The exceptional Josh T. Pearson has announced details of a new single – ‘Sorry With A Song’ – due for release on October 3rd.
Alongside the announcement of ‘Sorry With A Song’ comes a new run of UK dates including a very special show at the Barbican Centre, titled ‘An Evening with Josh T. Pearson and Guests’.
I was fortunate enough to catch Josh at Green Man Festival this weekend just gone, and he was exceptional. Before his autumn tour begins, Josh will grace the stage of End of the Road Festival in Dorset.
The upcoming live dates are as follows:
Wed 21 Sept Nottingham Glee Club
Thurs 22 Sept Norwich Arts Centre
Sat 24 Sept Cambridge Junction 2
Mon 26 Sept Leeds Brudenell Social Club
Tues 27 Sept Gateshead The Sage
Wed 28 Sept Birmingham Glee Club
Mon 21 Nov Manchester Royal Northern College of Music
Tues 22 Nov Glasgow Oran Moor
Wed 23 Nov Leicester The Musician
Thurs 24 Nov Cardiff The Globe
Fri 25 Nov Exeter Phoenix
Sat 26 Nov London Barbican ‘An Evening with Josh T. Pearson and Guests’
Check out Josh’s remarkable performance on Later with Jools Holland earlier this year via the YouTube video below.
[…] Kate Nash, Band of Horses, Plan B, Spacial AKA… This weeks Later started with Kate Nash singing a…er started with Kate Nash singing a song called Do-Wah-Do. She played piano and sang in a strong cockney accent very reminiscent of Lilly Allen. The Lyrics to her songs were very similar to Lilly Allen’s too, domestic issues, kitchen sink dramas etc. Kate’s songs are far more musically sophisticated and I am sure she is a more competent musician, she played guitar too, but I don’t feel the world needs another Lilly Allen. Don’t get me wrong I’ve got nothing against a cockney accent, I’ve got one of my own, but it just does not seem appropriate for music in most cases. I am reminded of the story of the Small Faces hit Lazy Sunday Afternoon. Steve Marriot the lead singer, who was from the heart of London’s East End and spoke with a strong cockney accent, was asked by Alan Clarke of The Hollies why he never sang in his own accent. So they wrote and recorded Lazy Sunday Afternoon. It was meant to be a novelty album track, but the record company chose to release it as a single. Although it was a big success, the band were never happy about it, as they wanted to be taken more seriously and Marriot chose never to emphasise his own dialect in music again, as far as I am aware. [caption id="attachment_553" align="aligncenter" width="242" caption="Kate Nash, Lilly Allen soundalike?"][/caption] Band of Horses played three songs Compliments, Factory and North West Apartment. These were all good songs and well played. Quite diverse, there was an up tempo pop tune, a slower more elaborate song with strings and horns and a good rocking tune, in that order. Apparently the band was stranded in London unable to get back to their native Seattle because of the Icelandic volcano that caused the cancellation of all flights in Europe earlier this year. But this meant they booked their spot on the show and we got to see them. I would have liked to have included a clip of NW Apartment, the rocker, but I couldn’t find one I was happy with, so here’s the orchestrated Factory […]