Jackie Leven – Whitstable Folk Club, 4th June 2009

Short live review: Leven opens with “Standing in Another Man's Rain” and closes with “The White Bars of Heaven”; in between the Johnny Cash elegy, a song about ravens and a psychedelic blues transition to Beatles, Van Morrison and Donovan. Neech highlights the anecdotes (such as how Ralph McTell frightened Leven at their first meeting), the powerful guitar playing and the range of the voice. Verdict in one word: “Unique.”