'Spellbound' Jessica Lee Morgan and Sorcha Chisholm
perform songs from their hypnotic new albums
Last Show: Wednesday 23 rd August 2017
The Pheasantry (Chelsea)
After joining forces again with Holy Holy, alongside father, Tony Visconti, and Woody Woodmansey, Jessica plays songs from her second solo album, 'Around The Block'. Her rich, appealing voice and worldly songwriting skills sound wonderful in the intimate confines of the music room, her songs are upbeat and warmly melodic, 'Your Girl' and 'Texas Angel' proffering a Joni Mitchell-style delivery. Another standout new song, 'I Am Not', has a great, obstinate Alanis Morissette feel, and the set’s diversity takes in the gentle waltz of 'Stay With Me' and poppy 'When Did It All Begin?'. While her mother, Mary Hopkin, has long retired from performance, she continues to create new music, including 2013’s richly-hued 'Painting By Numbers'. On her own songs, Jessica has her own assured voice, but covering a handful of her mother’s tunes, there are echoes of that enchanting Hopkin vibrato. It infuses the material with power and poignancy.