REVIEW OF
REVIEW OF
JOSHUA BURNELL
JOSHUA BURNELL
On Location at
TUNSTALL VILLAGE HALL (7.30pm BYOB) Tunstall Village Hall, North Yorkshire, DL10 7QR
1st June 2024
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I don’t review often, as musical tastes vary, so I was worried when invited to review this trio, as I did warn Paul that I am brutally honest, he seemed fine with that, so along I went, to watch 'The guy with the long blonde hair that sings about rivers & birds' that is ....... Joshua Burnell.
Tunstall Village Hall looked amazing, and the room soon filled up.
Thank you to Paul Greenwood & Jane, for the organisation and to Brian Bewsey for the sound.
Paul Greenwood
Paul Greenwood
MC
Brian Bewsey
Brian Bewsey
Sound Engineer
Photographs & films courtesy of Sammi
The night started off with a 30-minute set from Allied Junction (Jayne Wickes and Andy Kenyon), with a very pleasant selection of mainly self-penned songs.
Their set ended with the rousing unaccompanied song of Richard’s Thompson’s song “Down Where the Drunkards Roll” a firm favourite, judging by the harmonies coming from the audience.
Not knowing any of the songs, it was interesting hearing Joshua describe his sci-fi invented world which has inspired many of his fantasy ballads. Having loved the early Chris de Burgh fantasy ballads, I went in, open minded.
I was very impressed with Nathan Greaves who calmly played a variety of instruments and seemed to be the wizard behind the gadgetry that helped keep the trio on track, his sense of humour appealed to me regarding his cues.
The Joshua Burnell Trio started off with ‘Golden Days’ and the first set was dominated by Frances Sladen (“So Fe”) her stunning vocals are captivating.
'Le Fay' is a lovely song with a very catchy melody.
From the Album: Flowers Where The Horses Sleep
I really liked this quirky song, "Condor Keep"
I think I am there most of the time :)
'Rose Tinted Eyes'
About the rich, fogetting the poor...
'Moonlighter's Child'
"Wipe the blood from your hands and carry on" ...
The finale... or is it?
From the Album: Glass Knight
The second set was where the talent really kicked in, Joshua sounded superb as a solo as well as with the rest of the trio. A proper foot-tapping folky feel to the songs, with the seamless vocal harmonies from Nathan and ‘So Fe’ I really liked 'Skylark & The Oak' and ‘Why the Raven Cries’.
The surprise finale.
The night ended with ‘Lucy’ which appeared to be well known, with a rapturous joining in from most of the audience.
Poor Nathan was somewhat caught out, the joys of live music so I just had to leave it in :)
From the Album: Glass Knight
I wish this chap all the best, for the dream of performing at the Albert Hall in London.
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