The Last Town Chorus @ Cabaret Voltaire

How often can you mention Nerina Pallot and David 'Pink Floyd' Gilmour in the same breath? Well, get ready to see the best of both these worlds spliced together in the shape of Megan Hickey: front woman and only permanent member of The Last Town Chorus. The beautifully soaring, almost tear inducing voice cuts through the sharp lap pedal guitar playing of Hickey, making the folksy blues sound incredibly unique - not to mention the wailing Floydesque solos, picking notes out of thin air and letting them hang there until the crowd gobbles them up. Out and about Britain promoting second studio album, Wire Waltz, Hickey displays a far more assured self confidence in the sound she tries to achieve when compared with 2003's self titled debut, even dipping into covers with her own arrangement of Bowie's 'Modern Love', showing the kind of self belief that comes from critical acclaim and, well, pure talent. Expect her back in Edinburgh early in the New Year - expect something you've never heard before. [Angus Ross]