Some superlative music!

I attended a music concert yesterday. It was organized by the Alliance Francaise at Razzberry Rhinoceros and called the French Kiss Festival. It brought together three lady performers; this was the Bombay leg of a nine city tour.

Starting off proceedings was the band Vayu. They played an all original set as requested, they said, by a lot of people. They were competent, but never really rose to any great heights. And by the way, they had some really raucous fans rooting for them.

Following them was Anais, singing solo without a band. She also strummed a guitar and blew on a kind of whistle. Unfortunately she was suffering from a bad cough which she could’ve done without! But for that her performance would’ve even better. She sang well and displayed a good range despite the cough. She also managed to do a bluesy song and a Celtic one, both accents almost upto the mark. And yes before I forget she also had a quirky sense of humour, a good chatty style too. In fact that’s one thing that was common across all performers, they got the crowd involved.

Next up was Emily Loizeau and her band. It consisted of a violin cum guitar player, a drummer and herself singing and playing the piano. They started off with a violin solo by Olivier which was interesting. The real highlight of their performance was Emily’s singing. She had a really powerful voice which also managed to hold some low notes well. She sang both in French and English. Their songs were interspersed with some interesting activities like when the drummer painted on the LP turntable throughout a particular song. I really liked Emily’s personality as well- spontaneous, lively, like a real temptress. The power in her voice really hit home when she sang the last song without a mike. She managed to fill the entire room with her soulful voice. Sweet. And yes there was the instance of a friendly slanging match between the band and the audience, when they announced that their next song would be the last and we differed.

If Emily’s band was a treat, we really weren’t prepared for what was about to hit us next. That was Mademoiselle K and her band. I am at a loss for words about how to describe them and their music. In fact what I’ll do is post separately on them, such was the impact.

That’s all for now. Cheers!