How did I overlook Lindsey Stirling?

A week ago, I didn't know who Lindsey Stirling was. Well, technically I did, because Diana got tickets to see her last Friday, and it's been on my calendar for awhile, I just forgot. But then we're watching the Olympics, and US gymnast Suni Lee has this really cool music for her floor routine, and Diana explains that's Lindsey Stirling, who we're going to see. Friday morning, I listen to a couple of her albums, and buy Duality, her latest. Two listens through, and I'm hooked. I look online at various clips of her performances, and she's insanely dynamic, with a very dynamic lighting design.

She starts the show with "Eye Of The Untold Her," the one from Suni's routine, and already it's clear that this is gonna be a great show. That piece is so epic. She's in motion so much of the time, whether she's doing high kicks or being flown above the stage. She's ably backed by a small band and dancers. The lighting rig is relatively simple, but expertly used. It didn't matter that I didn't really know most of the music, because you can feel it. She's so good.

Her backstory is that she was on America's Got Talent and was kind of put down by the judges, that her thing needed a band and a singer. She does collaborate with others, but mostly it's her stuff, with the violin front and center. Her thing, as it turns out, works, really well. This show was sold-out, and that's apparently the case on much of her tour so far. She's doing her thing.

The only bummer is that I can't see the show again!