Jack Bruce and Lau – review

Celtic Connections festival, GlasgowCeltic Connections, long a catalyst for unlikely collaborations, surpassed itself with this union of Cream demi-god Jack Bruce and virtuoso folk trio Lau.A dapper figure of engaging humility and wry humour ("It's really good to be here – at my age, it's good to be anywhere"), Bruce was initially accompanied on stage by a string quartet offering elegance and grandeur to his affecting balladry and dramatic piano, reminiscent of a semi-operatic Randy Newman. A...

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