Member Since: 29/10/2007
Band Members: VERITY SESSIONS
REVIEWS!!!
Horseman Shakes and the Drayman + Rogue Radio + The Van Cleef + Re-Writing Destiny + Verity Sessions - 3rd January 2009
Reviewed by Martin StapletonThe first gig at Esquires this year hopefully bodes well, as a real mix of musical styles were on display. I am immediately smitten by young acoustic diva Verity Sessions. Tall, angular, with a shock of long fair hair kept under wraps by a black bowler hat. She has a gentle but fluid style of playing. Her songs are more mature and a lot less mainstream in substance than a good few of her peers who have performed here recently. It's certainly enjoyable, and this leftfield approach is only interrupted by a Kings Of Leon cover that the crowd can instantly latch on to. It's a chance for Verity to rock out as she vehemently taps her guitar at its close. The rest are all self-penned, of which I particularly enjoyed 'This Time Last Year'. The lyrics are deeply ironic as Verity sings "My eyes are burning from the sleep I haven't had". Verity might be saying this with more feeling tonight as she is suffering with a very heavy cold. She takes sips of water between songs to stop her from "coughing my guts up"! She has us all doe-eyed as her vocals and guitar gently bleed, especially on the haunting 'This Summers Ours' and the closing "More Than This'. Superb.
Influences: KT Tunstall, Beth Orton, Ray LaMontagne, Fleetwood Mac, Snow Patrol,Tracy Chapman, Buffseeds (IKO), Van Morrisson, air traffic, Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Keran Ann, The Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Counting Crows, Damien Rice, David Gray, Editors, Fiest, Gomez, Guillemots, The Honeymoon, Jose Gonzalez, Newton Faulkner, Paolo Nutini, Pearl Jam, Ryan Adams, Sade, Sheryl Crow, and so much more that i can't even think!
Sounds Like: Beth Orton, Tanita Tikaram.......and the one from the cranberries!
Pittball Festival 2008 Thorncombe Lyme Regis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ-Nn3zCSAc
Check out the crazy dancing woman, she loved it, you can also hear her harmonies... and apologies for not knowing the words to black horse and a cherry tree....i hang my head in super fan shame...