granodemostasa
Headphoneus Supremus
Pure joy, that's as much as I want to say about her music.
About 30 minutes before her concert I found out she existed, five minutes later I tried to spread the word after reading her biography. Six minutes after that I was off to her latest concert. the decision was simple really, I could continue to read about WWII business relations and worry my head off about my Head-fi reputation being destroyed by a stupid joke I put up, or I could enjoy what I enjoy most: live music.
I don't know much about her, her music and I could understand her language even less, but that simply didn't matter tonight. The first few songs were festive, she provided a set of complex rhythms in combination with musical vivacy to bring us images of a bright morning and pure latin style muisc.
She did a wonderful job explaining her music in English, a great help since 90% of the audience didn't understand her songs... but non of us cared. the type of influences in her music and the fact that it simply sounds incredible cured all barriers that might have existed between her and the audience. She got us to laugh and smile from the start.
Her tempo changed during the middle of the performance. She gave a brief introduction to a song about the Women's revolution in 1910, and proceeded to take my heart from me. the type of emotion present in her band, and the images that the composition evokes are breath taking. The song's warm, long passages took me to a time and place I've never been before. Her next song moved me to tears.
This is really where her music excels. To create the type of imagery and to wear her emotions and her intellectual creativity is something so rare that it drew us closer and closer to the music to the point where we were all musicians in her band. She doesn't stun you with her brilliance, she awakens the musician in you. If I could describe her band in one word, it would be "Jazz." not because it sounds like Jazz (although the Jazz influence is heavy), but because it is a perfect demonstration of instantaneous democratic creation.
Her next song was soothing, laid back. I felt the power of her voice (a sprinkling of star dust) as her voice moved from one end of the stage to another. Her dynamics were so incredible, that she went about as loud as I've ever heard anyone go... and the microphone was 3 feet away!
By now she owned the audience. we cheered her every dance, and shared in the joy of independence. She turned the largest auditorium in Berkeley into her personal night club. By the end of the night, the audience was standing and dancing... most of us had never heard her before now.
To me, this performance was perfection. Never did she make a mistake, never was the audience not reacting perfectly. We hardly understood each other's language, but we all felt the same.
About 30 minutes before her concert I found out she existed, five minutes later I tried to spread the word after reading her biography. Six minutes after that I was off to her latest concert. the decision was simple really, I could continue to read about WWII business relations and worry my head off about my Head-fi reputation being destroyed by a stupid joke I put up, or I could enjoy what I enjoy most: live music.
I don't know much about her, her music and I could understand her language even less, but that simply didn't matter tonight. The first few songs were festive, she provided a set of complex rhythms in combination with musical vivacy to bring us images of a bright morning and pure latin style muisc.
She did a wonderful job explaining her music in English, a great help since 90% of the audience didn't understand her songs... but non of us cared. the type of influences in her music and the fact that it simply sounds incredible cured all barriers that might have existed between her and the audience. She got us to laugh and smile from the start.
Her tempo changed during the middle of the performance. She gave a brief introduction to a song about the Women's revolution in 1910, and proceeded to take my heart from me. the type of emotion present in her band, and the images that the composition evokes are breath taking. The song's warm, long passages took me to a time and place I've never been before. Her next song moved me to tears.
This is really where her music excels. To create the type of imagery and to wear her emotions and her intellectual creativity is something so rare that it drew us closer and closer to the music to the point where we were all musicians in her band. She doesn't stun you with her brilliance, she awakens the musician in you. If I could describe her band in one word, it would be "Jazz." not because it sounds like Jazz (although the Jazz influence is heavy), but because it is a perfect demonstration of instantaneous democratic creation.
Her next song was soothing, laid back. I felt the power of her voice (a sprinkling of star dust) as her voice moved from one end of the stage to another. Her dynamics were so incredible, that she went about as loud as I've ever heard anyone go... and the microphone was 3 feet away!
By now she owned the audience. we cheered her every dance, and shared in the joy of independence. She turned the largest auditorium in Berkeley into her personal night club. By the end of the night, the audience was standing and dancing... most of us had never heard her before now.
To me, this performance was perfection. Never did she make a mistake, never was the audience not reacting perfectly. We hardly understood each other's language, but we all felt the same.
