Laura Marling resides in the pantheon of favorites and heartthrobs here at TSRE and last Wednesday night at the First Church in Cambridge over by Harvard was a truly special evening. Accompanied by an eclectic accompanying band composed of members of the opening acts, Laura Marling took the stage in the dimly lit crossing of the church. Already forceful on her own, Marling's songs, both new and old, took on a new dimension with the added cello, piano, drums and bass that filled and expanded throughout the cavernous church. The space really was perfect. Marling, standing slight under the vaulting unleashed wave upon wave of emotional and moving music and even showed off some amazing whistling skills that blew everyone away. After shooing away her friends, Marling, in addition to whistling, shared some touching personal anecdotes relating to Goodbye England, reinforcing her surprising maturity and friendliness. It is difficult to really fully describe the atmosphere of an artist as captivating as Marling intimately performing to a loving crowd in a unique space like a church. Really quite a special, just like Marling as an artist.
Some highlights included:
Laura Marling - Goodbye England (YSI) (filesavr)
Laura Marling - Ghosts (YSI) (filesavr)
1 comments:
I caught a lot on video as you say dimly lit but I think the sound was OK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU7Syw90ZpQ then look for my other Laura videos
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