Sankara is finally making a national tour ... 7 dates over 2 weekends. The tour will be a collection of 3 acts (Sankara, Noterminus, and Ryan James) .. they have all played a one off gig at the Globe in Cardiff a few months ago, but this was the real thing.to keep costs down and retain flexibility, we were all travelling together, and apart from Vinden being shared between Sankara and Noterminus, they would also share the Back line of bass rig and guitar connections, including pedal boards.
KT will be with me for the first round of the tour helping out with the merchandise, and door entry where we have to manage.
I had never met Ryan Before and the first time he started the proceedings off it was a surprise. Essentially he is a one man band, in the old fashioned sense, but with a piano rather than guitar/ banjo, etc. He certainly had some eclectic tunes, and was committed to entertain.
Noterminus were up next ... again new to me, I had heard one track, and knew of Maria from her solo work also when she also supported Sankara at the EP launch.
Noterminus are very hard to pigeon-hole, and this is something they seem to be very proud of. Underlying are hard rock/metal riffs from guitar and bass, with a melody line straight from the Matt Cohen school of song writing. The package generates highs and lows, and I suspect each person will have different one.
Changeovers would be swift with the shared back line, and the additional fact that Vinden was playing drums for both Noterminus and Sankara, so no drum kit to change, no dual loaded stages, just a swift change and line check.
