{"id":19614,"date":"2019-08-11T11:44:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T10:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/?p=19614"},"modified":"2019-08-11T11:45:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T10:45:46","slug":"review-connor-selby-at-the-musician-friday-2nd-august-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/review-connor-selby-at-the-musician-friday-2nd-august-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2013 Connor Selby at The Musician, Friday 2nd August 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n

With Elysian and Ramblin’ Preachers<\/h2>\n

The gig was organised by\u00a0 Casbah Music Management and Promotions<\/a><\/p>\n

Reviewed by Yuki Hozumi<\/a><\/p>\n

The emerging blues-rock musician, Connor Selby<\/strong>, came down to Leicester and graced the long-awaited show, with the superb supporting bands, Elysian<\/strong> and Ramblin\u2019 Preachers<\/strong>. The nostalgia of blues and soul sounds made us comfortable like a summer breeze on hot days.<\/p>\n

Elysian<\/strong>, guitar and singer bluesy duo from Leicester, started off the show. The atmosphere was somewhat gloomy and weepy, but of course, that was no bad thing in blues music. They captured the lonely feeling everyone has from time to time and embraced it softly.<\/p>\n

They also covered Amy Winehouse\u2019s song, You Know I\u2019m No Good, and covered it well.<\/p>\n

\"\"Elysian Photo: Kevin Gaughan<\/p>\n

Ramblin’ Preachers<\/strong>, a four-piece blues\/rock band from Milton Keynes. The combination of the bouncy drums and the vocalist\u2019s grumpy voice excited us in no time. Whenever the lead guitar played his solo parts, the sound seemed like it had emotions and some meanings, since the sounds were very expressive.<\/p>\n

Such guitar sounds gave me the impression that there was another vocalist in the band. Consequently, the audiences were shaking heads along with the lively rhythms and the venue was warmed up.<\/p>\n

\"\"Ramblin’ Preachers Photo: Kevin Gaughan<\/p>\n

For the headline act, Connor Selby<\/strong> from Essex stepped onto the stage with his band. They started from Made Up My Mind<\/em>, which made the audience very attentive. And everyone was absorbed in the cosy melody and his guitar-playing, sounding like John Mayer and Eric Clapton.<\/p>\n

The songs covered a wide range of musical styles, yet mainly based on decent blues beats. See It Through<\/em> was the lively up-beat song with a mixture of multiple genres such as blues, jazz and rockabilly. However, You Hurt Me<\/em> was a mature blues tune that made us feel nostalgic.<\/p>\n

During Connor\u2019s guitar parts, he was like a part of the instrument, closing his eyes, stroking the strings smoothly, and feeling the sounds.<\/p>\n

I would recommend feeling the sounds by listening to their debut album, Made Up My Mind<\/em>, get it here from Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Connor Selby on Facebook.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Connor Selby Photo: Kevin Gaughan<\/p>\n

