She sings with conviction and
hope. What is so cool with Sande is that she keeps it real and
old fashioned and about heart and the song.
Emeli
Sande held court at the old worldly Old Fruitmarket Glasgow in April. She is
from Aberdeen and previously studied
medicine at Glasgow
university. Emily
Sande headlined her return gig to Glasgow
and she performed songs from her Platinum number one selling debut album, Our Version of Events, which was released
in February 2012. Sandé has had two number-one UK charts singles “Read All About
It” and “Next To Me” and released her debut single “Heaven” in 2011 which made
No 2 in the UK Singles Chart and was also a worldwide hit. Sande has been
writing songs for other singers the past years and she has also performed as a
guest singer on other artist's albums. There
appeared to be an agenda for big uplifted hairstyles at this gig – re the support
acts Seye and Manchester
singer Daley! Sande
owned the stage and she moved around so much when she performed with her band it
was hard going for the press photographers to keep up with her! The excitement before the gig waiting in the
pit was palpable and it is intense work at this kind of gig – I have to let my
camera do the work....I hope. She
began the set with her forte the 'power ballad with a message' and the song Daddy, followed by dramatic thoughtful
songs with Tiger, Suitcase and This Is
Where I Sleep. After which Emeli took to piano where her journey began to
take the set down for the moving song Clown,
followed by Breaking The Law which
was also acoustically performed with backing guitar and gave her the chance to
express her voice clearly. Before
singing Mountains she said this song
was written for her parents. She then took the pace up again with surging new single
My Kind of Love. Her
new song Wonder struck many chords
with one of those singable choruses she does so well, there were some shades of
Coldplay in the chorus and this new songs is surely another hit for her. 'We are
all wonderfulpeople/ Why are we so fearful/ Finally finding our voices' - she sang in her hit song with Professor Green.
Sande states that her songs are about world peace and political issues. Emeli finished her gig with a flourish and many in the
lively crowd sang along to her songs Wonder,
Heaven and Next To Me.
The
strongest parts of the concert were Read
all About It, her latest single My
Kind of Love and new song Wonder. One tip - She has a band of excellent musicians with her and one might
have wished for them to have been given more opportunities to add to the music. She has a powerhouse emotional voice that
smashes her memorable songs. All in all a most heartfelt, warm and enjoyable
feel good gig. She sings with conviction and hope. In a world full of
shallow celebrities, here is a woman of some character and substance. There are
not so many strong singers these days who can also write quality songs. What is
so cool with Sande is that she keeps it real and old fashioned and about heart
and the song.
It
was good to meet her very proud parents. I have met Sande too and she has a
warm sincere smile and she spoke of her musical influences with great
earnestness. She said she also missed her days in the library, and it cannot
have been an easy decision for her to take the risks of pursuing music and to
forsake the more regular career path of medicine. Sande will again be supporting Coldplay on
tour. Her next single My Kind of Love will
have a tear jerker video. Her album is due for release in America in June
and I’d expect her to get good vibes there. Emeli Sandé is a Scottish R and B
and soul artist and songwriter. Sande won the 'Brits
Critics' Choice award 2012. Set List - Daddy/ Tiger/ Suitcase/ This Is
Where I Sleep/ Clown(piano)/ Breaking The Law/ Mountains/ My Kind of love/ Read
all About It (Professor Green)/ Maybe/ River(piano)/ Hope/ Wonder/ Heaven/ Next
To Me. MORE PHOTOS - http://pkimage.co.uk/emelisande
I took photos of Katie Sutherland at the Oran Mor Glasgow in April 2012. She was with a band called Pearl and the Puppets who played several big support slots and had songs picked up with commercials and films. I've taken photos of Pearl since 2009 and she is fun to take photos of with her expressive doe eyes.
I took photos of Katie Sutherland last week at the Oran Mor Glasgow in April 2012. She was with a band called Pearl and the Puppets who played several big support slots and had songs picked up with commercials and films. I've taken photos of Pearl since 2009 and she is fun to take photos of with her expressive voice. Katie and her band gave us an entertaining set of quality songs. Singer songwriter Katie Sutherland introduced her band as now simply her ‘band’ and not the ‘Puppets’ anymore – they consist of Blair McMillan (drums), Gordon Turner (guitar), Scott Clark (bass) and Michael Abubakar (keyboard). Set List: I hope you like It, I Can Drive,
Complicated, I Love You So Much, I Do Like You, This Is What Its all About, How
lucky I Am, Sinner, Let It In,
Katie supplies the lead vocal and also plays guitar and mandolin. Her voice is engaging, natural and soothing. She thanked all those who have pledged for her new album – and she sang several songs from the album including Sinner, That’s What It’s all About and more, and she said she would be recording the album in June. Several of her songs have positive themes with titles such as "Because I Do" and "Make Me Smile" In 2009 she drew attention for her music and was signed by Universal. She played some big gigs that included the BBC One Scotland Hogmanay Live, supporting Elton John and The Hoosiers and main stages at music festivals Rockness and Wickerman.
Pearl and the Puppets were a band led by singer songwriter Katie Sutherland (vocals/guitar), Blair McMillan (drums), Gordon Turner (guitar), Scott Clark (bass) and Michael Abubakar (keyboard). In 2008, the band's song "Because I Do" was featured on a Vodaphone advertisement. Their song "Make Me Smile" was featured in a Victoria Secret advertisement in the USA and an Orange advertisement in Romania.
Crosby, Stills and Nash; Neil Young; Joni Mitchell; David Geffen. And The Laid back acoustic sound of Laurel Canyon - All about the SONG
In the early 70s LA became the centre of the music business as young artists moved there rather than to New York city. Artists came to play the well renowned LA Troubadour venue.
The artist was the centre of the business, which was driven by the songwriter and by self publishing singer songwriters. Crosby, Stills and Nash were known for their beautiful 3 part harmonies and exquisitely roving melodies. Then we had flower power and hippies.
Carole King and James Taylor moved there from New York and King’s Tapestry album spent15 weeks at no 1.
Ambition and idealism ‘counter culture' was the name of the game.
However.....eventually the business men moved in and it became more about managers and lawyers - more about business and less about the music. The Corporation of Rock.
Recently I thought... where are the great songs of today?
And so I begin to wonder about the cheap club nights and that's what ears get used to.... and that it is it simply not about THE SONG anymore?
In my view the cheapening of music has led to some kind of diluted commodity with no thought about quality anymore.
Unbelievable clip -
John Lennon and Paul Simon present the Best Song Award 1975 at the Grammy's when Olivia Newton John beats icons - Elton John, Joni Mitchell and Roberta Flack!!
The Industry never ceases to amaze me!
Most amazing CLIP of Judy Blue Eyes ( Joni mitchell)
