WATCH: Bands In Transit @ The Great Escape – Part 2: Joy Formidable, Guillemots, Dry The River, Ed Sheeran, James Vincent McMorrow
By: Tim Dellow
[JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW - PHOTOGRAPH COPYRIGHT SOL ARCHER 2011]
This week sees Bands In Transit unveiling a myriad of performances filmed at The Great Escape from as diverse a group of artists as current BBC Radio 1 A-Lister Ed Sheeran to the visceral songwriting of James Vincent McMorrow…
Visit www.bandsintransit.com for the full raft of sessions including Marques Toliver, The Joy Formidable and Grouplove or scroll down for some recent highlights, kicking off with Ed Sheeran, who performed an intimate stripped down version of ‘A-Team’, his current radio smash for us, and spoke to John Kennedy on the nature of DIY touring, and what it means to be a modern, self-sufficient artist below:
Following last week’s stunning rendition of ‘Family Tree’, Dry The River perform a number of tracks and are interviewed by Jen Long about the perils of tour soundtracks:
James Vincent McMorrow strips back his songs to the bare bones for us in this uniquely haunting session on Brighton Seafront at The Great Escape festival:
and interviewed by John Kennedy here:
Last week we brought you a rendition of ‘I Must Be A Lover’ from Guillemots and this week we’re proud to bring you another cut from their new album interspersed with a interview about the band’s future recording plans with John Kennedy:
The Joy Formidablelast week proved them to be unstoppable when it comes to acoustic renditions – even trashing their gear in the back of our Transit. This week Jen Long has them “doing the worm” and performing more exclusive brilliance for us!
Artists in this article: The Joy Formidable, Guillemots, James Vincent McMorrow, Dry The River