{"id":30945,"date":"2019-03-22T16:29:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T16:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toyah.net\/?p=30945"},"modified":"2019-04-10T09:52:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T08:52:15","slug":"edinburgh-evening-news-crimson-queen-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/edinburgh-evening-news-crimson-queen-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Evening News: Crimson Queen Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com\/news\/entertainment\/liam-rudden-dancing-in-the-hurricane-with-the-crimson-queen-1-4893361\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com\/news\/entertainment\/liam-rudden-dancing-in-the-hurricane-with-the-crimson-queen-1-4893361\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-30946\" style=\"border: 6px solid white;\" alt=\"eencqr19a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/eencqr19a.jpg\" width=\"220\" height=\"302\" \/><\/a><strong>Liam Rudden: Dancing in the hurricane with the Crimson Queen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>When Toyah Willcox sings that she danced in the hurricane, drums driving a hypnotic rhythm in the background, you can just picture the scene.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So opens In The Court of The Crimson Queen, her new studio album, reimagined from an earlier release of the same name with five brand new tracks added, including the opener of Act I, Dance In The Hurricane. And what an opener it is. Raw, emotional and with an entrancing narrative, this old-school floor filler finds the singer still on the top of her game. With an irresistible beat and simple but effective hook, Toyah\u2019s message remains as simple and clear as it has always been Be Loud, Be Heard, Be Proud.<\/p>\n<p>Split into two acts &#8211; Act I has eight tracks, Act II another seven &#8211; In The Court of The Crimson Queen is the result of a collaboration with co-writer and producer Simon Darlow, he also plays all the instruments. The title, a nod to her husband, King Crimson\u2019s Robert Fripp.<\/p>\n<p>Willcox and Darlow first wrote together as far back as 1978 and influences of their previous hits Rebel Run and Don\u2019t Fall In Love hover like ghosts throughout this release. The second track of Act I, Sensational, is a punchy uplifting bundle of joy that, like Dance In The Hurricane, is sure to become an anthem in its own right, if it hasn\u2019t already.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Continue reading at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com\/news\/entertainment\/liam-rudden-dancing-in-the-hurricane-with-the-crimson-queen-1-4893361\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Edinburgh Evening News<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liam Rudden: Dancing in the hurricane with the Crimson Queen When Toyah Willcox sings that she danced in the hurricane, drums driving a hypnotic rhythm in the background, you can just picture the scene. So opens In The Court of The Crimson Queen, her new studio album, reimagined from an earlier release of the same [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38,27,110],"tags":[1029,2099],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30945"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30947,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30945\/revisions\/30947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}