A great report on the live music scene in the port by Ziggy Doran (posted with his permission)
"We've been in the Port for 6 days now; like a sleeping beauty she yawns, stretches and slowly, gracefully, shows signs of coming back to life. The people here are few: the anguished signs proclaiming 'SOS Turismo' are many. But as the place opens up, so the normal returns and, for me, that means the music.
Typically, the King, aka Guillermo Segui Rotger, is leading the charge and he seems to be everywhere over this weekend and beyond. @Store Formentor, also deserve a special mention too for their weekend triple bill (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) of Marina Reus, Cacho Saxo Man and Derek Holt.
And it is the latter who has already posted one of those indelible performances that seem to spring so readily from the Port.
At Meraki Tapas last night, on hearing the opening notes to 'Stormy Monday' Mr Holt rushed the stage and wrestled the axe from a startled Guillermo's neck! I guess that when the blues comes calling with its calling card, you just have to answer it? The pair then delivered an exquisite version of the old blues classic; Guillermo's voice distilling all of the pain that someone who has spent their life in the Port could never possibly have personally known (but I believed him) and Derek's aching guitar wringing ever last ounce of despair from a heart breaking minor scale and reaching out into the sultry night sky, over the bay and into the great beyond. Wow, I was there!"