I immediately realized that my preconception of a sedate folkloric evening was all wrong and that it was a mistake to leave my earlove plugs at home. Whatever, that all fell by the wayside and I opened my eyes and ears wide to take in the new Lila. She opened with a woman-centric remake of Black Magic Woman, belting out “Don’t turn your back on me baby, I just might pick up my magic stick!” Recordings never really fully reveal a singer’s vocal power, so I hadn’t really expected that voice – a voice with enough wattage to light up the audience all the way to the back of the theater. We cheered wildly for that first number and all the rest.
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Three more at the Rio
Hi everyone, I certainly have some catching up to do on this blog. I’ve been to three concerts that I want to tell you about. Seems like it’s because I’m always too tired to write, but I suspect it’s also partly because I feel dumb when I try to write about music. I will perservere, though. I want to polish up my musical memories so I can pull them up on a bad day!
Alejandro Escovedo at the Rio
I’m finally catching up on posting about the show I went to in February: Alejandro Escovedo with David Pulkingham. This is the first time I’ve seen Alejandro in concert, though I hope not the last.
Dave Rawlings Machine at the Rio
Now I know why they call it the Dave Rawlings Machine. First of all, Dave is, without question, a passionate picking machine. Second, the unnamed cog in this two-geared machine, Gillian Welch, has become a household name, and she’s in need of no additional publicity.
They really rocked.
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