Melody Gardot coming to Philly

Donjr,

Thanks for the heads up. I'm always on the lookout great artists.

All the best,
Nonoise

I am so jealous. The last time I checked, she was only touring in Europe. I'll have to see if she makes it to L.A. as I think she's one of the greatest out there in the here and now.

All the best,
Nonoise

Donjr,

I just revisited Gardots site and lo, she is coming to L.A. on 9/22!!!

The best I could get were mezzanine seats 3 rows from the edge of the balcony since presellers bought out all the great floor seats. Ticketmaster was good enough at $65 a pop but the resellers are charging as much as $95- $731 for the good seats!

Check out the gallery shots of where she's playing at;
http://www.laorpheum.com/gallery.html

It's the old Orpheum Theater in downtown LA. Quite the looker.
Looking forward to this.

All the best,
Nonoise

Yes, thanks indeed, to Devilboy for the post otherwise I would have read about this long after selling out.

All the best,
Nonoise

Anyone who poo poos Absence has the taste of the Philistines :-)
(with all due apologies to Philistines, present and past)

I'm a bigger fan of her two earlier works with her take on what would be considered standards if not for the fact that she penned them herself.
(Harry Nillson would have been a great opener for her if only he were still alive.)
I love those songs.

Absence is great on its own: a beautiful departure into another genre of music that shows how deep and wide her talents are. I didn't know it was Portuguese she was singing and kept thinking it was French with a touch of Spanish of all things. I love it when artists sing in foreign languages that I'm not fluent in (that would be English only) since the voice takes on the air of an instrument.
With no understanding of the language, one can fully appreciate the voice (like choir and chant).

All of this is really working me up for this.
Counting the days.

All the best,
Nonoise

Thought of this just as I posted: Wouldn't it be nice if she did a cover of
The Girl Form Ipanema?