"The morning hour": Imelda May

We have a new friend writing for Radio Prosecco: AJ. At first sight (hemm... read) he seems to be the only one here that combines two skills: knowing what's talking about and actually writing it.

After having to pass on two tickets for Oi Va Voi, I got two tickets for the Itunes Live Festival y'day night, for Madeleine Peyroux and Imelda May. I had no idea of who Imelda May was (too bad for somebody who "writes" for a radio-blog) and had only listened to a couple of songs from Peyroux. The latter had a decent set, but her attitude stinks.

Imelda was a complete surprise, very upbeat- at the beginning i thought she was from the movie The Committments, though she looks definetely more professional and commercially groomed. Her set was interesting and though her style comes from the past (the likes of Johnny Cash come to mind), she doesn't look to me like she's mimicking it (a sort of Buble' effect). As Jools Holland puts it: "She sings beatifully, she swings"; i'll go with that.

Will listen a bit more, for the fun of it.