Elles Bailey - 27 September 2018

I went to this on the back of a storming support set at the Monmouth Festival in August. The venue, Marrs Bar in Worcester, was nicer than expected, friendly and not too crowded or noisy. Support was from a local singer songwriter who went under the name Redwood. She was excellent belting out anguish at high volume like a a very shouty Kate Bush. I particularly liked 'Bleed' but the whole set was good. On came Elles Bailey and she and the band were high energy from song one. She did a couple of new songs which were being played live for the first time and also one other addition from the Monmouth set which was a brilliant cover of the classic John Prine song 'Angel from Montgomery'. That showed off not just Elles' voice but also the skills of the keyboard player, who was a new addition to the band. He was brilliant and was given plenty of solo time to show off his talent. As at Monmouth I loved the Muscle Shoals song 'Perfect Storm' but all of the set is top quality. The band is excellent and it was a great evening.