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Supercello: Laura Moody at Old Cinema Launderette

Once again far too busy to look anything up beforehand... so M and I headed to see Laura Moody on Friday completely fresh. Wow! 

A very cosy audience at the Old Cinema Launderette were treated to Laura's super songs and very funky cello playing (slide cello, anyone!). Just happened to pick up a copy of the latest NARC magazine to find... an article about Laura Moody! She is one very original and talented musician, from contemporary music with Elysian Quartet and The Gogmagogs to Meredith Monk emsemble. 

The songs we heard in her 1-hour set mixed genres, effects (vocal and instrumental), structures and funny stories (including tales of Stockhausen in a helicopter) for a very memorable evening. Some of the most original music (no typical song structures here) I've heard since I first saw The PepTides... Cello as harp, drum, ukulele, funky tunings - all here. George the cello is very versatile...

Most of the songs were taken from current album Acrobats, with a few other songs as well; the set opened with 'Turn Away'. I really liked 'Creeping Alopecia' (definite lyric similarities to PepTides there!) and the song (whose name I now cannot recall - Lucy something) about a disillusioned middle-aged woman. The most 'classical' song was Memento, from the Vivaldi aria Vieni, Vieni O Mio Diletto, and great 'harp' effects on 'Call This Time Love'.

All this amazing music can be seen on YouTube and for the rest of Laura's UK tour.

 
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