The Unthanks support rocks...in a folk kind of way!
They're called . They were supporting last night in the Black Box.
It's the first time I've seen the star of the show introduce the support but Rachel Unthank bounded onto the stage and basically told us how great the music we were about to hear was.Ìý
On a recent tour she said " we stood in the wings every night listening to them". So what happens when the support act gives the main act a run for its money?Ìý
While The Unthanks were great, Becky and Rachel's voices perfectly balancing the other, Adrian, Rachel's husband promoted from lighting to onstage piano, and the cellist praised for making it to the stage after eating a dodgy scallop in the Isle of White the day before, the Newcastle duo Kearney and Farrell were stunning.Ìý
They took to the stage at 830, apologised for being late "we were eating noodles" and started.
The music was gorgeous, a mix of English Ìýtraditional folk songs and original songs by Kearney, including one about a man he once met called Benjamin Brown which "doesn't have much content...I just liked his name", and the wonderful "Lullaby" dedicated to an ex girlfriend who had had too much Buckfast. He changed it to rose wine when he wrote the song cos he thought it sounded more sophisticated!ÌýThey were selling a 6 track cd "The North Farm Sessions" afterwards. I'm listening to it now. It got a bit wet as I left it lying on the floor under my seat during The Unthanks gig and what I hope was just beer washed over it. It dried out on the radiator this morning and sounds even better I think!
Comments Post your comment