Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets

Nick LoweNickLowe has made his mark as a producer (Elvis Costello-GrahamParker-Pretenders-The Damned), songwriter of at least three songs you know byheart,short-lived career as a pop star, and a lengthy term as a musiciansmusician. But in his current second act as a silver-haired, tender-heartedbut sharp-tonguedsinger-songwriter, he has no equal.Starting with 1995s The ImpossibleBird through to 2011s The Old Magic,Nick has turned out a fantastic string of albums, each one devised in his WestLondon home, and recorded with a core of musicians who possess the same veteransavvy. Lowe brings wit and understated excellence to every performance,leadingBen Ratliff of the New York Times to describe his live show as elegant andnearly devastating.In 2024 he released his latest record Indoor Safari, a collaboration with Los StraitjacketsLos StraitjacketsLosStraitjackets are the leading practitioners of the lost art of the guitarinstrumental. Using the music of the Ventures, The Shadows, and with Link WrayandDick Dale as a jumping off point, the band has taken their unique, highenergy brand of original rock Jackets have delivered theirtrademark guitar licks to 16 albums, thousands of concerts and dozens of filmsand TV shows.Their latest album Somos Los Straitjackets was released in 2025. The quartets time-warped expertise shines through on track after track -Shindig! Magazine,★★★★