Verftet Online Music Festival 29.03.20 https://youtu.be/2_IoUzum2s8
Aurora sits at her piano and starts to play Animal Soul as a solo acoustic.
This is a peaceful song describing birth and the idea that our animal soul can hardly find a place in this world of hate. Aurora’s voice is delicate as she touches very high pitched notes.
It makes for a slightly sleepy beginning of a concert, but it sets the atmosphere for the next song.
Aurora turns towards the rest of the band. The drummer joins in almost immediately with the kick drum. He uses brushes on the edges of a snare drum. The guitarist uses a slight Reverb and plays a line based on two notes. Aurora starts to play a well known motive on her piano.
Teardrop by Massive Attack is probably their most famous song. Aurora’s voice is perfect to interpret it. During the chorus she lets it wander, reminding a lot the singing style of Dolores O’ Riordan. It is an extremely powerful performance.
Aurora comes out of the performance status and like a little elf, with her funny English greets the audience.
The next song is Warrior. Silje Sol joins on piano and with support vocals. The guitarist sings as well. The song is so energetic and powerful. It brings tears to my eyes. It is much warmer than the studio version, which is almost drowned in a cold synth-base. The support vocals by Silje Sol makes it in my opinion the best version ever performed.
It is sad to think that she cannot see the reaction from the audience. I was singing along and dancing and I was almost in tears while she was singing Warrior. If this is going to be the future of concerts, one should find a solution to give feedback to the artists from the audience. Maybe a screen the artist can look at while performing. Of course the screen should be moderated, people can do crazy things even on screen, so this shouldn’t disrupt the performance in any way.
All is soft Inside is also performed flawlessly, with its great high-pitched passages. The way Aurora moves, how she shakes around, like a little bird bathing in a pond, it is just so joyful.
She is also great at pep-talking, at supporting her audience during CoVid.
She dedicates Through the Eyes of a Child to them. The lyrics are really evocative and sweet.
In The River, Queendom and The Seed Aurora and Silje Sol perform wonderful harmonizations with their voices. Aurora’s vocalization remind me of a Native American, an imaginary she often refers to. In The Seed she refers to the famous quote by Obomsawin.
She ends her concert with Across the Universe, sang together with the rest of the band.
This was a magic experience.
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