As her Our Version of Events has gone double
platinum and the top selling album of the year in 2012, Emeli (once known as
Adele) took to the Auditorium stage as if wrapped in a golden glow from her massive
debut year and as if she cant’ quite believe it! In July she sang the haunting
Welsh song Abide With Me at the
Olympic ceremonies London which must have been a truly daunting experience for a new singer..
as she walked out to that solo mic.
Sande has a
big smile and golden hairstyle to match her big voice and songs. Exuberant and
effortless, Emeli sang of Hope, My kind of Love and Next To Me – her positive feel good messages. Emeli now has
a bigger band (with three guitarists, two drummers, and backing vocalists) and
started with a very good arrangement of her quality song Daddy. She sang a
Nina Simone song of her biggest musical influences, How It feels to be Free
During her
set she spoke of her support here in Glasgow
and of those who first saw her perform at the Oran Mor, five years ago. And yes I was lucky enough to have been there! It has been
wonderful to follow her success story and to see how she has developed as an
artist.
Her Set – Daddy, Tiger, This is Where I Sleep, Breaking the Law, two new songs, My Kind of Love, Nina Simone’s How It feels to be Free, Read all About It, Wonder, Climb Mountains, Heaven, Next to Me,
Sande says ‘I love the buzz
performing in front of a live audience. There really isn’t anything quite like
it.’
Emeli has
responded to my requests with personal messages and she comes across as
genuine. She also has depth of character and integrity which comes over in her
music.
Proceeds of
the concert went to Nordoff Robbins music therapy.
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