Quicksilver (Hilary Spencer and Grant Baynham) performed a great gig at the Cannonlive on 30 March. Hilary Spencer (That Voice in acapella meistersingers Artisan) and Grant Baynham (ex-’That’s Life!’ and comic songsmith to the stars) have been working together since 2002. Both Hilary’s singing and Grant’s guitar playing mightily impressed the audience. Their material could be described as folk music, but not quite as we know it, more like folk music that has been disassembled, given a thorough overhaul and polish up, and reassembled shinier and funnier than before.
The songs were great, including La Vie en Rose from Edith Piaf (sung by Hilary in French), the lively “Middleton Hiring Fair” and several songs by the late Jake Thackray, their favourite songwriter, including “Widow of Bridlington”.
Once again, attendance could have been better, but those who did turn up enjoyed an evening of excellent music.