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
