Time once again for another edition of Laura Evans and Friends, a regular bi monthlyish gathering of Laura her band and a couple of well chosen acts to provide an evening of musical delights. As word gets out they seem to be becoming a must see event and it was a fairly packed and rather warm Troubadour that welcomed her additional guests in the shape of Beth Keeping and Katy Hurt. The evening retains its unique format in that the host actually come on first and does her set

In a time where new releases are being ever more over produced top marks go to Laura Evans for releasing dare i say it a classic country single, no clicks, no superfluous "heys"! just a great single perfectly performed and recorded, not only that but she has also released an acoustic version of the same song which proves the point even more. The stand out track from her recent Troubadour show, "Heartstrings" written by Laura and a small army of co writers ticks a number of bo

No trouble parking tonight as a closure to the stretch of road outside the Troubadour for repairs meant that there were spaces for everybody. The only drawback being that it must have been for repairs to a gas main as the Troubadour was unusually cold tonight but we had a strong bill ahead to take our minds of things and bumping into Twinnie as we entered the venue meant that we were also promised a special guest at some point. An altogether topsy turvy evening started with