12/09/2021
Simon & Tammy London were last in Bridgetown (in May) as two-thirds of The Red Tails trio (with Vikki Thorn). This time the husband and wife outfit now return with drummer, Mark Gretton, and their duo show of songs and stories that have been the backbone of their live shows for a decade.
When they sing together, they bring a room to a standstill. Simon & Tammy London resonate; the chemistry of their voices, the harmonies that lay together, can deliver you to a special place, a rarity. Songs of yearning and restlessness, through sun-drenched paddocks, highway miles and southern isolation. In full flight, Tammy’s voice harks all the way back to gospel holler, but in gentler moments there’s also a disarming clarion presence - as much Aretha as latter-day Emmylou. Thrown in with bites of gritty telecaster, Simon’s road-hardened voice – from blues-gravel lows to a soaring upper register – swagger and snarl intertwine with Tammy’s sharp, independent spirit in ways that evoke something of a modern Cash & Carter-esque duo.
Simon & Tammy London released their debut album in 2014. Since then they’ve gone on to play a range of festivals here and further afield (Bendigo, Fairbridge, Nannup et al) and supported artists such as Kasey Chambers, Liz Stringer, Mia Dyson, Jen Cloher and the Stray Sisters.
