Matt Henshaw Recommends ... Joy Mumford

Matt Henshaw here recommending again, up in Nottingham and feeling like I should share, spread and sincerely sprinkle out some love because it feels like the right thing to do. I've already suggested this week that you check out the hip-hop vocal trickery of Mr MotorMouf, and the upbeat soulful indie noise of Three Girl Rhumba. And last night I had the great pleasure of catching up with Miss Joy Mumford. Genuinely wonderful, beautiful and incredible and a great credit to the fair city of Nottingham.

It was nice to chat and catch up with Joy in Rescue Rooms last night, a place I realised I'd not been in for almost 6 years ! And then when she took to the stage I instantly wanted to put her together with my good friend Mahalia but aside from the delicate soulful lilt in her performance and style there's something more mature about what she does, and it only comes with having a few more years on her side. A real Tina Turner experienced way with her natural ability on the stage.

The band of Matt, Glenn and Simeon were really kicking too. Expertly slipping into song after song and tight as any band I've seen, they could easily slot in behind Joy, Mahalia or Beyonce, and I'm a man who's not ashamed to say I went to see Beyonce last year, and it was quite the show. Groovy bass lines, not a single beat missed on the drums, and Matt is a whizz with a pedal box armed with a Gretsch and a tele, he knows what he is doing. Very smooth !

And, and, and, her debut EP is called 'Cake & Tea', she definitely ticks every single box as far as I'm concerned, and I see a lot of other artists floating the country as I do, and I like a lot, but I genuinely could listen to Joy all night and look forward to seeing her on some big stages, she'll definitely be heading down to Leicester to play at Matt Henshaw's Rhythm & Gospel Cavalcade before the year is out, that's for sure !

Spread The Love !
Peace, Love & Tea, MHx

And here's a picture that I took of her whilst she was workin' on doin' her thing ! Spellbinding !!

Enjoyed Joy? Check out some more Matt Henshaw Recommends ...
Three Girl Rhumba
MotorMouf
Samuel Idwal
Abandon Her
Stef Baker
Emily Carr
Becky Edwards
James Byron
Mahalia
Mia & The Moon
Rosa-Leigh
AJA
Kate Rendell
Esther Van Leuven
East Midlands Girls
Ones to Watch for 2014
The Bobcats
Savanna Bones
Mattayoux
Matt Zara
The Simpletones
Charlotte Carpenter
Leah Sinead
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(If You Think) You're Groovy from the Small Faces Convention 2010 ...

Sunday 15th August ... Matt Henshaw and Chris Goring take to the stage again for the first time since December 2008 when they were in a little Nottingham band called Censored ... this time it's an all the more retrospective affair playing an acoustic and percussion set of Small Faces and Steve Marriott related songs ... the set went Black Coffee (originally written and recorded by Ike & Tina Turner subsequently covered by Steve Marriott as part of Humble Pie), (If You Think) You're Groovy (written by Marriott and Ronnie Lane for Immediate records label mate and former Ikette PP Arnold, who also did backing vocals on the Small Faces hit Tin Soldier), this was followed by a medley of songs that Marriott sang in various guises through the late 60s and early seventies (You Need Lovin' by Willie Dixon which formed the foundations of Led Zeppelin's monster anthem Whole Lotta Love, I Walk on Guilded Splinters from voodoo jazz folk rocker Dr. John from his eponymous album Gris Gris & The Night Tripper, later covered by Paul Weller joined on acoustic guitar by Noel Gallagher, For Your Love by the Yardbirds which at the time included Eric Clapton before they adopted Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, and a sprinkling of Small Faces tune E Too D and the Spencer Davis Group's I'm A Man), the closing two numbers were My Way Of Giving and Afterglow (Of You Love) ... I understand that last paragraph is a bit of a muddle ... if you followed it, well done, if you didn't, just know this ... Christopher and I very much enjoyed the thrill of performing on stage together again in our glorious capital and it certainly won't be the last time we do so ... Footage from the 14th Annual Small Faces Convention presented by Wapping Wharf organised by John Hellier ... filmed from the side of the stage by sound and stage manager Andrew P Gilbert ... Many thanks to all who attended Islington, North London's Relentless Garage on that far from Lazy Sunday afternoon ... Torch Forever !!! With Love, Matt Henshaw x http://www.matthenshaw.com Check for yourself the new facebook group and click a "Like" ... http://www.facebook.com/matthenshaw