A chattering crowd petty much ignored an intimate show at the Slice from Scottish musician Simon Kempston, Saturday, Sept. 29.
He told a few stories about the disappointing experience of moving to London at 19 with his friends after being signed to a record contract as a popular indie folk band and having to move to London and sang a tune about that experience. All the while he played lilting, fingerpicked licks on acoustic guitar. Though he called his songs instrumentals, he sang in a pleasant tenor reminiscent of Johnny Reid.
He chatted engagingly about his beautiful new custom built acoustic guitar, caressing it gently as he made it sing as he played gorgeous melodies.
He played a bluesy number “Vulnerable Man” which he noted there was a video for which sounded like ’60s rockers Canned Heat’s version of “Going Up To The Country.”
I caught the last couple songs from local singer songwriter Tyson Borsboom, who sounded wonderful as usual with his big, booming heartfelt voice.
