Guest for the evening was a very talented singer/songwriter from Newcastle-Under-Lyme, so pretty local, called Emily Jones. Emily is just starting out on her musical journey but we were so impressed when we heard her at a local acoustic showcase we knew it would be great to get her down to the shop sessions. Emily introduced us to her lovely melodies accompanied by interesting well thought out lyrics. All the feedback we've had from the evening showed us how right we were to invite Emily along with plenty of people telling us on the evening and in the days following how much they enjoyed Emily's music and everyone was blown away by the fact that she's still only 18. We'll definitely be keeping an eye on Emily Jones as she grows into her musical skin. So a wonderful start to the evening...
Emily Jones -Unthinkable Thought
We have been looking forward to this Shop Session for several months not least because Adrian Roye's album Reclaimed has become a firm favourite in our house. Couple this with the fact that we were absolutely blown away when we went to see Adrian live at a gig in Birmingham a couple of months ago, we were excited... So no pressure then...
There was definitely no cause for concern as soon as Adrian launched into possibly my favourite song of the last 6 months 'Plastic Bag Goldfish' I was grinning from ear to ear and judging from the response from the audience they were enjoying it just as much.
Adrian Roye - The Calling
With Adrian's personable links between songs joking with the audience everyone was soon hooked into his personality as much as the wonderful tones as he performed songs from 'Reclaimed' and the EP 'Telephones & Traffic Lights'. Using a small amp to float beautifully ambient melodies into the room was the perfect backdrop for simply the best vocal performance we've had at the Shop Sessions. Adrian has an amazing vocal range as well as pitch perfect control made even more impressive when you understand that the vocal performance was totally unplugged and it didn't need any electronic interference his natural vocal textures are simply wonderful. The whole performance was uplifting and left me wanting to immediately listen to more Adrian Roye music especially as the album 'Reclaimed' captures Adrian's sound perfectly so it's a great way to remind ourselves of an absolutely fantastic night of live music.
Here's one of my absolute favourite tracks off the album played live..
Adrian Roye - I Claim You
We can't recommend seeing Adrian Roye live enough whenever & wherever you can so follow the links below and hunt him down and then allow his voice to caress your ears...
Everything Adrian Roye & The Exiles can be found here..
To find out more about Emily Jones..
And if you don't want to miss any of our brilliant Shop Sessions
