The other convention

[altariel]

Crusty night in the Unreal City this evening, with the seemingly imperishable Fairport Convention at the Corn Exchange. They were on tip-top form - Simon Nicol appeared to be actually enjoying being in a band. In fact, they all looked like they were having a great time: Rik Sanders and Chris Leslie kept on grinning at each other like this was the first time they'd played together, it was very sweet.

Fairport support acts are always great - long-time readers of this journal may remember the legendary mandobass - anyway, the support tonight were Tiny Tin Lady, an all-female four-piece who are so young that their combined ages probably tot up to roughly the age of a single member of Fairport. (No, it's not quite that bad, but the youngest member - vocalist and guitarist, and one of the song-writers - is 15 years old.) You can hear what they sound like here. Their vocal harmonies were brilliant and they had a really good live sound. Go them!

Comments

[mraltariel.livejournal.com]

I'm glad it was great! (And jealous that I couldn't come, *again* for the billionth year in a row!)

[katlinel.livejournal.com]

Yay for good evenings, and main and support acts.

[geekette8.livejournal.com]

Hello! I can't say I know anything about Fairport Convention, I'm afraid, but this is the most recent public entry I can see. merrymaia insisted that I should overcome my awe at friending a Real! Live! Author! and add you, so I did. I hope that's OK, and I'll try not to squeal too fangirlishly at you if I can help it :-)