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Classy rock and roll: Kitty, Daisy & Lewis live in Sheffield

Many moons ago, we saw bright young things Kitty, Daisy & Lewis touring their debut album at Clwb Ifor Bach and were suitably impressed with their r'n'b/blues/swing/rock/you name it mix.  Moving forward 8 years and the recorded output of the band (definitely still bright and young!) has strengthened - I strongly recommend listening to latest album The Third - a lot more original writing and plenty of sass. The opportunity to hear them live again was a definite yes. Not to mention a good excuse for a weekend trip to Sheffield. 

Dosed up on Remo's coffee and with a pit stop at The Devonshire Cat, we arrived at The Plug to see support band Kiziah and The Kings from Doncaster. We'd not researched the band before, but they are a pretty funky mix of soul/rock/reggae with a very confident manner; and a pretty good front singer with Kiziah. An enjoyable set - their sounds are available (and definitely worth a listen) at Bandcamp, Soundcloud etc. 


Tan Tan and the band
The Plug filled up for the main show; it seems K D & L have picked up a vocal and enthusiastic fan base! The set mostly consisted of songs from newest album The Third, with a few older songs thrown in - in particular ending with a classic 'Going Up The Country'.  Part way through the set, the band invited guest trumpeter Eddie Tan Tan Thornton on stage to join them. Thornton features on The Third; his infectious humour and classy performance was a joy, with a lot of infectious dancing amongst the audience. The musicianship of the Durham siblings has, if anything, got even better. They shared around instruments with ease and the performance level never dipped throughout the hour and a half set. Kitty was in some ways the anchor lead singer  - and a very good one, with plenty of charisma. The band (including dad Graeme - Daddy Grazz - and mum Ingrid Weiss) clearly work very well together and the result was a slick, fun, exciting evening. 
Lewis

Hopefully it won't be another 8 years until we see them again...   
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