill on 18 June 2008
Just got back from her concert at East Grinstead - absolutely brilliant.
EG is Theatre in the Semi-Circle; intimate. The set opened with a harp player and her sister singing folk songs.
EM came on with no backing - and she did use both electric lead and bass guitars, as well as amplified six string guitar, violin and drum; so maybe unaccompanied rather than unplugged.
It was not just her consummate musicianship that made the evening, it was the interludes between the songs where she was genuinely funny in a reflective way.
You even got to meet the lady herself as she sold her CDs at a table on the way out!
I was surprised at the age of the audience - made me almost feel young - and I think my 17 & 14 year old daughters we EASILY the youngest people I saw; we all made up with enthusiasm for the excess of experience, EM even got us singing along.
I bought 'Out There', the only CD she was selling I hadn't already got. of the numbers she performed tonight that are on this CD I preferred the live unaccompanied versions.
If you get the chance go and see her; Glastonbury tomorrow and up in Yorkshire in a few days; with the cost of diesel she may offer you a lift for some petrol money!
M
EG is Theatre in the Semi-Circle; intimate. The set opened with a harp player and her sister singing folk songs.
EM came on with no backing - and she did use both electric lead and bass guitars, as well as amplified six string guitar, violin and drum; so maybe unaccompanied rather than unplugged.
It was not just her consummate musicianship that made the evening, it was the interludes between the songs where she was genuinely funny in a reflective way.
You even got to meet the lady herself as she sold her CDs at a table on the way out!
I was surprised at the age of the audience - made me almost feel young - and I think my 17 & 14 year old daughters we EASILY the youngest people I saw; we all made up with enthusiasm for the excess of experience, EM even got us singing along.
I bought 'Out There', the only CD she was selling I hadn't already got. of the numbers she performed tonight that are on this CD I preferred the live unaccompanied versions.
If you get the chance go and see her; Glastonbury tomorrow and up in Yorkshire in a few days; with the cost of diesel she may offer you a lift for some petrol money!
M