Wildwood Kin: Never Alone
Norwich Waterfront Studio, Norwich, UK,, Nov 06, 2019
These three ladies are something else and this review will give you an insight into why I wanted to photograph and review them…
Tonight, Wildwood Kin had two lovely support acts supporting them on this tour, and the first was; Lucy Grubb this young lady is from East Anglia but delivers and sings in a modern Americana style with country undertones. I had never heard her before It was just her by herself as she sometimes has a band. She is a lovely young lady and has such a rich sound to hear a voice and her whole performance was really good, she played a very small set but she played; Waste of time, 18 Miles and Storm this small set was lovely and the crowd really enjoyed it.
The country theme continued with our next act on; The Luck a brother and sister duo Max on vocals, guitar, and foot pedal style percussion and then Esmay his sister who is backing vocals and bass. The duo played country and Americana style music and are from the U.K. The dynamics of the two is great and quite funny great upbeat funky music that is great for a little dance. Their set was great and it had a great variety of their music both new and old, from “If this is Love” to“Holding On” a song about their mum and family and two other great songs from their new album; Ready To Run Lionheart and Vertigo which were great songs to listen to live and I would go see these two again for sure a great set!
Next on were Wildwood Kin but beforehand the audience refilled their glasses and they then came on; Wildwood Kin is an English contemporary family alt-folk trio, composed of sisters Beth and Emillie Key and their cousin Meghann Loney, from Exeter, Devon, England. I first saw these ladies supporting Seth Lakeman at the Cambridge Corn Exchange a few years ago, and tonight I got a great up-close experience of them in a small venue but with their signature style sound, Emillie plays guitar, Beth plays the bouzoukior keyboard, and Meghann playing the drums. They all work together and join forces for harmonies and then will take turns in doing lead vocals depending on the song. The girls came on and the crowd loved these girls from the first song which they opened their 17-tracklist set this was such a treat for everyone.
They opened with Heading for the water from their latest album that has recently just come out, this is a beautiful song full of Drums and Bass, and vocal harmonies, gentle and soft with great power. Their track list was full of amazing songs, from their new songs, on their new Self-titled album to old ones such as “taking a hold” & Run” The girls loved that the crowd loved them and whilst photographing them I could spot some fans who knew all the words, I also noticed that the ones hanging of the front barrier where all older guys who were happily singing alone but the funniest moment was when I spotted a couple dancing in a very tribal style and waving their arms all over the place the girls noticed this and loved the interpretive dancing from these two, but I think they were pretty drunk. They were coming to the end of their set and they usually end their sets with “Taking a Hold” but they didn’t tonight.
The final track was the one and only… Time has come! With added audience participation with the chorus which rounded off the show brilliantly. With an huge applause, they came off stage. They then just came back into the room and picked up a microphone and a guitar then got into the middle of the room where the crowd surrounded them and played this one beautifully, I’ve never seen a band do this but a great finale! This was the first night of the girls 19 date UK tour that ends on the4thof December, if you haven’t heard of them or want to go see them then below will be their social media links
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