On Tuesday evening, a jubilant crowd packed into Sheffield’s iconic Leadmill to witness a masterful singing performance from one of Britain’s finest singer-songwriter and guitarists in Newton Faulkner. He was supported by Scottish folk singer Nati, who soon gained the approval of the crowd with her quick with and exquisite vocals. Stay and Open Road were particular crowd pleasers- both songs featuring on her new EP Older which is out later this month.
Faulkner then played I Need Something – the first song that was released from his 2007 debut album Hand Built by Robots. Massive Attack’s Teardrop soon followed. Faulkner then began to take requests from the crowd and he opted for Ageing Superhero-a slow, contemplative number which he admitted that he hadn’t played for several years.