 Del Camino are a Big band music of Cuban/Salsa/Latin
style, I think sung in an different language,you
know other than English, which is refreshing even
though the singer appears to be a cockney geezer!
All the songs are upbeat with each instrument
shining cleanly through, which is good because
i think too much of anyone of the them would ruin
the songs. there should be party going on this
is where this music belongs not some urban dive
like this, fantastic music for sure! The 5 songs
that were played were as follows, the opening
song which lasted quite a while 10 minutes so
I'm told, must have seen 5 at least of Ya ahi
voy, after having a little trouble getting, my
name is harder to spot apprently at the bottom
of the list, in big handwriting!!!! Lloraras was
up next which was followed by El Careterro, La
Murga and La Muerte and set Bilongo, I have no
idea what he was singing about but I do know it
was good, and I liked it.
 Claire
McGuire is aPop radio friendly singer with a band,
this stuff aint that bad, her voice air too bad
can carry a tune, got a feeling the guitarist
want to let loose abit, but he gets a few solos.
She reminds me somewhat of Cheryl Cole(or is it
tweedy). The music itself is pretty good and works
well with her vocals! Decent guitar playing, steady
drumming, some decent keyboards and bass working
well together each instrument coming through nice
and clean, the sound here ain't too bad for once.
Its pop music, I can live with just about, and
with her being a brummy too it helps also!
Kila kela opens the set up with his human beatbox
antics, which somewhat amuses me but the crowd
love it after 5-10 minutes of his waffle finay
ben drew comes on and opens with writings on the
wall and it's immediately obvious that he feels
more at home on the biggest of the 3 academy stages,
as he played the middle venue the last time he
was here at the academy. And the vibe here is
pretty laid back which I don't think I got last
time  round feels better this time. Everyone on
stage has some space to breath, the music sounding
better than last time, still sound like the CD
a bit, know what I mean? After the opener they
play free which is then followed by praying probably
the best of the 3 opening songs. Other songs in
the mid set are, welcome to hell, traded in my
cigarette the recluse, Charmaine with crowd singing
the chorus, coming up easy a cover done the plan
b way, it's really bouncing, they play a new song
which is really loud, which is pretty good and
really loud, and before the encore the excellent
and probable fan favourite she said with lots
of singing along by the crowd just like most for
the set. After a short short break they and go
into, tracks of my tears/lean on me medley. Which
works quite well followed by a soul dubstep medley
opening with my girl,stand by me, kila kela comes
back on and they continue with stand by me, which
is now ruined beyond all recognition, annoying
this continues with ain't no sunshine when she's
gone, ruined again this is followed by kiss from
a Rose, clean then dubstep, good and then bad!!!
Which is then closed with the ending of forgot
about Dre!' It's also Ben Drews birthday, which
happy birthday is sung to him by the crowd. Set
closer is stay too long which makes the room bounce
along and is a good, memorable ending to the set
I think this is a much better set than last and
being more familiar with his material I enjoyed
and understood it better!
Plan B - 5/5
Claire Mcguire- 4/5
Del Camino - 3/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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