Jungle @ Paristown Hall - Louisville
September 8th 2022: Jungle and Paul Cherry @ Paristown Hall - Louisville, KY
JUNGLE | Photo and Coverage courtesy of Emily May
British electronic project Jungle, founded in 2013 by producers Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland, brought their current tour to Louisville, KY recently, drawing a sizeable crowd! Opening the show this evening was Chicago-based artist Paul Cherry, who came out on stage wearing a white suit covered in red cherries! Performing music that blends indie rock and elements of jazz, he had his band have the crowd dancing with their smooth sounds. Having released his latest album, Back On The Music!, in March of this year, he announced to the crowd that he would be playing a lot of new songs this evening! Skillful musicians, he and his band wowed the crowd with their amazing, multi-instrumental performance. Cherry also announced towards the end of the set that his keyboard player had lived in Louisville for 8 years! They performed a fun set that got the crowd warmed up for the evening!
Next up was Jungle. Coming out on stage to a roar of cheers and applause, they started out the set with “Keep Moving” from their latest album Loving In Stereo, released last year. With a large touring band performing a variety of instruments, they got the crowd dancing from the first note. Performing several tracks from the new album, including “All Of The Time”, “Talk About It”, “Truth”, and “Bonnie Hill”, they also performed older tracks such as “Smile”, “Happy Man”, “The Heat”, and “Time”. The stage was awash in beautiful, multi-colored lighting throughout the set, adding to the fun and energetic performance! At one point the saxophone player for Paul Cherry came out on stage for a song! With a 4-song encore this evening that included “Fire”, “What D’You Know About Me?”, and “Time”, they took the opportunity to introduce the band and thank the audience for coming out this evening before ending the set with “Busy Earnin’” from their first album, 2014’s Jungle. Between the incredible lighting, the fun interactions that the band had with each other and the crowd, and the fact that the crowd was dancing and having a great time, it was an amazing evening of music!
JUNGLE
PAUL CHERRY
