Eliza Carthy, Lucy Farrell, Jackie Oates & Kate Young 3/12/2015

Having seen both Eliza Carthy and Jackie Oates playing their own gigs some time back it seemed a good bet to see this combined gig of four folkies. I was expecting they would play various instruments, an accordion, a couple of guitars maybe, and of course I was expecting to see Eliza Carthy on fiddle but I was delighted when the band turned out to be four fiddles. Very cool and a brilliant sound not only because of their individual expertise but the way they played together. All four were singers as well so the gig was a musical treat from start to finish. The majority of songs were group songs but each artist had one or two solo outings. The one that really hit home was a Kate Young solo song about migration. Both beautiful and moving. Lucy Farrell's voice was very sweet and Eliza Carthy's fiddle playing as ever right on the money. Whilst I am differentiating between them the main feature was the four fiddles and often four voices blended together. I'd repeat this gig in a flash.

Mabon 18/11/2015

A second visit in one week to the friendly Borough Theatre in Abergavenny was to see Mabon a welsh celticky, world-musicky band. They were good value as they were a pretty seamless unit and featured Jamie Smith who was an accomplished accordianist and Oliver Wilson-Dickson,a distinctive fiddle player as the two upfront musical leaders. The set ranged from Welsh -influenced tunes to a particularly fine mazurka to a reel or two. It was interesting to see a band where the influences were wide and disparate but where they had carved out their own identity. I think the songs were mainly written by Jamie Smith. Adam Rhodes played bouzouki and other stringed instruments, Iolo Whelan was on drums and Matt Downer played electric and upright bass.

Andy Fairweather-Low 13/11/15

A trip to the Borough Theatre in Abergavenny to see a local lad made good is always recommended and having caught A F-L many times before we were definitely up for this gig. I like him best when he plays country blues which he very clearly enjoys doing and a Jimmy Reed number earlier on and a song called Lightning Boogie later in the set stood out. He of course played the old Amen Corner hits - that was expected but they weren't the best songs in the set. What is good is his excellent if understated guitar playing and a tight four-piece playing stuff they enjoy ranging across styles and the decades. 'It Hurts Me Too' was another bluesy classic in the set. The sax player,Nick Pentelow, has a good rock and roll style and I enjoyed Peter Gunn - (who wouldn't?) which segued into 'Apache'as well as the other songs where the sax got a solo outing. Of Andy's old stuff, I rate 'Hymn for my Soul' and yes I'll admit it 'Wide Eyed and Legless'. Roll on the next time he's in town

Fains - 8/11/15

A last minute trip to Cardiff to see Fains, a guitar plus violin duo playing a small venue in front of a tiny audience. First up was guitarist Jim Ghedi who played a solo guitar in a distinctive style which was Spanish-guitar influenced and the set was really good. I went away clutching a CD and it is getting played. Fains featuring my niece, Jo, on violin and Nick Jonah Davis on guitar were also very distinctive and very good. The guitar was intricate and unusual and blended beautifully with a more direct and raucous (in a nice way) violin. The duo had recently prepared the last twenty or minutes or so of the set and I liked the rawer sound of the last couple of tracks although it was all good and enjoyable and deserved a proper audience. It is difficult music to categorise which is always a good sign and I hope to hear more soon.

The Staves - 7/11/2015

I was expecting to miss at least some of the support act but got there for the start and I'm glad I did. He was Gabrielle Rios from New York and he kicked off with a guitar and vocal solo version of 'Voodoo Chile' - ambitious but surprisingly good and different. That's almost two Hendrix covers in a row as Steve Earle sang 'hey Joe' very near the end of his gig. Then the other two band members came on (cello + double bass) and the half hour set went too quickly with some original songs, some spiky guitar playing and a good band sound all together. The Staves had a three-piece band behind them (as well as playing guitar and other stuff themselves) plus a three-piece brass and violin section so there were up to nine musicians on stage for some songs. Early on they did a couple of songs from their recent album including the excellent and catchy 'Black and White'and they covered pretty much all of that album with the rest other songs of theirs and just one cover 'Feel' from Bombay Bicycle Club. The thing with The Staves is that you have three voices in perfect harmony and that vocal sound is front and centre all the time despite the size of the band. It is a sound that is joy to listen to and they played on those harmonies with voice looping as well so at times there were five or more Staves voices in action. A highlight of their earlier stuff was the ethereal 'Mexico'. The two or three songs after that were also excellent and all in all the gig had a nice dynamic to it. They finished the encore with Teeth White' which was clearly the audience favourite after a new song whose name I forget. I am a sucker for the well-harmonized sound of female vocals and The Staves delivered.

