Unlock the Secrets of Grace: Celebrating 30 Years of Jeff Buckley's Masterpiece

Friday 16th August

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Jeff Buckley

Song Sketch 44

Last week I stopped in my tracks to listen to Jeff Buckley’s chorus of “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over” as it came blasting out of a shop radio. His voice still so powerful, I was really taken aback. This year celebrates the 30th anniversary of Buckley’s timeless classic ‘Grace’, its hauntingly beautiful melodies, plaintive reverb guitar sounds and powerhouse tracks. Featuring a mix of original songs and covers, each delivered with heart aching emotional depth and soaring vocals. Highlights from the album include the mesmerising “Hallelujah,” the soulful “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over,” and the anthemic “Grace.” Sketch of the week, ‘Where Is’.

Bands in town

Bria Salmena, Tue 8th Oct, Servant Jazz Quaters

Lola Kirke + Simeon Hammond Dallas, Wed 21st Aug, 100 CLUB

Chanel Beads, Wed 28th Aug, Corsica Studios

Hello Mary, Wed 4th Sep, Shacklewell Arms

One’s to watch…

Maruja, Gritty and Grungy, with a Jazzy core.

Heartworms, gothic brand of post-punk, with electric in their feet!

O., from Dan Careys Speedy Wunderground Academy, come London-based Sax-Drums duo.

Mary In The Junkyard, deliver, ‘Tuesday’ an insanely impressive debut.

Ear Candy

Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should've Come Over (Live)

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (Live)

Jeff Buckley - Grace

Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye

Film Friday

Jeff Buckley: Everybody Here Wants You

“Jeff Buckley, a prodigiously talented guitarist and songwriter, drowned accidentally in 1997 at the age of 30.

Actor Brad Pitt, fellow musicians (Jimmy Page, Chrissie Hynde, Elizabeth Fraser, Patti Smith, among others) and Buckley's mother are among those contributing to this portrait of a cult performer who, with his 1994 album Grace, emerged as one of the most acclaimed, eclectic and original rock artists of recent times.”

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Sketch of the Week - Where Is

Lyrics - Where Is

We’re born

Alone as the sky

We’ll I’m used to disappointments

In the light in your eye

Can’t, forget that sight.

I could never really tell you where i’m going

We stand alone

all alone

Oh as strangers

In the cold of the stars

gives an indication of the distance we are

You console me

said don’t you feel alone

I could never really tell you that’s all I’ve known.

I could never really tell you that’s all I’ve known.

Where has my lover gone

Where has my love all gone

Where has my love all gone

There are strands

and holes in the sky.

Distant people listening in the folds of the night.

Oh elation

is a time I’ve known

but the manner of its leaving is what best I know.

The manner of its leaving is the thing that I know.

Where is my lover gone

Where is my love all gone

Where is my love all gone