Color

For my birthday last month, M bought tickets to see Emiliana Torrini and the Colorist at Islington and so, after work, and after struggling through the pay-for-parking-over-the-phone, your correspondent was on the train to that London. Met up with M and we tubed it to hipsterful Islington. A bite to eat at Bird (wings and beer) and then to the Assembly Hall. What a nice venue. With a balcony and a glitterball. Straight from a drama featuring GIs at the 1943 hop.

The support act were Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker - a lady folk singer and a very folkie man folk guitarist. They'd been nominated for a R2 folk award. And been written about in the Guardian. And were keen to tell us. The lady folk singer explained to us the concept of a Proustian Moment. after telling us not to feel bad for not knowing this before.

And so to the main act. The Colorist were a genuinely original "orchestra" - 8 very good musicians playing novel arrangements of ET's songs. And she was massively pregnant and wearing a kind of Native American sheet. And gave us some endearing Icelandic-accented banter. Excellent.

Thanks M!

Managed to walk straight onto a train at Euston. If only it had left. It was waiting for a member of platform staff to do something. After 15 minutes, everyone got off and went on to the next train. Got home at nearly 1:00 o'clock!!!!

How Rock'n'roll, I thought. As I listened to Melvyn Bragg podcasts.

The internet says that the set list was:
Caterpillar
Serenade
When We Dance
Birds
Nightfall (Pale Blue)
Animal Games
Blood Red
Thinking Out Loud
Tookah
Speed of Dark
Today Has Been OK
Jungle Drum
Gun
Bleeder
Slow