Dylan Howe Live at The Stables, Milton Keynes 2nd October 2014
Re Imaginings On New Designs Returning to the Stables for the second time reminded me what a fine venue this is for really listening to music. Everyone has a good view the sound is superb and the vibe in the hospitality area is relaxed with easy access to the various refreshments. I am a huge enthusiast of this project, Dylan has reached a point of maturity in his career where he has arrived as a musician, so all the energy is focussed on fulfilling the inherent potential of the music rather than making points from a position of insecurity and a restless desire to succeed. I have described the music elsewhere on the blog so lets look at what the live performance adds. The additional media, the film footage of a broken Berlin, played through out above the band, was eerily appropriate. Reminding us of the sense of disconnection of an artificially broken community where the natural energy and life of the city is replaced by a sense of empty listlessness. Indeed so po