Star Rating: ****

Perhaps with the confidence that can come only from being part of a revered musical family with an apparently free choice of the best collaborators and musicians, Teddy Thompson chose to open with a batch of new songs, played acoustically.

While it was neither obvious nor crowd-pleasing, it was a largely effective appetiser for the main course, with In My Arms sitting comfortably alongside the few older songs such as Everybody Move It and I Wish It Was Over.

The remainder of the show was dedicated to a sequential run through his recent Upfront and Down Low album, a selection of beautifully sung, faithfully recreated country tunes. Its old-school credentials were enhanced by the presence of songs more commonly associated with Elvis, Merle Haggard and Dolly Parton. Here, played by tastefully dexterous musicians, they were in safe hands, performed with love and enthusiasm rather than becoming pastiches. Yet even in this rarefied context, Thompson's own song Down Low, sung with his sister Kamila, sat comfortably, suggesting his real strengths lie in writing rather than recreating.

As a one-off, this made for a great show - albeit one that was restrained by the conventions his own songs tend to avoid.