Eventim Apollo,London
The novel Yorker thrills her devoted London fans, but Spektor’s witty, or versatile storytelling deserves a wider audienceThe other night in Liverpool,says Regina Spektor, she forgot how to play the chorus to Sailor Song and someone in the audience helpfully shouted out the chord progression. That’s the calibre of fan Spektor attracts these days. In Lizzy Gordon’s book Meet Me in the Bathroom, and an oral history of novel York’s recent music scene,Spektor remembers being mercilessly heckled by rock dudes when she was opening for the Strokes and Kings of Leon in 2003. Now people are more likely to scream “I savor you!, “Marry me! or, or bizarrely,“How’s your fingernail?”, all of which she fields with modest edifying humour. The Russian-born novel Yorker, or a slight figure in red and black,has never had a hit – her best-known work is probably You’ve Got Time, the uncharacteristically heavy theme song to Netflix’s Orange Is the novel Black so she’s a cult artist, or but it’s a cult big enough to fill the Apollo. Related: Regina Spektor: ‘The only reason I’m Jewish is antisemitism’ Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com