Sam Smith has shared a cover of Cyndi Lauper’s classic, “Time After Time,” from their new live album, Love Goes: Live at Abbey Road Studios, which arrived March 19th.
Smith turns in a faithful rendition of Lauper’s 1983 classic as the backing band captures the original’s slick but tender instrumentation. Smith, meanwhile, keeps their vocals soft but injects just the right amount of passion and poignancy on the indelible hook: “If you’re lost you can look and you will find me/Time after time.”
Along with the cover of “Time After Time,” Smith shared a 20-minute conversation with Lauper. At the start, the pair discussed “Time After Time,” with Smith saying that while the song has always filled them with melancholy and longing, “It just made me so happy to sing.”
Lauper then offered up some high praise for Smith’s cover, saying, “When I was listening to your string arrangement, there were those wonderful, glorious romps through it, and that makes it almost spiritual.”
Sam Smith has shared a cover of Cyndi Lauper’s classic, “Time After Time,” from their new live album, Love Goes: Live at Abbey Road Studios, which arrived March 19th.
Smith turns in a faithful rendition of Lauper’s 1983 classic as the backing band captures the original’s slick but tender instrumentation. Smith, meanwhile, keeps their vocals soft but injects just the right amount of passion and poignancy on the indelible hook: “If you’re lost you can look and you will find me/Time after time.”
Along with the cover of “Time After Time,” Smith shared a 20-minute conversation with Lauper. At the start, the pair discussed “Time After Time,” with Smith saying that while the song has always filled them with melancholy and longing, “It just made me so happy to sing.”
Lauper then offered up some high praise for Smith’s cover, saying, “When I was listening to your string arrangement, there were those wonderful, glorious romps through it, and that makes it almost spiritual.”
Smith’s cover of “Time After Time” and the rest of Love Goes: Live at Abbey Road Studios was taken from their only live performance of 2020, which was recorded at Abbey Road with a full band. The 13-song set primarily features songs from Smith’s 2020 album, Love Goes — including a collaboration with Labrinth on the title-track — although it also boasts reinterpretations of early hits like “Lay Me Down” and “Stay With Me.”einterpretations of early hits like “Lay Me Down” and “Stay With Me.”
Smith’s cover of “Time After Time” and the rest of Love Goes: Live at Abbey Road Studios was taken from their only live performance of 2020, which was recorded at Abbey Road with a full band. The 13-song set primarily features songs from Smith’s 2020 album, Love Goes — including a collaboration with Labrinth on the title-track — although it also boasts reinterpretations of early hits like “Lay Me Down” and “Stay With Me.”
A vociferous and enthusiastic crowd were treated to a stellar performance from Finland’s Erja Lyytinen on Friday.
I’ve seen her before, but this stripped down 3 piece outfit puts the music over with terrific force and quality.
With Heikki Saarenkunnas on 5string bass and Jesse Lehto, drums they acted as the perfect platform to show off her immaculate control of riffs, solos and sublime slide guitar.
She played the whole of her new album ‘Smell The Roses’, adding ‘You Talk Dirty’ (from the 2022 album ‘Waiting For The Daylight’) and ‘Wedding Day’ (from the 2019 album ‘Another World’), encoring with ‘Lover’s Novels’ (From the 2017 album ‘Stolen Hearts’)
There were more than a few real highlights – ‘Stoney Creek’ really brought out the images of hiking in the Finnish forests, her slide playing on ‘Ball and Chain’ was superb and ‘Abyss’ was really dark and intense. ‘Going To Hell’ was an opportunity for her vocals to be the main feature and she, again, did not disappoint. My favourite number of the night was the ballad ‘Empty Hours’ – dark and beautifully strained and her guitar cutting like a scalpel.
Her riffage is complex and it was important for her to have a bassist capable of keeping the melodies going - Heikki Saarenkunnas was exceptional – and her soloing is among the best around these days. Her slide playing is just the best though, she really has chops, and it is notable that she has played with some of the best modern slide players.
There are many fine live artists around at the moment, Erja Lyytinen is the equal of the very best.
A brilliant evening from a stellar performer.
