I CANNOT claim to know Indian music well enough to assess the authenticity of classical guitarist Simon Thacker's excursions, but I am satisfied that Thacker has the passion as well as the musical knowledge to justify every note.
HE puts on a fine live show, does little Jamie Cullum, and perhaps one day it will be captured on a recording, because his studio work has never really reflected that – and this new one is, if anything, a step back.
Get a bass player, I thought as I noted that, like Keane, Edinburgh three-piece Collar Up made music driven by piano and vocals, with backseat guitars and drums.
