Ady and I went to one of the gigs of the year last night, Rachel Unthank and the Winterset at the Maze in Nottingham. Saw them earlier this year at Green Man, but they only had a half hour slot, so it was great to see them do two 45 mins sets last night.
The Maze was hushed, and the sound was terrific. The Winterset's songs are often very stark, both in terms of arrangement and subject matter, but they are very good at breaking the tension between numbers and there was a lot of banter. Couldn't help observing that Becky Unthank must have been the youngest person in the room by quite a distance...
They played most of The Bairns, plus a few from Cruel Sister, and the cover of today I Am A Boy, which was OK but not as good as their own material, or their cover of Sea Song by Robert Wyatt.
So Ady and I had two or three beers, said hi to Rachel and Belinda, (I bought a copy of her EP), and I reckon it was the best gig in Nottm this year since Robyn Hitchcock in January...
(photo by Jim, from the Reading gig)
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