Fernando’s Kitchen
The Junction, in Cambridge, might sound like the kind of place which driving-horror-stories are made of, but in fact it has nothing to do with cars or rages. What it does have everything to do with is great live music, and Fernando’s Kitchen are one of those rare bands who you just have to hear live – that’s the only way to do it, if you ask me. They’re fantastic on CD as well, don’t get me wrong, but their recent gig at Cambridge’s top live music venue was mesmerizing.
What struck me immediately about the band was how up for it they were
The Junction, in Cambridge, might sound like the kind of place which driving-horror-stories are made of, but in fact it has nothing to do with cars or rages. What it does have everything to do with is great live music, and Fernando’s Kitchen are one of those rare bands who you just have to hear live – that’s the only way to do it, if you ask me. They’re fantastic on CD as well, don’t get me wrong, but their recent gig at Cambridge’s top live music venue was mesmerizing.
Comprised of a number of musicians – I believe there are eight in total – FK are very unique: one of those bands who you see and think How come everyone hasn’t heard about this band?
But that, in a way, is also where they excel. FK are an intimate band who love to play. You can tell that they’d much rather be out there playing loads of these kinds of gigs – to real music lovers, rather than just revellers looking for background noise – than stuffed in some dim venue, performing just for the sake of money and their name on a flyer.
Fernando’s Kitchen, if you’ve never heard them, are an eclectic mix of Latin American acoustics and folk music from europe. That might sound disjointed, but the effect – as my good friend
Rowan Dartington put it – is “fantastically weaved together, natural music”. None of it sounds rehearsed or over-practiced.
And that’s why they are such a success and rapidly becoming more well-known. In this day and age of so-called progressive music, Fernando’s remind us that some of the best music comes right from the heart.
I have to admit, I am basing this opinion on more than one gig. I have seen FK twice: once at the Junction and once in the street. The market square, Cambridge, to be precise – and that was how I heard about them.
What struck me immediately about the band was how up for it they were. The female lead singer didn’t care that only a few people were watching, and she didn’t care that it looked like it might rain. She sat there through the drizzle and performed as if this was just as important as any other occasion. Which is another reason why you have to love this band: they take their music seriously, whatever the occasion, however many people might be tuning in.
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