“There is nothing more powerful than an idea” said Naomi before wrapping her vibrato around Overseas her favourite song from the album A History of Insolence.
It reminded us that nothing much had changed in the last thousand years or so, hence why folk music endures.
Her partner, Paul Simmonds offered up their bluegrass, country and rock and roll as an antidote to the atrocities in the news. Despite such themes as death and disenfranchisement, it somehow worked.
The song Gypsy Davy transported us back to 1930s America about an outcast sweeping a lady off her feet. Roll over Kanye West and Kim Kardashian.
As Paul accompanied her on a song that depicted the chase of the dogs in a hunt, he observed caringly that as a vegetarian, she sang it sadly.
Joined onstage by various interchanging musicians such as Donna Edmead, backing vocal and Richard Leo, guitar, it was mostly a heart-warming family affair.
Her son provided the support with a sweet guitar duet.
Her mellifluous voice was the one sustaining note that anchored us through the travel across time and continents.
Three stars
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