VENUE TRADING BOUNDARIES, FLETCHING
DATE 28/04/2023
The evening begins with a brief Q&A session with David Cross and Larks’ Tongues In Aspic lyricist and solo artist Richard-Palmer James. Cross is cryptic and evasive, and proceedings are truncated with a number of audience members’ hands still hopefully raised. Palmer-James then plays a solo acoustic set of intriguing, observational songs, including Cologne 1977. He throws in a version of Crimson’s The Night Watch from Starless And Bible Black and is joined by the headliners for In The Court Of The Crimson King, which is enjoyable despite a few uncertain moments.
The David Cross Band deliver a short, dynamic set. The bandleader plays his five-stringed electric violin with intensity. Drummer Jack Summerfield and Mick Paul on six-string bass relish the time changes and…
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