{"id":16386,"date":"2015-12-08T10:19:55","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T10:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=16386"},"modified":"2015-12-08T10:19:55","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T10:19:55","slug":"james-bay-bournemouth-international-centre-live-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/12\/james-bay-bournemouth-international-centre-live-review\/","title":{"rendered":"James Bay – Bournemouth International Centre – Live Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alan Ewart, from music blog, The Sound of Summer,<\/a> guest blogs for us with his live review of James Bay’s show at the Bournemouth International Centre.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

I\u00a0first came across James Bay<\/a> a couple of years ago when he played the BBC Introducing slot on the main stage at the Larmer Tree festival<\/a>. \u00a0I remember being impressed by his guitar playing and although his Indie rock sound sits on the lighter end of my musical taste It was blindingly obvious that this was a young man destined for great things.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Fast forward a couple of years and James has played the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury, has a No 1 album, a No 2 single and a Brit Award under his belt. What is more important in my book is that Bay has come through in the right way. \u00a0He has worked hard\u00a0to develop his art, he has paid his dues playing in small venues up and down the country and has undoubtedly earned the adulation that is now coming his way.<\/p>\n

Bay has sold out venues across the UK, Europe and the USA and is now embarked on a totally sold out UK tour in bigger venues. \u00a0Earlier this week I got the chance to catch Bay at Bournemouth’s International centre, one of the south coasts major music venues. \u00a0The show, like the rest of this tour sold out months ago. \u00a0I was somewhat surprised to find that the venue decided to put Bay on in the 2500 capacity Solent Hall rather than the Windsor Hall with its 6000 standing capacity. \u00a0In the event I was grateful for this as it made for a more intimate show and the sound was first rate. \u00a0I often find the sound in the larger hall patchy to say the least.<\/p>\n

\"James<\/p>\n

As seems to be the case these days the show had two warm up acts both of whom were excellent in their own way. \u00a0Samm Henshaw<\/a>\u00a0played a 30 minute set accompanied by a bass player and a keyboard player. \u00a0I was impressed with Samm’s delightful soulful set. \u00a0Samm has the sort of delightful voice that reminds you of the masters of the genre. \u00a0it isn’t too big a stretch to say that Samm reminded me of the likes of Sam Cooke and Otis Reading, he is that good. \u00a0Seriously. \u00a0I wasn’t familiar with Samm before this gig but you can be sure that I will be checking him out in more depth in the future.<\/p>\n

Next up was\u00a0Elle King<\/a>,\u00a0a California based singer-songwriter who melds Indie rock with a little bit of a Country rock complete with banjo. \u00a0I had caught some of Elle’s set on the Festival Republic stage at this years Reading Festival so I was looking forward to seeing her in a more intimate environment. \u00a0I was not disappointed. \u00a0There is no question that this girl has it all going on. \u00a0her vocals are great, she has a ton of energy and her band are as tight as a camels ass in a sandstorm. \u00a0Elle was so good that some of my fellow photographers went off to buy her album\u00a0Love Stuff<\/em>\u00a0and hunted her down to get it signed.<\/p>\n

\"James<\/p>\n

James Bay took to the stage at 9.15 pm and played a 90 minute set. \u00a0Unsurprisingly Bay played his debut album in it’s entirety opening with ‘Collide’ before moving on to album opener ‘Craving’. It is very clear that the time Bay has put into touring has paid huge dividends. \u00a0He is now an incredibly confident young man who knows what his band are going to do and is happy to play to the crowd. \u00a0 It seemed that the whole crowd knew every word of every song and they sang them back at the top of their lungs.<\/p>\n

\"James<\/p>\n

Bay undoubtedly has a great voice and is supported by a strong band and the sold out crowd enjoyed every moment. \u00a0James, dressed in his trademark skinny jeans and back fedora, was clearly enjoying every moment too. \u00a0Bay even surprised us by playing a cover of Alicia Keys hit song ‘If I Ain’t Got You’ as the meat in the sandwich of his three song encore. \u00a0This was the highlight of the set for me as it gave Bay the opportunity to display his full vocal range. \u00a0Bay rounded out the show with his biggest hit to date ‘Hold Back The River’ and sent the crowd home with a huge smile on their faces.<\/p>\n

Check out Alan’s blog, The Sound of Summer<\/a>, for more\u00a0great posts like this!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alan Ewart, from music blog, The Sound of Summer, guest blogs for us with his live review of James Bay’s show at the Bournemouth International Centre.<\/p>\n

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