What a delight it was to see Helen Watson last night. Her presence was warm, witty, gentle and understated, but her performance was outstanding. From the moment she started singing, we were there with her, locked into a beautiful unaccompanied version of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘I aint got you’ and then treated to a magical mix of original songs from her new album ‘Headrest’ (which sold like hot cakes) and haunting blues and soul numbers such as ‘That’s all it took’ (George Jones) and ‘I thought you should know’ (Steve Earle). You realise straight away that Helen is a professional artist, someone who thinks about her audience and delivers a mesmerising repertoire with charm and ease. We will definitely be having Helen back; if you missed her this time, don’t miss her again

This was our first club night since December, we were in our new venue and the atmosphere was great. So thanks to the Open House bar staff who made us very welcome and helped us out during the evening, and thanks to all our floor singers: Mike Ainscough, Chloe, Pete Cartlidge and Tim Broadbent, for contributing their range of styles and musical talent to this extremely enjoyable evening.

Ness and Alan

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