Today I went to Rough Trade East to check out Ben Weaver. He’s a country singer-songwriter as well as poet. His lyrics were witty and poignent. I loved his deep bassy voice accompanied by the crispy sound of the banjo (and acoustic guitar but I only caught one song with that). He previous performed at the Luminaire which Anika attended and wrote a review for and it was nice seeing him play a few tunes at the Rough Trade. At one point he joked around about how the place has a lot of big rats (eep). Like all instore performances, it was short and snappy. I left the store (after some browsing) feeling pretty chuffed that I saw him live.
5 Comments to Ben Weaver live at Rough Trade East
by Anika
On January 15, 2009 at 12:24 am
mmmmm that shot is tasty. Great colours.
by crazybobbles
On January 15, 2009 at 12:27 am
hehe come on! i’m sure you’re bored to death with rough trade’s background :p you and i have seen it faaaaaaar too much times! though it’s better than pure groove’s mind
by Anika
On January 15, 2009 at 1:09 am
I like it! My shots at Rough Trade are always really……colourless. But not completely colourless, as you would have a hard time seeing them.
by crazybobbles
On January 15, 2009 at 1:11 am
it’s not THAT hard
by Anika
On January 15, 2009 at 10:07 am