Review - Paul Wilson

GSMC Online Music Club – Sunday 10th January 2021

Paul Wilson comes from a family of great singers and has been performing regularly on the local music scene solo, with his duo Wilson & Cass in various bands and occasionally guests with his brother Damian Wilson who has a growing following both in the UK and Europe and whose sell out tour with Adam Wakeman was disrupted due to the Covid 19 pandemic.

Tonight’s set mainly consisted of covers but Paul has such a powerful and distinctive voice that he makes them all sound like his own. Starting with the Lenny Kravitz song ‘Rosemary’ Paul plays such a diverse range of songs that there is something here for everyone which includes songs by Terence Trent Darby, The Cure, Radio Head, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and many more as well as a couple by his brother Damian including ‘The One I love’ which he wrote when he was just fifteen years old. Stand out songs for me because they suit Paul’s voice so much was the soulful Ray LaMontagne number ‘Trouble’ , Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Can’t Start a Fire’, Foo Fighters ‘Times Like these’ and ‘Purple Rain’ by Prince which gives you goose bumps the way Paul sings it.

This was a great set and although the big differences with online shows is obviously the lack of audience, there is the chat bar next to the video and tonight there were people commenting and posting emojis throughout the performance and this really does create an atmosphere and a sense that you are enjoying the performance with other people. It was a fabulous evening and I can’t wait to see Paul perform again.