It seems almost immoral to review an artist who has been making music longer than you’ve been alive. From acoustic, to pop, to blues and now rock, Joan Armatrading is back on the road to reaffirm why she is one of the most renowned UK singer-songwriters in the female league. Tonight she’s back with the launch of her latest release This Charming Life, an album which reads like an ode to Hendrix. Electric guitar in hand, Joan rips through her new songs, with riffs and guitar shredding that Led Zeppelin would have been proud to have composed. You’d think with 20 odd albums, an Ivor Novello...15/04/2010 | Joan Armatrading – The Anvil, Basingstoke
It seems almost immoral to review an artist who has been making music longer than you’ve been alive. From acoustic, to pop, to blues and now rock, Joan Armatrading is back on the road to reaffirm why she is one of the most renowned UK singer-songwriters in the female league. Tonight she’s back with the launch of her latest release This Charming Life, an album which reads like an ode to Hendrix. Electric guitar in hand, Joan rips through her new songs, with riffs and guitar shredding that Led Zeppelin would have been proud to have composed. You’d think with 20 odd albums, an Ivor Novello...