Joss Stone is "lovely"

Diana and I had the opportunity to see Joss Stone on Sunday night (with Rocky Horror happening in the other big theater), and she was "lovely," as she would say. This is actually the second time I've seen her, and it made me realize that she's still relatively young.

"Right To Be Wrong" is a pretty great song, one that she often ends with. It's wisdom is surprising, since she was probably 16 when she wrote it. Then it occurs to me, she was still a teenager when she started. That's why it feels like I've known her forever but I've got a decade and change on her. You wouldn't know it by listening to her music, or in conversation. She can sure work a crowd, especially when she goes out into it.

This tour she decided to strip it down a bit, and had three backup singers, a guitarist and bassist. There were just a few tracked bits, some basic percussion, or maybe it was played back by the guitarist (he had a rig on the floor of stuff). The result was a performance that was more natural and laid-back. As she put it, "Welcome to our living room." She played quite a few songs that were from her first two albums, which now are 20-ish-years-old. She's so good live. Her guitarist was very good as well.

And of course, we got to see her in Steinmetz Hall, which is always a delight. Usually we see orchestras and such in there, but this time they had the proscenium flown in. I hope she had a good time in our venue.