St George's Bristol

I didn’t like the venue, with a horrible view from the circle trier. I had to stand in the back, but it didn’t spoil the evening. Glen, as fragile and vulnerable as always, made his point again! He’s just an amazing artist!

Voice of an angel, really loved the gig ❤️

Ethereal sounds from a unique musical voice. A great storyteller. Superb musicians on stage.

About as good as it gets!

Fantastic show.! Such a amazing talent with an incredible voice, the small choir were also excellent.

Super great!!! Love tom’s voice. My dreams come true!

The first half started with an apology from Martin Green, “Er, sorry about that, thanks for waiting, we’re two and half years late getting here. Kris was taking a shower and things just got out of hand.” Straight away we then got a serious demonstration of instrumental and vocal chops, musical quality at the top flight of acoustic artistry. Kris Drever’s fine voice is to the fore on a couple of songs, and his guitar, a small thing with a mighty voice beautifully courses through the evening, the set is equally deftly driven by Aidan O’Rourke, who’s bowing technique is breathtakingly fine, but who is similarly skilled when hammering out double string pulses to provide rhythmic propulsion (there’s likely a technical name for this, but it escapes me). And then there is Martin Green, accordionist extraordinary, who, in his most alarming moments, appears to be a man fighting with a large octopus, trying to cram it into a struggling shoebox that is itself wriggling to escape his grasp. It was a terrific, mesmeric performance, and all over far too soon, though the band played well into the evening; I got to hear several songs from the albums I own, and bought two more albums on the way out, from the merch table. If you love wonderful playing, love fabulous, sometimes lyrically tough songs, if you love experimental developments of the possibilities for an instrumental trio, if you come from a place that values folk songs old and new, if you have a heart that is gladdened by hearing accomplished musicians take their craft in new and exciting directions while paying attentive respect to the roots of their music, go see them.

just incredible

Just amazing!

Thank you for a wonderful night John! Your lyrics and song writing resonates with the soul. Incredibly moving, emotive, uplifting and inspiring!

Excellent venue and Russell Bruce top form. Brilliant. 👍👍👍

Brilliant as always! Lovely venue acoustics really good !

Didn’t know what to expect. The 3 girl trio were fabulous. Would def see again

What a wonderful pianist, such interpretation was sublime.