The Jellyman's Daughter are always a pleasure to watch. Graham Coe's cello work make him one of the most fascinating musicians on the Edinburgh scene, allied to Emily Kelly's bluesy vocals and an eclectic approach to arrangements. It's imaginative, varied, and fell too much on the deaf ears of a section of the audience who'd only come for the main act. This made for a rather flat set, and less than their talents deserved.
Orkestra Del Sol are a nine piece brass band mixing jazz, latin, funk and a range of world music influences. They are eccentric, theatrical, humourous, crazy, as much cabaret act as band, and play danceable beats throughout. Their energy outshone the support act, their music less so. It's certainly competent, but there's no real thrills to be had, no melodic risks being taken. And it all begins to sound a bit the same after a while. I even found myself - whisper it - slightly bored by it all. Although, looking around me, I was very much in the minority. So maybe it was just me?
Disappointing.
This was a one-off event.
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