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Tuesday, 01 December 2009 22:30

RAY LAMONTAGNE - ROYAL ALBERT HALL

Written by Ruth Pennington
After two suitably folky support acts (Eton Johns and Josh Ritter), Ray LaMontagne and his backing band took to the stage just after nine o’clock and immediately launched into ‘Be Here Now’ taken from his second album Till The Sun Turns Black. LaMontagne’s raspy, breathy voice filled the grand hall beautifully, proving to his eager audience that he was well worth the wait.LaMontagne chose to let his incredible talent do the talking and was reluctant to enter into any banter with the surprisingly (and annoyingly) rowdy audience. He ended each song with a softly spoken “thank you very much”, and…

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