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“Anyone interested in the theatre should see this company now” The Observer What’s on: the old market presents: prince vaseline / grasshopper / lutine mon 7 dec club click sat 12 dec the ugly duckling 27 Dec - 3 jan the ugly duckling workshops 28 - 29 dec golem 29 dec - 16 jan Hove’s Independent, High Quality Live Theatre and Venue 29 Dec - 16 jan golem theoldmarket.com
music ................................................ Sam Walker Gentleman of the road In 2013 I went to Lewes for the Gentlemen of the Road tour, and watched the likes of The Vaccines, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes and Vampire Weekend. But none of those bands came close to offering the best performance I witnessed that weekend. That came from Sam Walker, playing live, for free, in the Lansdown Arms, on Sunday afternoon, after the crowds had gone home. His performance of Bubble brought a lump to my throat. “I’ve got a huge range of influences from the whistling of my kettle to Shostakovich… to whatever,” he tells me, over a cappuccino in the Cyclist, when I ask him where the hell he gets his ideas. We’ve met up to talk about his forthcoming show at the Dome, The Sweetness of the Gathering Night, the culmination of a good deal of ‘distillation’ of his repertoire he’s been working on, having been chosen as the latest Spectrum artist in residence. This quiet spoken multi-instrumentalist calls his idiosyncratic music ‘eclectic pop’ and, as something of a fan, I can’t think of a more succinct way of describing his wide-ranging output of imaginative sounds. I first saw Sam play (drums) in the same Lewes pub in 2006, back in the days he was the drummer in Turning Green. It was the first time I’d witnessed crowd-surfing in a one-room pub. Turning Green folded in 2007, and Sam went solo, after briefly forming a second band, The Muel. “It ended up as a twelve-piece,” he tells me, “it took me half my time getting everybody together just to play. I wanted more mobility.” Mobility is the right word for it. You might have seen him play some time in the last couple of years, if you happened to be in Hamburg, or Oslo, or Melbourne, or Montreal, or Buenos Aires (or East Grinstead, or Swanage). “I’ve been on a bit of a world tour,” he says, “either playing on my own, or as a drummer with bigger bands.” He’s been using gigs with the likes of Fischer Z, Arthur Brown and Charlie Winston as a conduit to setting up his own gigs, no space too small. I realise I haven’t come close to describing Sam’s style of music. He’s not much help. “Sing-along melodies,” he tries. “Rocky tunes… big riffs.” Surely, I joke, that could describe Status Quo? He gives up. “It’s not for me to describe,” he says. “I’ll send you some links.” If your interest is piqued listen to him on Soundcloud. Bubble wouldn’t be a bad start. Sam promises some ‘surprises’ at the show, and (obviously) won’t divulge what he means. He sees the gig as a launch pad for the next part of his career. “I haven’t a clue where it will launch me,” he says. “I’m just going to work my arse off and see where I end up.” Alex Leith The Sweetness of the Gathering Night, Dome Studio, Dec 2nd ....51....
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