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Performing a stripped-back show as part of the Piccadilly piano festival, the singer-songwriter gave a forceful performance of some his most wrenching material – but there was laughter in the dark
John Grant is one of the more unique songwriters in music.
'I FOUND THE COURAGE' When I was 20, I had to be drunk to sing in front of people, says John Grant Simon Cosyns Updated: 0:06, 25 Jun 2021 JOHN GRANT is struggling to find a way to express the dread he felt as a pre-teen. “What’s the word I’m looking for?” he mutters before turning to me and saying, “I can only think of it in German . . . drohend. There was a ‘drohend’ atmosphere.” 7 John Grant is struggling to find a way to express the dread he felt as a pre-teen realising he was gayCredit: Hörður Sveinsson A glance at Google Translate reveals the meaning to be “...