Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Concert Review: Katie Melua - The Triple Door, Seattle, July 2006



Another singer whose musical style crosses several musical genres. Is she folk? Is she blues? Is she pop? Does it matter? This young woman (she is just 21) who was born in the former Soviet Union state of Georgia, immigrating to Belfast when she was eight, and later to England, has a voice of an angel. Her favorite singer is the late Eva Cassidy and there is a lot of Eva Cassidy to her voice. I have been listening to her first album now for well over a year and when the first couple of familiar notes of the songs from that album would begin, it would give me goosebumps. But that was nothing compared to the tears that were streaming down my cheeks when she sang. "Faraway Voice" her tribute to Eva Cassidy. Another wonderful musical evening.

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