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October 18, 2006
Carnegie Hall
Freekin' awesome is all I can say!
Last night, in the pouring rain, Chis and I went to Carnegie Hall to see Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Paul Simon recorded "Graceland" with this a cappella group from South Africa. In 1993, Nelson Mandela asked the group to accompany the future president and F.W. de Klerk to Oslo, Norway for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.
The highlight of the show for me was Sarah McLachlan. She has to be one of the most talented and gifted performers of our day. And, she hails from Vancouver. She performed one of my favourite tracks, "Angel", and most will not be surprised to hear than I wept. And wept. You could hear a pin drop in the auditorium.
She later performed "Homeless" with Ladysmith Black Mambazo, from their new CD titled "Long Walk to Freedom", a collection of 12 new recordings to celebrate 12 years of democracy in South Africa. Special guests on the CD include Melissa Ethridge, Emmylou Harris, Taj Mahal, Sarah McLachlan, and Natalie Merchant.
Sarah was strangely absent for the encore. I was doing a little shopping on iTunes last night (at first, I didn't know what I was looking for because I ever EVERY SINGLE THING she has ever recorded). I discovered that she has released a new CD titled "Wintersong", a collection of Christmas tunes. Not to be missed is the title song, and her version of Joni Mitchell's "River".
She probably missed the encore to head to her CD release party. Can we call it that anymore? I can't remember the last time I bought a CD? Perhaps we should call it her "MP3 release party"?
It was a stunning performance, even from our seats way up in the nose-bleed section.
Posted by dave at October 18, 2006 11:21 AM