Single review: Tom Baxter’s ‘Black Are the Gypsy Horses’

September 6, 2018 Lloyd Wakeling Hot News, Music Review, UK

By Lloyd Wakeling, Rock At Night Manchester

Review: Tom Baxter’s ‘BLACK ARE THE GYPSY HORSES’–NEW ALBUM: THE OTHER SIDE OF BLUE – AUGUST 17, 2018

Let’s face it, a good song is a good song, is a good song, and wow, is Tom Baxter’s newly released song ‘Black are the gypsy horses’ a good song. Expertly and perfectly stripped bare, it evoked memories of those minstrels who take their wares to far off places, sitting in bar corners and whimsically telling their stories to no one and anyone. Baxters guitar plays a merry dance and invites the listener to trust in each word, for they are truthful, dreamlike and beautiful. With traces of Nick Drake and even Glen Campbell, the song tempts you to walk besides its imagery and I know, deep down, the more I hear it, the more it will tempt me.

018 UK/IRE Dates

Sept 29 | The Black Box, Belfast | https://bit.ly/2JxrGen
Sept 30 | The Grand Social, Dublin |
Oct 1 | Roisin Dubh, Galway | https://bit.ly/2Jp6OCI
Oct 2 | Dolan’s Warehouse, Limerick | https://bit.ly/2sD0vFs
Oct 4 | INEC Killarney Acoustic Club, Poulnamuck | https://bit.ly/2Ht4okG
Oct 5 | De Barra’s, Clonakilty | https://bit.ly/2Hs49GA
Oct 6 | Triskel Christchurch, Cork | https://bit.ly/2Jg0MbE
Oct 7 | Spirit Store, Dundalk | https://bit.ly/1s2AeJc
Oct 13 | The Ropewalk, Barton | https://bit.ly/2kSnWWT
Oct 14 | Live Room, Shipley | https://bit.ly/2Jrw63r
Oct 15 | St Mary’s Church, Beverley | https://bit.ly/2HqSw2P
Oct 17 | ARC, Stockton | https://bit.ly/2HtllLP
Oct 18 | Glee Club Studio, Nottingham | https://bit.ly/2t9R7IN
Oct 19 | Worthing Pier, Worthing | https://bit.ly/2JrTMV1
Oct 21 | Henry Tudor House, Shrewsbury | https://bit.ly/2LrGyIy
Oct 26 | The Grand, Clitheroe |
Oct 27 | South Beach Hotel, Troon | https://bit.ly/2JodEZf
Oct 28 | The Caves, Edinburgh | https://bit.ly/2LuWytg
Oct 29 | Lemon Tree, Aberdeen | https://bit.ly/2sySZeL
Oct 30 | Oran Mor, Glasgow | https://bit.ly/2sKCNGx
Nov 2 | The Stables, Milton Keynes | https://bit.ly/2JxKZUR
Nov 3 | The Hat Club, Beaconsfield |
Nov 4 | Chapel Arts, Bath | https://bit.ly/2Jzwlwt
Nov 6 | Union Chapel, London | https://bit.ly/2LwbQhF
Nov 7 | Glee Club Main Room, Birmingham | https://bit.ly/2t9R7IN
Nov 8 | Selby Town Hall, Selby | https://bit.ly/2JrXC0I
Nov 21 | St David’s Hall, Cardiff | https://bit.ly/2sLSbT6
Nov 22 | RNCM, Manchester | https://bit.ly/2kVKA0J
Nov 24 | Kings Somborne Village Hall, Kings Somborne |
Nov 26 | Town Hall, Leeds | https://bit.ly/2JCJpkH
Nov 27 | Corn Exchange, Cambridge | https://bit.ly/2Jj1aWK

 

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