Showing posts with label hurts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hurts. Show all posts

Tuesday 25 April 2017

Famous Photos

Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood
I have been very fortunate and privileged to photo some of the most famous names in contemporary music from the 70s and from the present day.

Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, Paul McCartney, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Jerry Douglas, John Mayer

Present day – Hurts, Emeli Sande, Mumford, Laura Marling, Snowpatrol, more!

Laura Marling
John Mayer
Lindsay Buckingham, Fleetwood
Elton John
Van Morrison
Emeli Sande
Fleetwood
Snowpatrol
Paul McCartney

Thursday 6 October 2016

Emeli Sande Oran Mor 2016


   
Sande returns with her second album ‘Long Live the Angels’  this September and with lead single Hurts. She was the biggest selling UK artist of 2012 and sang at the Olympic ceremonies in London when she had number one singles - 'Read All About It' with Professor Green, and 'Your Beautiful' with Labyrinth. She hails from Aberdeenshire and attended medical school in Glasgow. At that time she was travelling down to London to work on song writing on her weekends.


Sande thrilled her fans with her intimate return gig! She lit up the spiritual setting of the Oran Mor Auditorium with old songs and new for the first gig of her mini tour.  The sold out crowd of fans welcomed her with open arms and sang along to the past hits and bounced to some of the new!
Emeli was in her element to be back on stage and gave her all. She greeted us with her genuine heart, soulful voice and rhythms, and warm-hearted smile.  She said it meant so much to her to have us there and to share not just in a music biz way. A more assured Emeli gave more time, space and introspection in her music.

She performed enriching, heartfelt, reaching out songs such as 'My Kind of Love' and the poignant 'Read All About it '– to what is best in us. There was the gentle haunting beauty of 'Clown' and new song 'Intermission' with only bass or piano backing her voice when she reaches soulful heights. and in contrast  the upbeat energy of songs like Rhianna’s 'Four Five Seconds', Babe and 'Next To Me'. Her band felt very much a tight knit unit and the Oran Mor auditorium a perfect setting.

Even the older songs were given a more subtle feel while keeping those strong rhythms.  She expressed both her new found confidence and her vulnerability. In her moving new single 'Hurts' she combines sadness with spiritual healing and hopeful renewals.

Sande spoke of her spiritual journey since 2012. This is in part a break up album, as her marriage to long time boyfriend Adam Gouraguine in 2012 didn’t work out. She is now in a new relationship. This is an artist who’s been through more of life’s challenges and is stronger for them.


She digs deep into her musical roots of choir singing (her father is a music teacher) her appreciation of soul, blues, R & B and of great female songwriters like Nina Simone and Carole King. Emeli combines memorable sing-along choruses, rhythmic beats along with touching lyrics and melodies sung with her magnetic soulful voice. 

It was hard to believe it was 9 years since I saw her here for her first Oran Mor gig! 


**SET
Intermission
Heaven
Give me Something
Every Single Little Price
Eight Five Seconds
This Much is True
Happen
My Kind of love
Hurts
Clown
Babe
High and lows
Next to Me
Read All About it

In December 2007 I went to see Emeli Sande play her debut gig at the Oran Mor for the launch of her first ep. Back then she had big dark hair and was known as Adele. She had a top band backing her and we thought she had an impressive voice. Little did we know she would go on to have such huge success. I met Emeli at her King Tuts gig and took photos back stage there. I am sure it must mean a great deal to her to be back at the Oran Mor this Sunday for the first gig to promote her second album Long Live the Angels and I am excited to hear her new songs. My biggest thrill in 2012 was to take photos at her Albert hall gig London!
My Emeli Sande galleries -  http://pkimage.co.uk/emelisande

Monday 21 October 2013

Calvin Harris and Hurts - Alesso Feat – Under Control.



Calvin Harris is one of Scotland’s biggest contemporary artists and one of the world’s biggest DJs.  Harris has collaborated (written and produced) with the likes of Rihanna, Kylie Minogue, Dizzee Rascal, Example, and more. He holds the record for the most UK Top Ten Hits songs from a studio album. He has won numerous Brit, NME and MTV music awards plus the Ivor Novello Award 2013.
Alesso, Harris, Hutchcraft
His latest collaboration is with DJ Alesso and features Theo Hutchcraft of the band Hurts with the song Alesso feat, Under Control. Hot tune from Alesso and interesting vibe with Theo’s strong haunting vocal and Harris’s dance beats.       
Calvin Harris and Hurts - Alesso Feat – Under Control.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZqmarGShxg&sns=em

Theo Hutchcraft
Adam Richard Wiles, known by his stage name Calvin Harris, is a Scottish DJ, singer, songwriter, and record producer.  His gold selling debut album,  I Created Disco, was released in 2007 and contained the top-ten singles "Acceptable in the 80s"and "The Girls".
His second studio album, Ready for the weekend (2009), reached number one on the UK albums and includes the chart-topper "I'm not Alone", the UK top-five hit "Ready for the Weekend".