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Tayari's Blog: Alice Smith @ The Highline

Posted by TayariJones on May 23, 2008 08:26 AM
Filed under Living For The City

Last night Tara B., Aisha M., and I went to the Highline to see Alice Smith in concert. The first time I go to see a singer do her thing live, I am halfway going just to verify that she can actually sing. A lot of people can make a decent record, but can she blow? Alice can. Alice did. No doubt about that.

She is such a lovely singer that she deserved a better night than she had at the Highline. For one, the sound equipment was not together. Those speakers sounded like the ones in my car! (We are talking the factory speakers in a 1999 Altima. That's sad.) The second issue was the matter of her fans. Right at my left ear were two squealy girls who kept screaming "We love you Aliiiiiice!" Drove. Me. Crazy. And when they started to dance, they elbowed everyone within a three foot radius.

Miz Alice herself has a sort of girl-next-door quality. Her clothes are simple and modest, which was really endearing. She smiled a lot like she was really happy to be there. She doesn't perform with a lot of flash, but she's solid and holds things down.

I imagine that her stage presence will grow with time and experience. She's got the voice. She's really got it. That's the thing that matters.

Goofy snapshots here.
And a giveaway: At the concert promoters gave away a CD with three of Alice Smith's singles. If you are the first to email me with your mailing address, it's yours. We have a winner!