Last night I saw Jessie Farrell at the Arts Club Backstage Lounge. It was a pleasant surprise–she was a commanding performer with a strong voice and a tight band. She plays kind of folk-pop music–sort of the Corrs meets Sarah Mclachlan. If this sounds appealling, go to her site and check out some of the MP3s there. To be honest, I thought she sounded better live. At her age, performers develop quite quickly, though, and she may have grown a lot since those recordings.
Given the venue, and her dreadlocks and singer-songwriter stylings, had I been unmarried with two goofy sidekicks, the evening could have turned out like that scene from High Fidelity. Had she, you know, been attracted to a slightly geeky guy with glasses. And if, you know, dreadlocks didn’t kind of gross me out.
I have Bree to thank for this discovery. She recently linked to the Tyee, which had a feature article on Ms. Farrell, which piqued my interest and brought me to the show. Thanks, Bree.
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Glad you went! I still haven’t seen her yet, but it was a good feature on her. I think we have similar musical tastes, so it’s good to know that you enjoyed her performance. I’ll see her live one of these days.