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Jazz singer Kat Edmonson is currently on tour in support of The Big Picture, stopping by the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis last night, October 16th.
Opening up the show was Lucy Michelle, with an unexpected appearance by Chris Koza. Michelle played some tracks from her previous band Lucy Michelle & the Velvet Lapelles ("Just a Kid") and one Karen Dalton cover ("Something On Your Mind"), but the majority of her set consisted of her solo material from Attack of the Heart, including the album's finale (and set closer) "Honey Moon".
Lucy Michelle will be back at the Dakota on October 26th, with a full live band. I am assuming the live band will feature some members from her new band, Field Trip.
The first time Kat Edmonson made her way to Minneapolis, it was last year at the Dakota Jazz Club. She got such a great reception and had such a good time, that for this 2014 tour, she had to come back to the Dakota.
As expected with these new album tour, the majority of the set was taken from the new album, The Big Picture (Sony Masterworks), which incidentally landed at #1 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz, as well as #2 on Billboard Total Jazz chart.
I can tell that Edmonson is a natural born storyteller, as she could not wait to tell us all the little stories about her songs. My favorite story was for "Oh My Love", which about halfway into the song, Edmonson started singing in French. She tells us that an Ad Agency in Austin, Texas, wanted her to record an upbeat French song (as they erroneously used a sad/depressing lyrical song). Edmonson agreed to write and sing a new song in French... at first thinking it would be easy-peasy, but then quickly realized what a mistake she's made.
Kat stuck to the setlist, except they skipped out "Who's Counting", in favor of playing it for the encore. The actual song intended for the encore,
"For Two", was not played.
Caving to demands for another song, Edmonson remained on stage as her band went back stage. She took a deep breath and started singing "Nobody Knows That" a cappella. The entire audience was quiet as a mouse, listening to every note.
Kat Edmonson continues her tour in support of The Big Picture. If you attend her show, she is usually very accessible and you can usually get photos/autographs with the artist after the show.
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Lucy Michelle with Chris Koza
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Lucy Michelle will be back at the Dakota on October 26th, with a full live band. I am assuming the live band will feature some members from her new band, Field Trip.
The first time Kat Edmonson made her way to Minneapolis, it was last year at the Dakota Jazz Club. She got such a great reception and had such a good time, that for this 2014 tour, she had to come back to the Dakota.
As expected with these new album tour, the majority of the set was taken from the new album, The Big Picture (Sony Masterworks), which incidentally landed at #1 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz, as well as #2 on Billboard Total Jazz chart.
I can tell that Edmonson is a natural born storyteller, as she could not wait to tell us all the little stories about her songs. My favorite story was for "Oh My Love", which about halfway into the song, Edmonson started singing in French. She tells us that an Ad Agency in Austin, Texas, wanted her to record an upbeat French song (as they erroneously used a sad/depressing lyrical song). Edmonson agreed to write and sing a new song in French... at first thinking it would be easy-peasy, but then quickly realized what a mistake she's made.
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Setlist
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Caving to demands for another song, Edmonson remained on stage as her band went back stage. She took a deep breath and started singing "Nobody Knows That" a cappella. The entire audience was quiet as a mouse, listening to every note.
Kat Edmonson continues her tour in support of The Big Picture. If you attend her show, she is usually very accessible and you can usually get photos/autographs with the artist after the show.
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Kat Edmonson at Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis (16 Oct 2014) |
Thanks for posting the review & photo.
I saw Kat perform when the tour stopped in Toronto and they gave a fabulous performance.
Good to know they were a hit in Minneapolis too.
While she was in Toronto, Kat took the time to be on my podcast "The Inadequate Life a podcast about the creative process and people whose lives depend upon it."
She talked about food, men and songwriting.
Check it out: http://theinadequatelife.com/kat-edmonson-interview-podcast-spotify/
Posted by: FestivalReviews | 10/17/2014 at 12:18 PM