Rosanne Cash 26 July 2018

This was a 'Colston Hall gig' taking place at St Georges because of the hall closure and the place was rammed on a very hot day. That was pretty much forgotten once the excellent set started. I was expecting Rosanne to sing good songs but the unexpected bonus was the guitar playing of hubby John Leventhal. I found his acoustic guitar playing both very expressive and precise and subtle and it was perfectly attuned to the songs. The set was pretty varied ranging from Appalachian folk standards to 'Ode to Billy Jo' to 'Farewell Angelina' to many of the Americana songs written by Rosanne and by Rosanne and John. She started with the three excellent songs from her 2014 (and most recent) album, 'The River and the Thread', written in and about the delta. She included some Johnny Cash recommended songs from the list he produced for her of all time Americana classics and a great John Hiatt cover of 'This is how we make a broken heart'. A gig to put you in a good humour.