“Jonathan Spottiswoode, the backbone of this tight group, has a deep, rough-hewn voice that’s evocative of Leonard Cohen’s,” gushes the New York Times about the Gotham-based Spottiswoode and His Enemies, who make this long-overdue return to the region. With the help of several of His Enemies, Spottiswoode will perform part of his memoir-in-song Youngest Child, as well as songs from his award-winning musical, Above Hell's Kitchen, which has been presented at the New York Musical Theater Festival as well as in off-broadway productions at the T.B.G. Theater. “He writes astringent ballads and groovy pop songs with equal aplomb.” The English-born singer-songwriter’s literate music has drawn apt comparisons to Leonard Cohen, Ray Davies, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, David Bowie, Randy Newman, and others.
