Seth Lakeman - 26 February 2024

I was wondering whether to include this as it was a livestream. I was unable to make the Bristol leg of the tour so it was good to sit down in real time and watch the Chester gig a few days after. It was a Kitty Jay 20th Anniversary tour so the first half consisted of that album and the second set involved songs from the rest of his career including a few from 'Fields of Freedom' which is a great album. From that I enjoyed as ever 'The Colliers' - a stirring song. The first half finished with the manic fiddle playing of 'Kitty Jay' the title track to the album. Other than that 'Race to be King' stood out and the musicianship of the band was first class with Alex Hart on background vocals and various instruments and Benji Kirkpatrick playing a mean guitar and other string instruments - mainly a Bouzouki. Seth himself was on fiddle, guitar and bouzouki but mainly the first two. He is a very good fiddle player as shown in style on Kitty Jay and a set of jigs in particular. I must try and make the real live gig next tour but this will at least serve as a reminder to do so.