Whimsical Tricycle’s Insane in London is a beyond-stellar folk music show in both quality and originality. The musical web-log is stripped-down, uniformly good and confessional. Some singer-songwriters have that presence. Such artists don't perform so much as occupy the space in which they play. Kieran Butler is one such songwriter and along with his wife Michelle Wilson, they are such artists.

His cool vocals and her shivering violin strings literally fill the room and the emotions. Butler’s trademark poetical songs about life, death and romance dominate, but it is his ability to tell the stories behind the tunes that add vital depth to the performance. In a series of lovesick confessionals, Wilson's glorious playing married to Butler’s wonderful lyrics is touching, gorgeous and stunning. Each song has a distinctive quality that stands on its own. However, when viewed as a whole, all these individual elements unify to make a greater holistic entertainment.

Butler is followed his muse and sprinted with it, and the result is a collection of songs that is as warm and friendly as its creators. Tenderly delivered with bare authenticity, Wilson tells about her mother’s tragic demise. Then Michelle sings a song she wraps in a beautiful package and delivers with a badly bruised heart. It’s simply wonderful and tremendously affecting. From the first moment until the last, Insane in London is enthralling. It works because of the Whimsical Tricycle’s charming personality, and each song being a standalone picture in a landscape decorated with acoustic guitar and violin spread over an emotionally engaging canvas. The Cavern, season closed.