Black*Scarr sang their songs of life, strife and all its vicissitudes, and told us insightful tales of how they write together and why being a songwriter means 'you're not ordinary'.
Gabriel Moreno brought his poetic soul to the evening, singing and accompanying himself on Spanish guitar, explaining his choice of chord progressions and presenting to us a rarely sung song about his father.
Your host, Simon Hopper, spoke of how Bob Dylan uses rhyme to underpin the power of his songs ('Once upon a time / You dressed so fine / Threw the bums a dime / In your prime') and how he steals Dylan's ideas to incorporate them into his own songwriting and sung a song about Bethnal Green and its inhabitants.
The audience arrived curious and left having been royally entertained by artists who care about their stories and educated, just a little, about what songwriters think about and the tricks of the trade they employ to communicate more effectively through their songs.
It's the first of a series of monthly concerts - every second Wednesday. The next is on 14th October.
Your host as always will be Simon Hopper, the guests are:
Michael Garrett @mikegarrettfolk
Louis Joseph Brennan @loubrennanmusic
Join us!
