We’ve recovered from our sleep deprivation after our gig in
Balham, London on Wednesday. We had the pleasure of joining four other acts at
The Bedford - The Willow Band, Viara Ivanova,
Yasmin Corrigan and Azzedine.
For once we experienced a smooth and reasonably quick
journey, with added entertainment as Natalie played with apps on her new phone.
Arriving with time to spare (yay!) we popped in to visit Sally
and Natalie’s aunt and their newest baby cousin. Only two weeks old, we were
all taking it in turns to hold the adorable sleepy baby. Of course we all left the
house declaring our dire need to have babies of our own right away. Don’t worry;
none of us are quite ready to bring a baby on stage yet!
After making our way to The Bedford and meeting the lovely
staff we had a quick sound check and went to doll ourselves up. The best part
of London gigs is having a decent excuse for turning up with bare faces and
comfy clothes. Car journeys are SO much better without worrying about smudging
your makeup or creasing your dress.
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| Sound Check at The Bedford |
It was really wonderful and impressive how the evening was
set up. Each of the five acts had, on average, four songs to play, which were
split into two sets. The performance was always changing and developing and
creating different atmospheres, and playing in different sets encouraged peers
of each act to hang around and enjoy the whole evening. Not only did the
audience stay until the end, but they were so wonderfully quiet and respectful.
We are so happy to have met and played with all the other acts of the night,
who were all fantastic and friendly musicians.
There was a live streaming video of the gig accessible
online which was pretty cool; if anyone was watching let us know how it looked!
After leaving our mark on the wall of the green room we set
off back to Bristol. Luckily we had a remarkably smoother journey home than our
last London gig when we were almost crushed to death by a HGV, followed the
wrong diversion route and ended up back where we started, and got caught in heavy
snow. Let’s cross our fingers for next time…
Thank you to The Bedford for supporting music and musicians
and making us feel so welcome, as well as the audience.
If you’re around in Bristol tonight, we’ll be playing a few
songs alongside Jane Taylor, Bashema and Bethany Porter in aid of the John
Dillon Foundation at The Bristol Fringe Café-bar. Tickets will be available at
the door.
