Concert Review Site

Recently, I chatted with someone who saw the Chicago Civic Orchestra earlier this week. The concert included an interesting mix of 20th century music, including Bartok, Schumann and another composer, with whom I was not familiar. According to this person, however, the orchestra acquitted their job quite well. The newer piece was one of these interesting pieces that combines interesting poetry with great orchestration. It was apparently a bit harder to understand, and the singer could have been somewhat clearer in enunciation. But the text could be found in the program, so this isn’t quite such a problem. The other pieces were well done. What was with the Symphony Center, though? The lights flickered and distracted my friend quite a bit.

The Radiohead kicked off their US concert tour on a promising note at the West Palm Beach in Florida last Monday. Radiohead performed much beyond the expectations of their hardcore fans and began with “All I Need” from their popular 2007 album “In Rainbows”. They performed roughly for a period of two hours and were able to squeeze in a set of 24 songs ranging from long time favorites to the latest ones during this concert. The audience were screaming and clapping in joy when Radiohead sang “Everything in its Right Place” and “Idioteque”. The tickets to the Palm Beach concert sold like hot cakes well in advance and a capacity crowd of over 19,000 thoroughly enjoyed the show.

José Gonzalez hypnotized his audiences during his last performance at the Highline Ballroom in New York on March 11th. This quiet guitarist sat down and adjusted his strings to give “Deadweight on Velveteen” as the opening performance. This Swedish Song writer won the hearts of the audiences by playing mellow tunes. The quiet atmosphere of the auditorium was turned to frenzy by the time José Gonzalez reached his third song “Fold”. The background projection with attractive scenario added the visual treat. Audiences were completely shaken by his rendering of “Crosses”, a song from “Veneer”, his first album.

He had Yukimi Nagamo as his background Vocalist and Christopher Berg as his percussionist, whom he introduced to the audience in between the show. José Gonzalez also performed “In Our Nature”, “Killing For Love” and “Down the Line” from his second album. He surprised the audiences by performing the eight–minute long song “Cycling Trivialities”. The audiences clapped and danced for some of his songs and he cracked some jokes about the sleepy nature of the song “Teardrop”. José Gonzalez did a one hour show and covered 20 songs. The audiences were very satisfied with the quality and liveliness of the performance. The artist thanked the audiences and waved farewell before leaving the venue.

British Sea Power (BSP), the indie rockers from the UK, is planning to traverse the length and breadth of North America promoting their new album “Do You like Rock Music?” The British Sea Power artists have plans to begin their North American tour on Feb 25th right after their European tour gets over. The North America promotion tour by the quartet indie rockers is to be held at San Diego, Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Minneapolis, Chicago, Atlanta, New York, Columbia, Nashville etc. They have a long and grinding tour of America that runs deep into the month of May 2008.  

The foursome group from UK comprises of Yan the vocalist and the guitarist, Wood, the drummer, Noble the guitar man and Hamilton the bass player. “Do You like Rock Music?” is the third album released by the British Sea Power and is making waves all over the world with its singles like “Waving flags” and “No Lucifer”. The lead guitarist Martin Noble is of the opinion that their new album is their version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Rough Trade Records founder Geoff Travis happened to witness one of BSP’s shows and signed them immediately and their previous two albums are “The Decline of British Sea Power” their debut album in 20003 and “Open Season” in 2005.

Indigo Girls are a folk rock duo that consists of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. Indigo Girls released a seven-inch single called “Crazy Game” in 1985. The band’s second album named Nomads Indians Saints, became gold in 1991. In 2002, the band released Become You, which is a full album of new compositions that gained much critical acclaim. If you are fond of country music you have a chance to see Indigo Girls’ shows in January and February. Tickets are available.

Kelly Clarkson is definitely gifted. She’s a  pop and rock singer, actress with the Grammy Award. At the beginning she was sang pop music and her first album “Thankful” was released in 2003. Kelly will perform her show on Jan 26, 2008 in Crown Center of Cumberland County,
Fayetteville, NC.

Rumors say that Michael Jackson has turned black again. Jackson, is currently in Ireland to record new music albums. As is well known, over the past several decades, Jackson had managed to change his complexion from a solid, honest black into almost lily white. Now, it has been reported that his skin is now ‘blacker than the inside of a cow at midnight’.

Celine Dion played her final Las Vegas show on Saturday. By doing so, she said an emotional goodbye from a stage to thousands of faithful fans. Celine Dion, being very emotional, wept several times during the concert and said the Las Vegas experience had a been a wonderful emotional adventure. Who knows if this is the very end of Dion’s music career? Maybe she will make a wonderful comeback in a couple of years. If so, I think, that she will be very well received.

50 Cent thinks that record labels should move with the times. To his mind, this file sharing isn’t a bad thing for artists and it certainly doesn’t do them any harm. According to 50 Cent, the labels should manage “the 360 degrees around an artist”. Labels is a kind of the only way to get their marketing money back, 50 Cent adds.

Celine Dion and Hannah Montana have announced that their premium concerts will be transmitted in movie theaters. This is very glorious news for people who love these divas but aren’t ready to overpay for incredibly expensive tickets for their permanently sold-out concerts. Celine Dion against Hannah Montana – it’s up to you to decide who’s going to win.