* May 6 Review:
Imagine yourself in an intimate night club full of music loving folks -- including a good representation of local music talent. The crowd is hip, brown, many ages, and in noisy adoration of what is unfolding on stage -- or more correctly, what is unfolding onstage and with the audience.
Rachelle Ferrell, her first time in Minneapolis, "brang it" in spite of a cold. Her off the chain multi-octave voice, playful engagement with the audience, and smooth band of brothers on guitar, keyboards, bass, and drums, transformed the Dakota Jazz Club in downtown Minneapolis from a place to an experience.
The music was a conversation between Ferrell, her musicians, the audience, and the universe. We were of the music, in the music, together. From amazing turns on classics like "Summertime" to a bluesy song whose title I missed about someone getting off her neck and off her back, the air we collectively were breathing was infused with music created, interpreted for that moment only, for us, for her. Simply breathtaking.
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Amen. Rachelle Ferrell was exactly that...an experience. I'm so happy to have been a part of her first visit to Mpls. I now know, I will try my hardest to be a part of any of her future performances. WE had a blast...
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