I advertised this concert to my Friend James , nice name for a Glaswegian , as "The Mother of All Understated Concerts" and he was not disappointed.In fact he loved it so much he bought 2 cds right after.
The video below gives an indication of the superbly crafted songs which Keith keeps alive form the days of Davy Graham and early John Martyn.
Keiths most notable contributions have been his project to set some of the finest Poems of Frederico Garcia Lorca to Music.He has acheived this with such accomplishment a critic from BBC Scotland declared " Lorca Lives!" when reviewing one of the 2 Albums which this glorious artistic project has provided.Keith has even gone to the trouble of translating some of the work of Lorca himself to bring the Poems of Lorca to a grateful Musical Public.
This album also has its own dedicated and website , the beauty of this wonderful project is that it was not a self-indulgence by Keith himself but a commissioned endeavour by the niece of Lorca (Laura Garcia Lorca) which was initially offered to Elvis Costello , but then ultimately given over to Keith who did not let the Family name down.
You can hear some tracks from the album in this description and feature page of Keiths own website.
The reason the Lorca Family were so happy to approach Keith was from the success of his first album on Lorca which generated a tour of over a 100 concerts and received great critical acclaim.You can hear some tracks from the Album , including a full length version of Diamond which Keith played at the Renfrew Ferry Concert.
The Musical celebrations of Lorca are very timely and apt , especially as Lorca himself composed Music for some Canciones himself and appreciated the instrumental accompanyment element of the written poetic word.
Jimmy is certainly looking forward to the next visit in Autumn , hopefully Keith will be able to perform some more songs from the Magical Lorca project.
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