Naima Bock
The Deer’s Head
Thursday 15 January, 8.00pm
Doors 7.30pm | Seated and Standing
£12.00/£10.00
Buy TicketsNaima Bock’s debut solo album Giant Palm invites listeners into a world of gentle ambition and resonant beauty. Born in Glastonbury to a Brazilian father and Greek mother, Naima spent her early years in Brazil before returning to England.
Her musical roots draw from the family car-rides filled with Brazilian standards, the English folk tradition she discovered on her own and the rhythms of walking the world’s great trails.
After six years touring as bassist/vocalist with Goat Girl, Naima stepped into new terrain: gardening, archaeology and solitary itinerant song-writing. Backed by arranger-producer Joel Burton and an ensemble of over 30 musicians, Giant Palm draws on South American percussion, folk modalities and expansive orchestration to create something quietly singular.
Critics praised its crisp emotional range and inventive arrangements — “brimming with eclecticism and highlighting Bock’s emotional range,” according to Metacritic.
Whether it’s the reflective vulnerability of “Every Morning” or the shimmering title track’s dreamlike ascent, this is an album that slowly unfurls its charms. Described by Loud & Quiet as “a lovely, gently explorative album… a sort of open-minded, gently foraging inclusivity abounds.”
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