<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?attachment_id=677" rel="attachment wp-att-677"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-677" title="joan-armatrading(nov12)" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/joan-armatradingnov12.jpg" alt="" width="192" height="263" /></a>Joan Armatrading has been a favourite of ours for over 30 years and as Jane said as we walked away from the theatre, "she never disappoints her audience". For Joan's biography <a title="Joan Armatrading" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Armatrading" target="_blank">click here...</a>

She was supported by an up and coming singer songwriter called <a title="Jimmy Brewer" href="http://www.jimmybrewer.co.uk/#!home/mainPage" target="_blank">Jim Brewer </a>who did 3 interesting songs and was followed by a more experienced modern folk, singer song writer <a title="Chris Wood" href="http://www.chriswoodmusic.co.uk/" target="_blank">Chris Wood</a>. Both were competent but it was easy to see that Chris Wood has been on the circuit for many years because his singing and guitar playing were very relaxed; many of his songs had a modern political slant.

Joan's concert was a wonderful mixture of some of her old and new songs which had the audience singing along, clapping and having a great time. The last time we saw her she focussed very much on her guitar playing, which is brilliant, however this time there were more songs when she put her guitar down and just concentrated on the singing. I thought she looked a bit awkward without the guitar but Jane disagreed and thought she appeared relaxed and very at ease with herself and her music.

Her set list consisted of: Show Some Emotion; Single Life, Close To Me; All the Way From America; Crazy; A Woman In Love; Tell Me; Love And Affection; Tall In The Saddle; My Baby's Gone; Starlight; The Weakness in Me; Cool Blue Stole My Heart; You Rope You Tie Me; Kissin' And A' Huggin'; (I Love It When You) Call Me Names; Best Dress On; Me Myself I; Encore: Drop The Pilot; Summer Kisses. Sadly there was no Willow but hopefully next time.