Rain Dogs Revisited - review

Barbican, LondonTom Waits's ragged rhythms and atonal symphonies have always inspired a fierce devotion in his musical followers. Curated and directed by occasional Waits collaborator David Coulter, this evening of interpretations of his seminal 1985 album Rain Dogs made up in raucous eccentricity what it lacked in big-name star wattage.Backed by a fittingly peculiar seven-piece band featuring saws, ondes Martenots and glass harmonicas, vivacious Irish-French singer Camille O'Sullivan – dresse...

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Rain Dogs Revisited - review

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonTom Waits's ragged rhythms and atonal symphonies have always inspired a fierce devotion in his musical followers. Curated and directed by occasional Waits... more info