Posted by Sid Smith on Jul 14, 2014 - This post is archived and may no longer be relevant

Judy Dyble has a new album out next week.  Live At WM Jazz features a set recorded at the Water Margin in London's O2 in December 2013. You can grab your copy via Burning Shed.


DGMLive visitor Colin Coates saw Judy and the band on Saturday night just gone in Norwich's Arts Centre. "It was wonderful. I expected the audience to be similar to myself, over 50 grey and balding, most of us with beards as well, but no, a high number of younger folk, and I would say 40% female audience. The Curator, (Alistair Murphy) and his band played stuff from his excellent albums, most of side two from Inside the Whale before Judy joined them for the rest of the evening over two sets.

 I Talk To The Wind came with a chat about recording it with the Giles brothers, Fripp and Ian McDonald back in the flat in ‘60’s when she was between Fairport and Trader Horn. Later Alistair reflected on putting together in his studio Harpsong, from Judy’s Talking with Strangers album, with Ian McDonald’s and Robert’s contributions as sound files and thinking “I’ve got King Crimson playing together for the first time since ‘74”, before playing the number live in a shorted version.

The band was excellent, very tight, yet loose in their playing giving a depth to the music, Judy nervous at first, but relaxed into it all, and poor Alistair full of cold, and enjoyable on-stage banter. I Picked up the new album by Judy and the band, Live at WM Jazz, and highly recommend this as a similar set to what was played in Norwich. It has a good sound mix, and keeps Judy’s chat in as well, though sadly no I Talk To The Wind."

You can read my take on Judy's new album over on the blog.