Kelley Stoltz at Where Else?

Schedule

Sat Jul 13 2024 at 07:00 pm to 11:00 pm

Location

Where Else? | Margate, EN

During the 2010’s Kelley played live as a sideman with Rodriguez and Echo & the Bunnymen, as the 2020’s dawned he was invited to support Pavement on their big reunion tour. He’s also been heard playing drums live with Robyn Hitchcock as well as adding sitar to Hitchcock's last two albums. In 2022, Stoltz was championed with a live appearance on Marc Riley’s BBC6 show. As producer, he has recorded the new album by Brigid Dawson formerly of the Ohsees.
Between these outside musical projects, pushing past 50 years old and becoming a father for the first time, he has been steadily writing and recording new songs of his own. The result is “La Fleur”, his 18th album, a dazzling collection of 12 tracks chosen from the last two years of songwriting.
“La Fleur” again finds Stoltz plays nearly all the instruments on the album, though a new friendship with pop guru Jason Falkner has led to Falkners appearance on 2 songs. There’s the requisite 60’s meets 80’s pop rock confections that Stoltz favors with a new focus on out front vocals and perhaps a bit shinier production. Pandemic era blues, politics and fatherhood are lyrical touchstones throughout.

In my ears, Stoltz rarely does any wrong, and these comparisons are only just that little fruit to get you curious he is still one of a kind. An under the radar hero to a few, and still after all these great songs, deserving of more. Climb on the bandwagon - as ever it’s quite pleasing here.

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Where Else?, 21-22 The Centre,Margate, Kent, United Kingdom

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