Steve Earle 14/10/15

The support was the same as last time we saw Steve a few years ago - The Mastersons aka Chris Masterson and Eleanor Whitmore. She has a compelling voice and he plays a mean guitar so an enjoyable set before they come back on stage as part of Steve Earle's band which also includes long-time drummer Kelly Looney and bassist Will Rigby. Steve opened with some stuff from his latest album which very delightfully is in the country blues ouevre starting with 'Baby, Baby, Baby' and then 'You're the best Lover' and 'Baby's Just as Mean as Me'. He then started mixing in some classics which of course got the (surprisingly small) audience to their metaphorical feet. 'Goodbye', 'My Old Friend the blues' 'Guitar Town, and 'Copperhead Road' were all in there and each fitted nicely into the mood for the evening - relaxed but compelling country blues from a master musician. All the while Chris Masterson played an excellent lead guitar but I have to say I love the guitar playing of Steve Earle even when he is in the background - it is beautifully judged and subtle. Of course he and indeed Eleanor Whitmore also played various mandolins and other stringed instruments to great effect on tracks such as 'Copperhead Road'. The gig really hit the heights for me in the final two songs of the main set - first the best track on the new album (King of the Blues) and then straight into 'Hey Joe'. It is one of my favourite songs of all time and I might cavil at anyone but Hendrix playing it but Steve and the band did a great job on producing their own distinctive version. After that the encore was a little bit of an anticlimax although entertaining in that I wasn't expecting a Donovan song! A superb display of craftmanship and emotive power - where was the audience?

Catrin Finch 9/10/2015

Catrin Finch certainly has a wide-ranging musical palette. You sort of expect a 'traditional' Welsh harpist who was official harpist to the Prince of Wales to major on old mediaevel harp ballads but we first saw Catrin playing with Seckou Keita in a kora/harp duo. This tour was to promote her latest album 'Tides' and the band consisted of her, a string quartet, a double bassist and a tech guy who looped some harp stuff and played electronic drums. As usual her playing featured a lot of complex exciting harp playing but she also spent a fair amount of time at the piano and the whole feeling was this water/sea/weather vibe which was the them of the album. 'Storm Front was particularly dramatic but the whole thing fitted together in a very enjoyable way. She played 'Clair de Lune' somewhere in the gig and the string quartet did a number I loved ('Fellow Traveller' by John Adams) which was all tension and complex rhythms but mostly the harp cascaded melodies and rhythms in its inimitable way.

Dave Gilmour 3/10/15

The previous Gilmour concerts at The Albert Hall were classic gigs and I was amazed to find that they were nine years ago - they still live strongly in my memory so I had guessed they were more recent. Like last time he was showcasing a new album and he kicked off with three tracks from the album including the excellent 'Faces of Stone'. Even just three tracks in the gig was beautiful with his inimitable, ethereal, imperious and impeccable guitar front and centre, and with an excellent band backing him including Phin Manzanera on guitar and some great drumming from Steve DiStanislau. Track four was the first of a surprising number of classic Floyd tracks, 'Wish You Were Here' and the level of the gig moved up a notch from beautiful to superb. After a couple more tracks from his most recent two solo albums he then played two tracks from 'Dark Side of the Moon' and the second of those 'Us and Them'took things up yet another gear and I had a strange feeling I was at a classic Floyd gig. Everything was just purring along from backing singers to keyboards, bass and drums and DG's guitar just got better and better. A brilliant version of 'In Any Tongue' from the new album and then the classic 'High Hopes' finished the first set on a roll. I was wondering whether it could get any better in the second half and then it did with 'Astronomy Domine' as an opener. Now it definitely felt Floydian and the back projection and lighting was keeping up particularly on 'Shine on You Crazy Diamond' which followed. Ditto the 'cartoon' to accompany 'Fat Old Sun' from Atom Heart Mother which was next up. A few more tracks of newer songs including 'On an Island' and 'Today' and then a couple more Floyd numbers and the second set was over. The encore was just perfect - a couple more classics from 'Dark Side of the Moon' - 'Time' and 'Breathe' were followed by an astounding version of 'Comfortably Numb'. Meanwhile the light show just took off with nets of green followed by staccato patterns of red and then white perfectly fitting the song and the transcendental guitar. Goodnight to gig of the year.