If you would like to share this review, please help us by using the share buttons below instead of a screen print – thanks!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With Elysian and Ramblin’ Preachers The gig was organised by\u00a0 Casbah Music Management and Promotions Reviewed by Yuki Hozumi The emerging blues-rock musician, Connor Selby, […]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":19620,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[214,216],"tags":[239,257],"class_list":["post-19614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-214","category-gig_reviews","tag-folk-music","tag-the-blues"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_9189-1000px-edited.jpg?fit=1001%2C695&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73uhX-56m","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19546,"url":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/preview-connor-selby-special-guests-at-the-musician-friday-2nd-august-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":19614,"position":0},"title":"Preview – Connor Selby + Ramblin’ Preachers & Elysian at The Musician, Friday 2nd August 2019","author":"Kevin Gaughan","date":"30\/07\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Organised by Casbah Music Management and Promotions When you go to gigs\/festivals, sometimes you find your new favourite bands that you and your friends didn't know existed Connor Selby enthralled the audience at London\u2019s 90,000 seat Wembley Stadium, the largest stadium in the UK. In July 2019, The Who, Kaiser\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "2019"","block_context":{"text":"2019","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/Music\/2019\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Connor-Selby2.jpg?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Connor-Selby2.jpg?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Connor-Selby2.jpg?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Connor-Selby2.jpg?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Connor-Selby2.jpg?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3344,"url":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/new-leicester-duo-elysian\/","url_meta":{"origin":19614,"position":1},"title":"New Leicester Duo Elysian","author":"Trevor Locke","date":"12\/01\/2014","format":false,"excerpt":"New Leicester Duo 'Elysian' to launch at Gig at Pi Bar by Olly stabler A new duo acoustic duo has been formed by Celia Allsop and Lon Fisher named 'Elysian'. The duo is set to launch properly under this new name with a gig at Pi Bar in Leicester on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Guide to live music"","block_context":{"text":"Guide to live music","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/Music\/music-home-page\/gigs-music-home-page\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Andessa-Martin.jpg?fit=600%2C526&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Andessa-Martin.jpg?fit=600%2C526&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Andessa-Martin.jpg?fit=600%2C526&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":29953,"url":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/gig-review-connor-selby-band-at-the-musician-friday-12th-may-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":19614,"position":2},"title":"Gig review – Connor Selby & Band at The Musician, Friday 12th May 2023","author":"Kevin Gaughan","date":"18\/05\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Connor has grown in stature and become a cultured, confident and totally assured musician and bandleader.","rel":"","context":"In "2023"","block_context":{"text":"2023","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/Music\/2023\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Connor Selby. Photo (c) Rich Wakefield","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/344297729_650746603775758_2277171798522982924_n.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/344297729_650746603775758_2277171798522982924_n.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/344297729_650746603775758_2277171798522982924_n.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/344297729_650746603775758_2277171798522982924_n.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":25981,"url":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/gig-review-connor-selby-and-band-at-the-soundhouse-friday-29th-october-2021\/","url_meta":{"origin":19614,"position":3},"title":"Gig review – Connor Selby and band at The Soundhouse, Friday 29th October 2021","author":"Kevin Gaughan","date":"11\/11\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"with Greg Brice Over the Halloween weekend, The Soundhouse opened its doors to blues lovers, as they prepared for an evening filled with soulful and emotionally driven songs. The gig kicked off with Greg Brice who absolutely blew me away. Before the gig began I was a little apprehensive, as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "2021"","block_context":{"text":"2021","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/Music\/2021\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6581.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6581.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6581.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_6581.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17570,"url":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/preview-lets-face-the-music-at-duffys-bar-firebug-friday-22nd-march-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":19614,"position":4},"title":"Preview – Let’s Face the Music at Duffy’s Bar & Firebug, Friday 22nd March 2019","author":"Kevin Gaughan","date":"01\/03\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Organised by\u00a0Music in Leicester,\u00a0Firebug and\u00a0Duffy's Bar Friday 22nd March sees possibly one of the best nights of live music this year in the fair city of Leicester. Music in Leicester online magazine combines forces with Firebug and Duffy\u2019s Bar to bring you \u2018Let\u2019s Face the Music\u2019. Spread over three stages,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "2019"","block_context":{"text":"2019","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/Music\/2019\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/LFTMposter-1000px-wide.jpg?fit=849%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/LFTMposter-1000px-wide.jpg?fit=849%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/LFTMposter-1000px-wide.jpg?fit=849%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/LFTMposter-1000px-wide.jpg?fit=849%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11643,"url":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/open-mic-nights-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":19614,"position":5},"title":"Open-mic 2017","author":"Trevor Locke","date":"23\/01\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Open-mic nights in Leicester and Leicestershire 2017","rel":"","context":"In "2017"","block_context":{"text":"2017","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/Music\/2017\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Rhett-Barrow-11th-June-2018.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Rhett-Barrow-11th-June-2018.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Rhett-Barrow-11th-June-2018.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19614"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19622,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19614\/revisions\/19622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}