I was blown away last night by Johnny Flynn, Laura Marling, and Mumford & Sons at the Tractor Tavern in Seattle last night. I went there to photograph the show and was absolutely floored by all 3 performances. I’ve already been a big fan of Johnny’s but Laura and M & Sons are now up there with him on my list. Laura’s hauntingly beautiful voice and tragic lyrics, and M & Sons driving and passionate folk ballads were equal to Johnny’s tremendous song-writing ability. It was a Brit-folk phenomenon that was over too soon. I’ve got loads of stuff for you all. Tons of photos and a couple videos. The video of Laura turned out pretty good but the Johnny video was a bad audio recording. I’m posting it anyway because the video itself is good if you can endure some of the distortion. You can buy Laura and Johnny’s albums on iTunes and get Mumford & Sons’ EP for free here.
Johnny Flynn
Laura Marling
Mumford & Sons
VIDEOS
Laura Marling performing “My Manic & I”
Laura Marling – My Manic and I from Adam Sjoberg on Vimeo.
Johnny Flynn performing “Leftovers”
Johnny Flynn – “Leftovers” from Adam Sjoberg on Vimeo.
Hey Adam! Was at the show last night and was equally blown away by Mumford and Sons. What an amazing night of incredible music! Your pictures are great, of course. It was nice to meet you and I will check in on your travels. Thank you for sharing your site.
Peace,
Lisa Gsellman
Hey there… the only way you know me from Adam is because you are Adam… I was actually tipped off about your site from Lisa (see above comment). Just had to say how much I enjoyed the photography– some great stuff! Original compositions & subtle nuances appreciated. As an aspiring photo-snapper I was just curious how you get such crisp shots in poor lighting… if you care to share. Cheers!
daniel-
thanks for the comment. fast lens (1.8) and still hands are the key to these photos. and taking advantage of the lighting that is there.
Hi there, just came across this from a link from Johnny Flynn’s Myspace. Beautiful photos. I was lucky enough to see him play at my school. I played on stage before and got to play the drummers (Matt) drums. Hopefully one day they will be famous enough for that to sound impressive. A Larum is probably the second best album of this year (after Fleet Foxes). Anyway, once again, lovely photos.
thanks oscar. agree on the fleet foxes thing.
Johnny is an old friend of mine from Wales. I really love that image of johnny with the guitar and trumpet. Is there anyway that i might be able to get a print of that?
yeah, seth, send me and e-mail at adam.d.sjoberg@gmail.com and we can make it happen
I love these photos, hope you don’t mind if I copied one just to have fun sketching. If you need to me remove it from my flickr page I will.
of course you can use it. no prob.
Your pictures are beautiful. I hope JF & the SW come back to America soon (hopefully the South) Any body know if that is in their future?
Dude, how’s your new roommate? Didn’t see you since school started, I hope you’re ok ! I suggest we should go out before 2011, send me a message when you got time !