Snowgoose + Jim McCulloch solo set
The Engine Room, North Shields
twenty sixth September 2022
Jim McCulloch is one in all Scotland’s largely extremely revered songwriters, having began his profession because the guitarist with the chart-topping Lanarkshire group, The Soup Dragons and Duglas T. Stewart’s cult heroes, The BMX Bandits. Jim then joined Joe McAlinden in Celebrity, earlier than occurring to put in writing songs for Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan. Placing out on his personal below the Inexperienced Peppers moniker, McCulloch began working with feminine vocalists, resulting in the formation of Snowgoose with vocalist Anna Sheard.
Snowgoose’s gorgeous debut album, Concord Springs showcased Sheard’s astonishing, crystalline vocals and McCulloch’s elegant songwriting, garnering rave evaluations within the Scottish music scene and past. With varied alumni of the Scottish indie scene, together with Teenage Fanclub’s Raymond McGinley contributing, the album efficiently mixed influences from British and US folk-rock of the ’60s and early ’70s, whereas pulling off the feat of sounding contemporary and fashionable.
2020’s The Making of You was an additional development, with Sheard and McCulloch making the choice to collaborate on the songwriting, leading to an album that surpassed the excessive requirements already set by its predecessor.
This present within the intimate environment of The Engine Room, nestled within the historic Fish Quay space of North Shields, on the financial institution of the River Tyne, is somewhat particular because it encompasses a solo set by McCulloch previous to the principle Snowgoose set. Fantastically constructed melodies, lyrics which can be evocative but firmly rooted within the on a regular basis, and under-stated enjoying have all turn into McCulloch emblems, his fat-free songwriting anchored within the cool aesthetics of Tom Jobim and João Gilberto simply as a lot because it nods to basic ’60s folk-rock.
That is positive to be a really particular night time at The Engine Room, so be sure to get your tickets prematurely to keep away from lacking out.
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All phrases by Gus Ironside, 2022. Extra writing by Gus will be discovered right here.
