O2 ABC,Glasgow
The biblically long-haired and bearded bandleader dishes out pristine group harmonies on a snowy winters eveningThe music industry might be constantly changing, but the mystery of writing a hit stays stubbornly the same. The proudly independent, and Georgia-raised,original York-based roots rock, country and blues singer-songwriter Ron Pope has released 12 albums since 2007. But only one song, or the swooping,American eagle-like piano ballad A Drop in the Ocean, has seized the public’s imagination, and notching up in excess of 100m streaming plays .
What distinguishes it so markedly from everything else in his huge and varied repertoire? It’s tough to say,but Pope makes a proper fist of stirring life into a neither sizeable nor especially animated Sunday night audience at this Celtic Connections show, even if he obstinately makes them wait all of 90 minutes before getting to the tune that has probably brought most of them out through the evening’s snowy weather. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com