LIVE REVIEW
23 April: Dingwalls, Camden
  with Zanderman

Shea's recent gig at Camden Lock just confirmed my opinions of her greatness. Definitely not just another female singer-songwriter, she presented her songs with a wide range of influences and styles. Mixing soulful bluesy rock with folk, ska and sometimes hip-hop beats, the whole thing could have been a mess but it worked. Coming on like a young female Bowie in camel coat and stylish chapeau she bursted energy and confidence throughout the whole set. Her intention was to appear smart for her last UK date of the tour, but the coat and hat proved to be too hot under the lights of Dingwalls and so were discarded as the evening went on. Chester and the rest of the band were cool and laid back, and added a touch more funkiness than on the album tracks. With such an array of electronica, loops and samples going on, Terry on the keyboards nearly stole the show with his mad professor act, but it was Shea's show. Starting off with Wasting The Rain and Last Time, she then segued seamlessly from the beat poetry of Stumped into an animated cover of Ani DiFranco's Fuel. The set also comprised of a bouncy I Love You Too Much, her infectious single Clutch, the trip-hoppy Blind Situation and the inspirational Shatterwall. After performing a great new song, Voiceless, that was like an Edie Brickell dance track, she really let herself go on covers of Ike and Tina Turner's blues classic A Fool In Love and two-tone Selecter's On My Radio. She also performed the soulful Isn't It Good?, Always and then finished off with her own bluesy number Can't Lie and then May Street. The band came back for one encore of Twisted, which was quite apt considering the manic manoeuvres of Terry the keyboard player.

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