Kezia Gill

Nottingham-born country star Kezia Gill returned to Norwich's Waterfront last night, almost two and a half years after she was last here for a sold-out show upstairs in the Studio to promote her last album Misfit. A lot has happened since then, and this time she gets an upgrade to the main room downstairs. We are here to celebrate the release of All On Red, her latest album which has been getting plenty of airplay on the likes of BBC Radio 2. As a nod to the gambling reference of the new album's title she and her band walk on stage to the sound of Elvis Presley and Viva Las Vegas.

They begin with the hard-rocking album opener, Life Is What You Dreamed Of. It is followed by Dublin's Outta Whiskey, the first of three songs on tonight’s setlist that reference the golden Irish liquor. Gill might have been born in Nottingham, but she is of Irish descent and her late father Eddie was a professional musician for over 50 years. Her pride in him, and his influence on her as a role model, are both clear to see.

Gill and her band work their way diligently through each and every one of the tracks from All On Red, cleverly removing any excuses not to go and buy it after the show. And the band are excellent – Steve Shirley on guitar, Andrew Jones on guitar and keys, Phil Donnelly on bass, and Norwich's very own Luke Barrett on drums. Jones even gets to perform his own instrumental number, Girl Of Your Dreams. That leaves time for just a handful more songs – the excellent Whiskey Over Ice from that 2023 Misfit album; Local Mans Star, her moving tribute to late father Eddie; and a sensitive cover of the Bobbie Gentry song Fancy.

But there is also room for some light-hearted showbiz razzamatazz – with Gill firing replica banknotes into the audience during Money In The Bank, and joining the audience on the floor for a spirited attempt to get a line-dance going during If Heaven Has A Honky Tonk.