Last night, Darren Stuart and I went to see Ben Watt & Tracey Thorn (aka Everything but the Girl) at the Union Chapel in London’s glitzy Islington.
Drawing on their own back catalogues as well as the band’s, the night was quite mesmerising. They steered clear of a few of the more obvious choices (Missing, I Don’t Want to Talk About It, Each and Every One), but it was none the worst for that.
Thorn’s vocals have lost none of their seductive power. The crowd was captivated.
Set 1:
Night & Day (Cole Porter cover)
Run a Red Light
Mine
Hendra (Ben Watt song)
English Rose (The Jam cover)
anything (Adrianne Lenker cover)
Smoke (Tracey Thorn song)
Winter's Eve (Ben Watt song)
Single
Walking Wounded
Set 2:
Two Star
Where Are We Now? (David Bowie cover)
Frost & Fire
North Marine Drive (Ben Watt song)
Small Town Girl (Tracey Thorn song)
Three Moon Trail (Family Stereo cover)
Irene (Ben Watt song)
Downhill Racer
Mirrorball
Encore:
Nothing Left to Lose
25th December