Richard Thompson 16/9/2015

As with the last RT gig The Rails were the support act and to my mind they are one of the best support acts around. It may be nepotism on RT's part but they write good songs, James Walbourne is an excellent guitarist and Kami Thompson has a voice reminiscent of her mother. They had a couple of new songs since last time and included the superb 'Fair Warning' amongst a number of tracks from that eponymous album. They also came on for RT's first track which was the rollicking 'That's enough'. As last time father and husband competed to be showiest guitarist whilst Kami looked on bemused but that was great for the audience. After that opening song the rest of the trio came on, drummer,Michael Jerome and bassist Taras Prodaniuk. The next two hours or so was vintage Richard Thompson guitar as he showcased some tracks from his new album and mixed in back catalogue stuff from his solo albums plus an odd Richard & Linda Thompson or Fairport song. The new stuff is really good - perhaps his best release for some time and I particularly enjoyed 'Patty Don't You Put Me Down' and near the end 'She Never Could Resist a Winding Road'. Of course 'Guitar Heroes' from the album allowed RT to demonstrate that he can play like Django Rheinhart, Les Paul, James Burton, Chuck Berry and Hank Marvin and is great fun - the amazing thing for me that the whole song is played with just one foot switch action. That is the brilliant thing with RT, there are no guitar techs needed because he can get any sound he wants out of whichever battered old guitar he happens to be playing. Memorable songs from the back catalogue included 'The shame of doing wrong', '!952 Vincent Black Lightning' and 'Did she jump or was she pushed?'. The big finish included 'tear Stained Letter' done with high tempo and last of all perhaps the best of the night 'Fork in the Road' from the new album bonus CD. Cracking guitar, cracking show. Can't wait for next time.

Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell 12/7/2015

I was pleased to catch up with this particular version of an Emmylou tour after missing a similar tour last time round. I did however catch the 'Wrecking Ball' tour last year which was superb. This time they were touring the new album which I had not listened to much but as ever with Emmylou the back catalogue gets a good airing as well. The gig started with a couple of classic songs in the first few selections, 'Return of the Grievous Angel' (with Rodney doing the Gram Parsons' part) and then shortly after 'Poncho and Lefty'. A couple of songs later another great song 'Invitation to the Blues' (a Rodney Crowell composition)and then They moved on to do a selection from the new album 'The Traveling Kind' with some tracks from in from their previous collaboration 'Old Yellow Moon'. The interesting thing was that while I was expecting to enjoy Emmylou's singing and Rodney Crowells performance, which I did, I hadn't factored in how good the two band guitarists were. Jedd Hughes on lead was fast, sweet and country in an Albert Lee'esque sort of way whilst Steven Fishell on pedal steel added a great country vibe too. And they played so well together feeding off each other and melding together very well. With the two acoustic guitars of Emmylou and Rodney plus bass, drums and keyboards the overall band sound was superb although the sound quality wasn't good on the first couple of songs until they fiddled with the mix. 'Tulsa Queen' (from 'Luxury Liner') was a highlight but perhaps the best song of the evening came shortly after which was the Rodney Crowell song 'Ain't Living Long Like This'. This had the band and in particular the guitarists belting out the rocking bluesy song and looking like they were enjoying it bigtime as well. The encore finished with the signature 'From Boulder to Birmingham' and then sadly it was all over.

Larkin Poe 11/7/2015

I saw Larkin Poe in June as they were support for Elvis Costello and liked them so much I came back for their own show which was part of the Bristol Americana 'festival'. Support for them was 'Police Dog Hogan' a west country band that are actually quite difficult to categorise but certainly had strong strands of folk and bluegrass in the mix. An eight piece band with banjo, mandolin, accordion and trumpet in the line-up they stomped through an enjoyable set for more than an hour. Larkin Poe were a four piece for this show adding a bassist to the drummer that accompanied Rebecca and Megan Lovell on guitars last time round. They included a number of the songs from their album that they played last time out but extended the set to take in some covers and other songs from their catalogue. Of the covers I particularly enjoyed Dylan's 'New Pony' and the encore was Tom Petty's 'American Girl' sung by just the sisters with one acoustic guitar as backing. Most of the set was down and dirty guitar from the girls with Rebecca blasting out the vocals and it was hugely enjoyable. One of the highlights though was a poignant acoustic version of 'Overachiever' one of best songs from the album and delivered with passion by Rebecca. Another was a song dripping with Deep South feeling about sin and prayer. The last track of the main set was back to the guitar vibe featuring in particular the slide of Megan and again one of the stand out tracks on the album ' Jailbreak'. All that was left was a cover of 'Bang Bang' then 'American Girl' and then they were gone. I miss them already.

