NickLowe has made his mark as a producer (Elvis Costello-GrahamParker-Pretenders-The Damned), songwriter of at least three songs you know byheart,short-lived career as a pop star, and a lengthy term as a musicians’musician. But in his current ‘second act’ as a silver-haired, tender-heartedbut sharp-tonguedsinger-songwriter, he has no equal.Starting with 1995′s ‘The ImpossibleBird’ through to 2011′s ‘The Old Magic,’Nick has turned out a fantastic string of albums, each one devised in his WestLondon home, and recorded with a core of musicians who possess the same veteransavvy. Lowe brings wit and understated excellence to every performance,leadingBen Ratliff of the New York Times to describe his live show as “elegant andnearly devastating.

”His new 4 song EP “Tokyo Bay” features Los Straitjackets as his backing band