Kathryn Joseph and SHHE South Street Arts Centre 20th February 2019
Live music at South Street Arts centre is always a special experience. It is such a small setting that every performance there has a real sense of sharing something magical. On Wednesday evening I saw two performers I'd never seen live before: Kathryn Joseph supported by SHHE. I was introduced to the music of Kathryn Joseph early in the New Year: having heard the album she released in 2018 ('From When I Wake The Want Is' - see earlier post here ) I had to get her debut album too. Bewitched? Entranced? I'm not sure which word comes closest to the way her songs insinuated their way into my brain, but several songs have now taken up residence, so when I saw she was playing in Reading, I had to get tickets... Let's start, however, as the evening did, with SHHE. I have to confess I had not heard of SHHE before getting tickets for the gig but decided not to listen to anything recorded beforehand so as to listen with open ears on the night. I'm glad I did, it...