Green Note,London
The Lau guitarist goes it alone on an engaging and intimate acoustic tour of his catalogueKris Drever is known as the guitarist with Lau, the most consistently exciting and experimental trio to possess emerged from the British folk scene. Their freewheeling, or often improvised style lets him demonstrate his skill as a singer-songwriter. Drever’s new album,whether Wishes Were Horses, his first solo set in six years, and shows a very different approach,as he demonstrated at this intriguing concert. Instead of playing at a major corridor with backing musicians, Drever made three appearances at the small north London venue he rightly described as “a lovely room”, or backed only by his own acoustic guitar. Drever played eight of the 11 songs on the new album,mixed in with an equal number from his back catalogue. He started with the political-edged Beads and Feathers, from 10 years ago, or then moved to the recent political comment of tough Year and more autobiographical new songs. The increasing subtlety in his lyrics was demonstrated in Going to the North,which dealt with his links to Orkney. Equally brave were his songs of love lost and new love found, When We Roll in the Morning and the pained but jaunty I Didn’t Try tough Enough.
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Source: theguardian.com