Joan Armatrading - Live at Asylum Chapel (Contains Signed Insert)

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Since 1986, she has been producing herself in the studio and since 2003 been playing almost all instruments on her records. Because this is a live album, Armatrading cannot play all the instruments, but she does bring together a group of very talented musicians, namely: Jennifer Maidman (Bass), Paul Stewart (Drums), Alex Lee Richards (Keyboards), Jamie Anderson (Saxophone). This band works as a tight unit and brings new life to the music. It is clearly Armatrading’s show, but she allows her band to demonstrate their own individual talents as well. She was seven when she moved to Brookfields, then a district of Birmingham, to join her parents, who had come over a few years earlier. I’m very often writing about love and emotions and how people connect to each other,” says Joan Armatrading. Indeed, the acclaimed singer-songwriter is known for exploring different dimensions of love while giving listeners new language to convey their most intimate thoughts and feelings. Her boundless gift for articulating the joy and complexities of relationships once again informs her latest set, Consequences (2021). The album marks her 22nd release on the eve of celebrating her 50th anniversary as a recording artist next year.

As a creator that's what you do. You observe. You are present. You can see those things that would creep in and make a song. That's how it works.” There's an element of fate and being in the right place at the right time,” she explains, ruminating on her success.

I bet he was the only person in that appliance store who went away and wrote something about it,” she adds. I thought to myself, ‘What got them to the shouting stage that they are actually in public giving us this performance?' Around 1988, she wrote a song called The Shouting Stage after watching a heated argument between a couple in an Australian restaurant that resulted in the man storming off, leaving the woman in tears. I have to say, the song that excited me during the livestream was “Mama Mercy”. You could have heard me shout “Yes!” all the way from New York. I’ve always wondered what was the driving force behind that song when you wrote it? I was looking at different places. Somebody suggested one place. I looked at it and I thought it’s alright but it actually looks quite cold. I just looked around for something that I thought was really atmospheric and I found Asylum Chapel. I thought that’s really good because it’s sort of run-down, but it’s run down in the best possible way. It’s got an incredible atmosphere.

This is a great live album. Live At Asylum Chapel is a great example of what can be done with live albums and how they can be a wonderful history of an artist. She is smart to include new and old songs, hits as well as deep album cuts. It is a very slight glimpse into an artist who has released 20 studio albums and four live albums. This is a great overview of her career and might push the listener to dig into her catalogue and discover this truly talented individual. I always say that I knew Love & Affection would be liked,” she muses. “And I knew it would have some success if people heard it. laughs] I’ll own up to it being recorded. The place that we were at, the internet access was not great. We would have been stopping and starting every two seconds. I couldn’t put that on people. It’s too worrying. I have heard too many scary stories of people doing “live” livestreams and it’s going horribly wrong. [laughs] I didn’t want to put myself through that thing. Of course, we played live and treated it as a live show. It was fantastic. We really enjoyed it. There's actually so many people but I'm not listening to any of them and thinking I need to be like this person. That's not what I'm doing.Zimmerman, Lee (18 June 2021). "Review: Joan Armatrading Reaps Full Consequences". American Songwriter. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021 . Retrieved 27 December 2021. In a video interview, you said how “Already There” was a way of talking about “love at first sight” in another way. I love the line “While you were falling in love, I was already there”. It’s so on point.

There's no planning for that. You literally can't plan for that. You can't say, ‘Well, I'm going to be the best in the world and sell out every single stadium'. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Petridis, Alexis (17 June 2021). "Joan Armatrading: Consequences review – strikingly inventive songwriter deserves her due". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021 . Retrieved 27 December 2021.We really gelled as a band. It was wonderful. The way we rehearsed was we all were in our houses. I used a thing called Jamulus. It’s really good because it allows for that to happen so that you’re in sync. I wanted us to be as if we were in the room together, so I found Jamulus. Every now and again you’ll get a little bit out of sync or a little bit of noise or whatever but in essence, we were just in the same room and it worked great. All of the rehearsals were done like that. We ended up three days in that hall. Really, the three days were for the cameras to get themselves set up on the first day and the second day. On the third day, we did the show. Her musical tastes have always extended beyond those heard on her records – she tells me her recent listening has included the American rappers Wiz Khalifa and Desiigner. Once you get the people joining in, that's when it becomes what it needs to become, whether you're talking to me, the Beatles, Taylor Swift or whoever.” I love listening to other people do it. It's wonderful. It's really interesting. But again, you need to do what makes you feel really good.”

Sheffield, Rob (18 June 2021). "The Eternal Cool of Joan Armatrading". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 27 December 2021 . Retrieved 27 December 2021. Yes, I couldn’t wait to see what you had in store for us. I’d detected that it was going to be a pre-recorded situation but it still felt exciting because it’s a concert that’s never been seen. All of us could experience it together in real-time. After a year-and-a-half of going through the pandemic, we’ve become accustomed to seeing artists stage livestreams on different platforms. The production values of your concert — sound, lighting, camera angles — were top quality. Of course, the livestream was a fantastic way to experience some of the new songs on Consequences. I loved seeing you dance around to “Natural Rhythm”. It’s impossible not to move to that song. In thinking of the record, I’d love to know more about the interplay between the bass and the drums on that song. I decided not to tour, to do any extensive touring after 2018, but when I did the album, I really liked the album and I thought it would be great to do a show, having the new songs, and do a show in the way that I do, which is old and new songs. I’m really glad I did it because we really had a great time. The reception for the concert has been great. Anybody who’s seen it has seemed to absolutely love it, so I’m hoping you were one of those! [laughs] Monroe, Jazz (5 May 2021). "Joan Armatrading Announces New Album Consequences, Shares Song: Listen". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 27 December 2021 . Retrieved 26 December 2021.I wanted the last album, Not Too Far Away, to be more acoustic sounding so there’s a lot of acoustic guitars in it. It’s more of an emotional album if you like. One of the nicest things for me was I played Not Too Far Away to a few friends when it came out and they all cried. [laughs] I was so happy. I thought, Oh my goodness. You can’t get better than that. They’re all in tears! It was fantastic. That album seemed to have that effect on many many people. Owner of Bumpkin Studios, a purpose built recording facility in the grounds of her home, in Surrey, where she has recorded most of her albums since "Sleight of Hand".