West Holts 2022

[CaledonianGonzo]

RIP Shock G

Now getting busy in a Burger King bathroom in heaven.

Edited April 23, 2021 by CaledonianGonzo

[gigpusher]

I'd love to see Little Simz headline West Holts next year. Think it'd be amazing for her and us (if I'm lucky enough to get a ticket!) 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Pyramid for Simz!

Did anyone see her on WH a few years back?  I missed it, but I seem to remember hearing she struggled a bit.

[gigpusher]

4 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Pyramid for Simz!

Did anyone see her on WH a few years back?  I missed it, but I seem to remember hearing she struggled a bit.

I thought she last played the Park? I was torn between a Pyramid slot and a headline slot. I can see the value of both but would personally love her as a headliner to see her going for it after dark.

[mcshed]

2 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

RIP Shock G

Now getting busy in a Burger King bathroom in heaven.

It always amuses me that Humpty Dance makes it into the audition medley for Sing, obviously the crocodile stops before he starts calling fat girls ticklish or whatever but still.

 

[gigpusher]

Not sure where she'd fit but an early slot on West Holts would be quite nice for Yasmin Williams. She'd be great for a lazy Sunday (sunny fingers crossed!) morning. 

[Kalopsia]

Would Gary Newman fit at West Holts? Or more Pyramid afternoon? 

[CaledonianGonzo]

34 minutes ago, Ddiamondd said:

Ah, there's a new D'Angelo album on the way

Whassis?

[CaledonianGonzo]

4 minutes ago, Kalopsia said:

Would Gary Newman fit at West Holts? Or more Pyramid afternoon? 

Don't see why not if you look at him in the context of the Playground Festival line up

http://images.sk-static.com/images/media/img/col6/20201126-223501-479841.jpg

 

 

 

[fred quimby]

2 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Pyramid for Simz!

Did anyone see her on WH a few years back?  I missed it, but I seem to remember hearing she struggled a bit.

Saw her at WH. Certainly nervous. And she swore a lot. Me and Mrs Q still reminisce about the amount of swearing. 

Saw her at the Park last time and it was a different performance that is for sure, absolute sublime 

[Kalopsia]

4 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Don't see why not if you look at him in the context of the Playground Festival line up

http://images.sk-static.com/images/media/img/col6/20201126-223501-479841.jpg

 

 

 

I think he'd put on a decent show and has a few hits which helps.

[Kalopsia]

Just now, Ddiamondd said:

 

His new album is really strong. I'd actually see more of a high JP slot being likely, maybe even Other.

Think he's a touch too dark for WH and Pyramid. But has bangers and will draw people in.

I need to check that out then, need some new music to refresh my current rotation, I'd definitely be drawn in. He'd put on a decent light show so JP could work.

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 hour ago, Ddiamondd said:

I mean, there's always a new album on the way. But seen rumblings from Questlove et al that this one is ready to go.

What we need is a full album's worth of this sort of fire:

 

[ace56blaa]

2 hours ago, fred quimby said:

Saw her at WH. Certainly nervous. And she swore a lot. Me and Mrs Q still reminisce about the amount of swearing. 

Saw her at the Park last time and it was a different performance that is for sure, absolute sublime 

Yeah I saw her at West Holts 2016. Bare in mind this was when it was just her and her DJ and yet to release Stillness in Wonderland and Grey Area. She was very much still finding her feet but still good to see her. Seen her since at the Roundhouse and she was fantastic.

[fred quimby]

7 minutes ago, ace56blaa said:

Yeah I saw her at West Holts 2016. Bare in mind this was when it was just her and her DJ and yet to release Stillness in Wonderland and Grey Area. She was very much still finding her feet but still good to see her. Seen her since at the Roundhouse and she was fantastic.

aye, you could certainly see the growth in her and the talent evolving between the 2 performances, which is great to see in an artist

[CaledonianGonzo]

One might say that Simz has upped her game.

[CaledonianGonzo]

4 hours ago, Ddiamondd said:

I'd love to see Mdou Moctar on WH.

I saw Mdou in a tiny club in Edinburgh a few years back and it was pretty odd. He played 20 minutes or so then left the stage, walked through the crowd and into a venue back room where he stayed for the rest of the performance, only coming back out to join his band for the last couple of numbers.

Tuareg Mark E Smith.

[nikkic]

37 minutes ago, fred quimby said:

aye, you could certainly see the growth in her and the talent evolving between the 2 performances, which is great to see in an artist

I saw her at APE in 2019 and she was exceptional. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

We're hearing more and more about Valerie June

 

[Ayrshire Chris]

5 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

We're hearing more and more about Valerie June

 

Great voice, slight touch of the Amy Winehouse about it.  Would be ideal for west holts 

[Brave Sir Robin]

So much great jazz around at the moment, a lot of it from right here in Blighty, but Moses Boyd should be near the top of the list. And he can bring 'SW2' along too (with whom this slinky funky number is a collaboration):

 

Edited April 24, 2021 by Brave Sir Robin

[CaledonianGonzo]

New Yola just dropped 

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

If Thom Yorke has pulled out they could do worse than get on the dog and bone to the Big Tooth Bastard again

And if they bring Bootsy Baby with them then that's a Friday night right there.

[kalifire]

16 hours ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Great voice, slight touch of the Amy Winehouse about it.  Would be ideal for west holts 

Her voice grates a bit, if I’m honest.

[tjamest]

New album out by these guys. Would fit in nicely mid afternoon at WH