25th January 2012 – Q Now: The Sessions – To Kill a King supported by Jamie N Commons and Jodie Marie
| | The night started as the previous one had ended – with a talented female vocalist from a home nation – this time from Wales. While her voice is not as powerful as Emeli Sandé, Jodie Marie’s mixes R&B with rock – and steers way from the traditional pop sound. When I last saw Marie she was supporting Nerina Pallot and her backing band only had one member – since touring Europe it has grown to three – and that added depth to the songs, although the best ones featured Marie taking the lead on her own guitar. |
| Jamie N Commons’ backing band numbered four – spread across the rather wide but narrow stage at XOYO… They brought up the folk level in the night’s music while maintaining the rock element – with an American twang – which brought to mind Johnny Cash or some other 60’s voice out of the west of America – possible re-enforced by his choice of a wide brimmed hat! |  |
 | The theme of the night was clearly – “how many musicians can you get on the stage” – with To Kill a King supplementing their number with members of Professor Penguin to add brass to their sound, bring their number to eight at times… The sound moved more in the direction of folk, and adding elements of Jazz when the Penguins where contributing. The highlight for my was when Ralph Pelleymounter turned to his keyboard for some of the closing numbers of the set. |
XOYO was a little more chilled out than it had been the previous evening with none of the stars having yet risen as high as the star of the series of gig presented by Q Magazine so far on Tuesday night….
Set Lists
| To Kill a King | Jodie Marie |
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Cold Skin -
Wrecking Crew -
Fictional State -
Moon Envy -
Gasp -
Rays -
I Work Nights -
Wolves -
Bloody Shirt -
Funeral -
Cannibal with Cutlery -
Family | -
Numb -
On the Road -
Single Blank Canvas -
I Got You -
Greeney-Blue -
Remember Me |
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