Marshall Gilmour Webbs - 27 February 2026

I was wondering whether I had been sensible to get tickets for this given that driving to the Acapela on a Friday evening in sheeting rain is not fun but they were outstanding and interestingly different to most bands. All four women are accomplished vocalists in their own right and the inclusion of two harps in the band is always a plus. We saw the impressive Webb sisters when they were backing vocalists (and occasional instrument players ) for Leonard Cohen. Louise Marshall has worked with a list of people way too long to include but most recently as a backing vocalist for Dave Gilmour which is where she got together with the Webbs and with Romany Gilmour. The vocals and harmonies whether acapela or to Hattie Webbs and Romany's harps or Charley Webb's guitar or Louise's keyboards or all of the above were incredible. I don't know the names of most of the songs and there doesn't seem to be a setlist so it's difficult to single out tracks but all were excellent. I did of course recognise 'Great Gig in the Sky' which was much more raucus and full-on compared to the Floyd version and 'Between two points' from David Gilmour's recent album. This track was thge highpoint for me, Romany's voice is perfect for this haunting song and as for the whole gig the harmonies and backing vocals were also perfect. I am really glad we made the effort.

Lucinda Williams - 4 Feb 2026

First gig of the year with good second row seats at The Beacon. Support was Ben de la Cour, a singer songwriter with some darkish themes and a pithy sense of humour. I liked his stuff - his guitar playing was crisp and whilst his singing was mostly subdued he let rip on a song ' The devil went down to Silverlake' and it was good track. I was shocked when Lucindda came on stage as she couldn't walk properly unaided and her left arm was pretty useless and checking later she had a stroke a few years ago. So no guitar this time around (we last saw her in 2016) but just vocals (and songwriting of course) from her. The band was excellent - a guitarist who managed various styles effortlessly (blues, slide, reggae, EC in 'while my guitar...), a spot-on drummer and a seamless bassist. The set featured half a dozen songs from the new album ' World's Gone Wrong'. Of those I really enjoyed 'Low life', 'Black Tears' (a blues number) and 'How much did you get for your soul'. The vibe was quite downbeat which is evident from the titles but that's alt-country for you. Also outstanding of older songs was 'Pineola', 'Drunken Angel' and 'Lake Charles; and without rambling on she also explqained the origin of these and other songs which was interesting. 'Righteously' the final track before the encore was also good and I enjoyed the covers which included 'While my guitar Gently weeps' which the guitarist channeled EC for the solo, and 'Keep on Rockin' in the free World' which finished the gig on a positive note. An excellent gig and I think the last time we'll see LW touring here. That's the fourth time I've seen her over a 17 year period and I've enjoyed all of them immensely.