The Geomatic Attic began their season with a beautiful show from the Good Lovelies and Royal Wood with a little help from special guest Peter Katz, Sept. 8 at the Southminster United Church.
They had a good turnout of approximately 300 people on a drizzly night.
I only caught the end of the Good Lovelies’ well, lovely set of acoustic folk featuring lots of mandolin and tenderly strummed acoustic guitar.
I arrived just in time to hear Peter Katz adding extra vocals to the Good Lovelies’ always mesmerizing vocal harmonies on their song “Lie Down.” Their harmonies had a vintage ’50s/’60 pop vibe.
Royal Wood had a tight band behind him.
He began his laid back, easygoing set by playing piano and switched to guitar as he told stories and sang upbeat pop tinged folk music which reminded me of a mix between Jackson Browne and Paul McCartney.
He played songs from throughout his career including his popular hit “ Forever and Ever” which came early on in the set and which had much of the audience singing along.
He invited the Good Lovelies’ Kerri Ough on stage to sing a duet with him.
He wound down his show by talking about going on retreat in Ireland in a rented cabin and just write for about a month.
He ended his set by telling a story about the experience and strumming his ukulele, which he named Betsy as he wandered to the front of the enraptured audience with Peter Katz to sing a lovely, acoustic song he wrote about Ireland.
– by Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor