KICK IN THE BITS/DADA WOMEN/RAI WADDINGHAM/CHRIS COTTIS-ALLAN
Duffys 22nd June 2025
Another Sunday, and another "Up the Duffy's" and as always Chris put together a terrific bill to give us a terrific evening of music...
First up was Chris Cottis-Allan who kicked off as the audience was coming in, and eventually was playing to a large crowd who were thoroughly loving his great set. Chris has a presence on stage... relaxed and comfortable with a real warmth. Very much about the song, which are all good and lyrically excellent... a really warm and highly enjoyable set which was rightly warmly received by the audience
Next up was Rai Waddingham, for me the highlight of the evening. Beautiful voice, great singer and writer of superb powerful songs... hugely assured and warm performance loved by the audience... superb set... absolutely loved it... what more can i say?
Next up were Dada Women, representing the Riotous collective who were well represented as ever in the audience. I have never seen this band play better... full of power and energy they delivered a really cracking set of their great original material with real energy, commitment and assurance.. a terrific set that got toes a-tapping and dancers a-dancing... loved it!
To end the evening, up stepped A Kick In The Bits... they seemed to take a while to set up but once they did they announced themselves in an explosion of sound and power which was sustained throughout the set. The band have elements of Rock, Punk, Two-Tone and Reggae as they blow through their set of high powered exciting hooligan music...The songs sounded pretty good but the overall power of the sound meant i wan't concentrating on the lyrical content, though there was a strong political element... The band are a real breath of fresh air, led generally by exuberant trombone and rocking like fury throughout... the band clearly have a ball playing.. and so do the listening audience... a powerful, exciting and great fun end to what was a superb evening of music.
If you haven't been to one of these shindigs you are missing out... consistently high quality music, great friendly vibes and a knowledgable audience who are there to meet greet and socialise but always stay quiet and really listen to and appreciate the artists performing...
Keep music live... keep music real... support your local venues and artists.
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