Kitty Liv

 

Used to be a sister, brother, sister act (Kitty, Lewis and Daisy), but now they have become a brother, sister and husband act.  

When in London over summer

 

visit Dalston Eastern Curve Gardens (and try to make it there while there is a concert on). It is a nice, hidden garden, with some great events going on. This time we went to see Xambi

which were followed by the main band of the evening, 

Nana Benz du Togo.

The Harrison all day festival (Save the Harrison)

 

It was an all day festival (at the Jamboree) to raise funds for the Harrison (had to pay rent for the premises during Covid, even though they couldn't be open). The afternoon started with Jennie Higgins,

continued with Nine Dead Mice (only one of the three that actually appeared is on the photo).

Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra started off the evening, 

and the people started dancing. 

 Followed by The Alice Phelps Band

whose drummer smiled at me (or should I say my camera?).

 

Adam Beattie and 

Fiona Bevan came on next,

and they were followed by Dizraeli, who I heard for the first time and was my favourite of the night with his socially conscious songs. 

Alice came on stage for the second time in the night, this time with Alice and the Percolators (but as you have already seen a photo of her from the night, I decided to show you one of a member of the Percolators instead).
 

James Ridley brought the evening to the end

and people just couldn't get enough of live music and dancing.   

Louis Brennan

Another singer-songwriter I would probably never heard of it it wasn't for the Liverpudlian Parkin brothers, who are most likely the two people who go to the most concerts (not to work there) from all the people I know. It was great to see them during my stay in London and wonderful to attend a few concerts with them.    

Not a great football fan

 so instead of really focusing on the finals, I focused on the people watching and celebrating at the two Spanish bars at the end of the street.

Trellick 52 Festival

 It is good to come back to London and immediately discover there is a festival with live music going on. It gave me the chance to bump into some of the locals I haven't seen since I left London and hear a combination of not yet heard and already heard acts. The first one I came to was Greebo (Not seen them (I think this is the pronoun they identify with) before).  

Greebo was followed by Peaky Saku, who I also have not heard before.

And then came the already established local band Loretta & The Five Shades (with KJ), who I have already seen before. 

 Here are Loretta and KJ in a loving duet 

and of course Hamid, at whose place I spent a few New Year's eves (unlike on this photo, he often has a smile on that face of his), so I had to post a photo of him here.

Of course we also had our local Rotten Hill Gang (so guess where we were :) ) 

In the area a proper day of music needs to have a steel band at some stage, this time The Metronomes closed down the show. 

While the music was playing the graffiti artists were creating their art   

and people were 

dancing.