Ella Edmondson Brings Down Concorde 2, Brighton 2009 The New Current (blog)
Upper-class things about shows, the only good thing about shows, is being surprised, blown away, and liberal feeling pretty bloody sure of yourself for having such great musical taste. Sounds capital and mighty but nothing at all prepared me for Thursday nights show featuring Ella Edmondson. As am sure your all well cognizant she is the daughter of Adrian Edmondson (seminal 1980s actor and comic) and Jennifer Saunders (also the same).
Pre-show am in a muddle as I call to mind a consider am running late. But I get to Concorde 2 and see the two queues (one for tickets and one for picking up, am in the latter and was helped into said get in by Arron, he was too helpful). But as more people join the confusing lines I see a couple snogging, grosse, and scatter which I find odd as he’s resting on a bin as he throws his can of Stongbrow across the road.
Coming on stage Ella already looks dab hand and not just a ’singer who’s dads in a pretty big band’. She walks towards the mikes, says hello to the rather ruffian crowd. On stage she’s joined by a drummer Si Paull and vocals/stand Mr Buddy Valentine, one of the best names in the world. And she starts. Almost instantly you get an vision into the type of person she is and how she producers her music. There is solid folk, alt-country, 90s fem-dumfound elements to her music and that’s all good. What makes her stand out is her voice, which is rumbling but not dark, it’s pissed but not angry.
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