Grateful Dead - 6/7/2015

I wasn't sure whether this counts as a gig - it was streamed to our local cinema and it wasn't actually live as there was a delay of half a day or so to cope with time differences. But because it was actually the Grateful Dead (or at least those still living) and it was the final gig of such an iconic band I decided it was right to log it. It was in fact the third of three final gigs but as usual with the Dead it was one set that lasted ten plus hours rather than a repetition of one set over three nights. Nobody else does that or probably even has enough of their own material to do that. Nobody else has pioneered in the way The Dead have in encouraging taping of their gigs and releasing live gigs form their mixing desk tapes. What a long and brilliant trip it's been. The gig was excellent. My highlights were the section that started with a superb version of 'Cassidy' moved on to one song that I particularly like 'Althea' and then followed that with 'Terrapin Station'. Of course it was strange to see a Dead gig without Garcia but I sort of liked the Garcia stand-in, Trey Anastasio. He didn't try to do a tribute act but he did capture the feel of Garcia and he fitted in what was as usual a great ensemble gig.

Elvis Costello 21/6/2015

The great thing about seeing Elvis Costello is that it is always different and it is always excellent. He never just rehashes the last tour he did and he has such a fund of songs that you know the evening is going to be full of good music. The start of this show was particularly special for the superb support act 'Larkin Poe'. Now this is my sort of band. Straight from the deep south playing mean guitar and slide guitar - Tony Joe White meets The Allman brothers in my book and the big surprise is that they are female. Megan Lovell plays slide whilst Rebecca Lovell plays a mean electric guitar and sings. There was a drummer too but I didn't pay him too much mind. I could have stood a couple of hours of Larkin Poe but I was delighted that they came back and played quite a few songs with Elvis after their initial set. Elvis was playing solo and he played half a dozen songs with an acoustic guitar ranging over his output from the 70s to 'National Ransom' and the song from that 2010 album was particularly memorable - 'Church Underground'. He then moved to the piano and did perhaps my favourite Costello song 'Shipbuilding'followed by 'I can't stand up for falling down'. Shipbuilding is a tour de force and when delivered from a piano I could have reached out and touched, very powerful. Next on the gig list was a set of songs sat on a chair and another change of mood as he did a couple of covers of old songs and I found myself enjoying the cover of 'She' surprisingly. After a couple more solo numbers Larkin Poe joined Elvis and this was a great part of the set as the twin guitars added some grit and blues to the sound. 'That's not the part of you she's leaving' stood out for me from this mini-set of songs and then all too soon after half a dozen tracks they left but Elvis was back - this time playing within the huge Television Set that had served as back drop and projection screen. Now it was time for the old favourites and we had great versions of 'Oliver's Army', 'Alison' and 'Pump it up'. Then Larkin Poe were added to the Television set stage for a superb 'Good year for the Roses'. The last encore included one of my favourites 'Jimmie standing in the rain' - oh actually make that two as he also did 'Peace Love and Understanding' to finish and Larkin Poe were back for that final final song as well. All I can say is that Elvis did it again and I am off to see Larkin Poe in July when they headline in the area.

