John Cale: Dublin 2018/06/16 setlist

John Cale performed at the National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland - June 16, 2018.

The band:
John Cale: vocals, electric guitar, keyboards, viola
Dustin Boyer: lead guitar, samples
Joey Maramba: bass
Deantoni Parks: drums, samples

Setlist

1. Gravel Drive
2. Hedda Gabler
3. Dirty Ass Rock 'n' Roll
4. The Legal Status of Ice
5. E Is Missing
6. Style It Takes
7. Half Past France
8. Lady Godiva's Operation
9. Fear Is A Man's Best Friend
10. Ship Of Fools
11. Leaving It Up To You
12. Venus In Furs
13. Rosegarden Funeral of Sores
14. Wasteland
15. Hatred

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(Thanks: Marek Koudelka & David Mácha)

Words about music (463): Jarvis Cocker

TThere's the famous thing that the A&R man from the record company is supposed to do: He's supposed to come into the studio and listen to the songs you've been recording and then say, 'Guys, I don't hear any singles.' And then everybody falls into a terrible depression because you have to write one.

Jarvis Cocker

John Cale: Prague 2018/06/22 setlist

photo: nillyh1

John Cale performed at the Metronome Festival, Prague, Czech Republic - June 22, 2018.

The band:
John Cale: vocals, electric guitar, keyboards, viola
Dustin Boyer: lead guitar, samples
Joey Maramba: bass
Deantoni Parks: drums, samples

Setlist

1. Dirty Ass Rock 'n' Roll
2. I'm Waiting For The Man
3. Style It Takes
4. Heartbreak Hotel
5. Fear Is A Man's Best Friend
6. Helen Of Troy
7. Hatred
8. Gun > Pablo Picasso > Mary Lou

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Kat Riggins: In The Boys' Club

When in need of good old juke joint blues with a soul seasoning Kat Riggins is there to cover all the bases and then some. Her new album In The Boys' Club is a bold statement of a powerful artist who can outsing most of the competition and put a lid on all the doubters, who can't handle the sight of a woman hitting the stage.

She doesn't beat around the bush and leads her band through her songs with bravado. In The Boys' Club is tight but loose, whether she keep it simple in Troubles Away (nice touch to make it sound like a well-worn 7") of over the moon in Second to None. She shares the spotlights with Albert Castiglia in the rousing Kitty Won't Scratch<, who also throws in a bunch of choice guitar licks. This is an album for blues lovers of all ages.

Town of Saints: Up In Smoke

photo: Florian von Besser

Dutch/Finnish folk band Town of Saints are back with a new single, Up In Smoke, an upbeat singalong with a dark message. Fans of The Levellers will love it.

'Up In Smoke’ is a rather dark contemplation, describing the utter futility of our existence in a not too subtle way. The tune of the eternal defeatist, a drunk chorus conducted by a harbinger of doom… Perhaps one way to cope with the ‘end of the world’ is to drop everything you are doing, get wasted and never look back again. This is all in jest, of course and terribly exaggerated. Although...

It's their first new material since the release of their No Place Like This album.