Mark Knopfler 25/5/15

The support act was The Ruth Moody Band who delivered a lovely Canadian Blue Grassy Folky set of songs with Ruth on vocals. Mostly original songs but also a cover of 'Dancing in the Dark' which is always good to hear when done by proper musicians. I shall buy an album on the strength of that set. Mark Knopfler came on with a very similar band to the last time I saw him (also at The Albert Hall a couple of years ago) and indeed the set was similar with some new songs added to the mix in place of the more recent back catalogue. The band included Michael McGoldrick and John McCusker to deliver the Celtic element of the sound and the excellent Jim Cox on keyboards as well as Guy Fletcher, Richard Bennet. Ian Thomas and Glen Worf. He kicked off 'Broken Bones' from the new album and then upped the tempo with the rocky 'Corned Beef City'. My highlight from the early part of the show was 'Hill Farmer Blues' which is anyway one of my favourite Knopler songs but which he played with perfect interwoven guitar. Knopfler is like that - when he gets into a particular song he can play guitar as well as anyone and I felt that was the first song he really let rip on. Ruth Moody (vocals) and Nigel Hitchcock (sax) guested at various points as we went through the show which included the Dire Straits songs 'Romeo and Juliet' followed by 'Sultans of Swing'. They were good but Knopfler had saved the best till near the end. The last two tracks before the encore were an exemplary version of 'Speedway at Nazareth' followed by an astonishing tour-de-force of guitar playing on 'Telegraph Road'. Back on for the encore we had another Dire Straits song 'So far away from me' followed by what was for me the fourth song of the evening that really hit home - 'Wherever I go' from the new album and featuring Ruth Moody and Nigel Hitchcock. You can say that Knopfler's vocals are not as good as they used to be and if you were picky you might criticise the similarity of the set lists over the last few years but every gig he delivers some astonishing guitar and some stand out tracks or musical moments that last in the memory. As long as he does that I'll keep coming.

Christy Moore 10/5/2015

I was amazed to find it was a full five years since we had seen Christy Moore but it only takes a minute or two before you feel straight back into the unique warm vibe that he creates on stage. He came with an extra couple of musicians apart from the usual guitar accompaniment of Declan Sinnot. They were a low-key percussionist and a backing vocalist. Christy basically picks songs that he likes and sings them in his inimitable style and he kicked off this gig by picking one of my favourite songs - Jackson Browne's 'Before the Deluge'. I could have gone home happy after one track but he followed that with another great song, 'Beeswing' so I decided to hang on and hear what else he was going to play. What he did for the two hour set was to make up the setlist as he went along interspersing his standards with requests he had received before the show and requests from the audience during the show. It makes for a great atmosphere not to mention some great songs being sung even if it does confuse Declan from time to time. I loved 'Motherland', 'Ride On', 'Does this train stop on Merseyside?', 'City of Chicago' and several others including one I don't recollect hearing before 'Nancy Spain' that had a beautiful wistfulness about it. The thing is that his gigs are unique and it is an intimate evening even if you are sitting in the Colston Hall. This was the perfect antidote to a depressing week.

Gretchen Peters 17/3/2015

This tour was to promote the new album 'Blackbirds', which had passed me by until the morning of the gig. A quick listen told me I was going to enjoy the gig a lot and so it was as Gretschen played pretty much all of this powerful album and also a few tracks from her back catalogue including the pick of tracks from 'Hello Cruel World' such as the haunting 'Idlewild' the elegaic 'Five Minutes' and the punchy 'Woman on the Wheel'. The band was the trio from the last tour (hubby Barry Walsh on piano, Christine Bougie on various)with the addition of Connor McCreanor on electric and upright bass. Christine Bougie really impressed this time playing some lovely pedal steel and lots of gentle but spot on drumming and picking up an electric guitar from time to time. She played an exquisite understated solo on guitar in the encore which really hit home and I realised it was all about her timing. The gig kicked off with tracks from the new album, the title track and then 'When all you've got is a hammer'. Included in the first set was a piano piece from Barry 'October Waltz. The first half finished with the perhaps the two most haunting songs on the new album 'The cure for the pain is the pain' and the poignant 'Everything Falls Away'. It was very moving music. After a break Gretschen started on solo piano for a couple of songs, 'Jubilee' another cracking song from the new album and then her old standard 'Independence Day'. After that the gig hit some high spots with 'Idlewild' and 'Five Minutes' and a great rendition of 'The Matador' and a superb 'Women on the Wheel' before a final encore of a slightly jaunty John Prine song about marriage 'In Spite'. I liked her last tour but this gig exceeded even my high expectations as has the new album. I am not sure why she isn't playing bigger venues.

Dr John 8/3/2015

It had been a while since we saw Dr John and his age was highlighted when we saw him being helped up the few stairs to the stage with the aid of two sticks and two people. However once on stage and in sight of the audience he shed the years and seemed to glide over to the piano. He was playing with a four-piece backing band, organ, drums, bass and trombone and what a great band they were. The drummer was effortlessly perfect, playing straight from the central nervous system and the organ player, Rhoda Scott was a joy to listen to. Dr John also played effortlessly the fingers dancing over the piano keyboard with no sign at all that he was in his mid seventies. The set was also pretty much to my taste with a good sprinkling of old stuff such as 'Walk on Gilded Splinters' and 'Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya' both classics from the late 60s and early 70s when I first started listening to him. There were other notable songs from later such as 'Right Place, Wrong Time' and 'Such a Night' as well as a Louis Armstrong cover and 'Goodnight Irene'. Rhoda Scott was great on that track as well. But the songs I didn't recollect or know were also perfectly accessible played with that dynamic, bluesy, boogieish style he has on the piano. I particularly liked 'The Monkey Speaks Its Mind' and 'Motherless Children' but it was all good from start to finish. The gig was stopped about 90 minutes in as there was a set finish time but it was quality from minute one.

The Jesus and Mary Chain 26/2/2015

I broke my general rule about going to O2 Academy venues but then it was TJ&MC and it was local. I gave the support (The Shimmer Band) a miss to minimise the time in venue but did catch their last track and they seemed like a good guitar based band - lots of noise and distortion. TJ&MC set was in two parts and the intermission was only about two minutes. The first part was a general selection of songs and it started with the impeccable April Skies played slow and melodic - brilliant stuff. There was another six or seven songs some of which I didn't know and one of which featured a track-long sound failure but anything that has that inimitable William Reid guitar is fine by me. The second part of the set was a complete run through of Psychocandy and I was expecting that I would like this less than the general set but the opposite was the case. The Psychocandy set was played with a great dynamic, lots of energy and purpose and basically non-stop with either no or minimal gaps between the tracks. I heard the album anew and I liked it a lot. Excellent gig - I have no idea why the venue wasn't full to overflowing.

Nils Lofgren - 11/1/2015

I can't say I'd heard any solo stuff when booking these tickets but I rated him as a guitarist from his Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen days. In fact that was what was delivered - great guitar playing - the singing and the songwriting were nothing to write home about for me. Bizzarely the gig started with Nils on harp, as in stringed harp, which was basically an extended intro to 'Too Many Miles' in which he demonstrated right away what a superb guitar player he is. The style is fluid but with bite as well and he is not afraid to play extended solo. The other musician playing with Nils was Greg Varlotta and he did a good job on keyboards and some guitar and even a bit of trumpet. Highlights on the guitar front from Nils were 'Girl in Motion', 'Keith Don't Go' and 'Because the Night' which is just a genuinely brilliant song anyway. Nils also teased with a story about how he suggested the and played the uptempo piano bits on 'Southern Man' gave us a quick taster of it but then didn't play the damn song. Still I enjoyed the gig a lot just because he is a fine guitarist which is pretty much what I htought when I saw him with Springsteen a lot of years ago.

First Aid Kit 14/1/2015

The support was Kimberley Anne, a singer songwriter with a guitar who would loop some simple drumming accompaniment from time to time. It was interesting stuff with a bit of bite in the lyrics and she had a nice stage presence chatting with the audience. I particularly liked ‘Liar’ although the whole set was of a good quality. She had something of a Joan Armatrading about her and sounded very English but there was also a feel of Tracy Chapman in the sound of some of the songs. That's a couple of good references. First Aid Kit came with two band members, a drummer and a pedal steel guitarist/lead guitarist who were both excellent. I only know their last two albums but pretty much all of the songs from their shortish set came from them and the selection was good. The only other songs were a couple of covers and a song they did at the front of the stage unmiked. That was 'Ghost Town' from an earlier album. The covers were the brilliant 'Love Interruption' (Jack White)and strangely since the song had come up in conversation that very day 'Waterloo Sunset' (The Kinks). The thing about First Aid Kit is the voices in harmony but Klara does most of the vocal heavy lifting and she is a superb singer. The other thing is that the songs are a great mixture of folky and pop and so the gig is quite uplifting. They kicked off with 'The Lions Roar' and then 'Stay Gold'. They finished a mere hour and a quarter or so later with their best song for me 'Emmylou'. In between they included the excellent 'My Silver Lining' and one track that stood out for me live which was 'Shattered and Hollow'. It came across with a bit more gravitas live than on the record. I was sorry they didn't play 'Cedar Lane' or 'The Fleeting One'. Maybe if they do a longer set they could include them next time.