So the first thing that comes to mind when Alela takes to the stage is \u2018Flippin heck, she\u2019s all grown up\u2019.\u00a0 After years of peddling a floaty hippy look at several Greeenman festival appearances, she is now a vamped up vixen in a tight black outfit. \u00a0Alela\u2019s going to show us how far she\u2019s come since being touted as merely Joanna Newsome\u2019s prot\u00e9g\u00e9.<\/p>\n
As well as sharing production duties on her latest album, her father, Tom Menig has been part of her band from the off and this evening he\u2019s her left hand man giving it his all on the old guitar and mandolin.\u00a0 Keeping it in the family, bassist Tom Bevitori also doubles up as her boyfriend and this cozy set up is reflected in the natural and laid back way in which the performance unravels.\u00a0 The on stage banter feels like you\u2019re a fly on the wall at a Menig family lunch (not dinner, they\u2019re way too relaxed!) as they share a joke about swine flu.\u00a0 The set goes with out fault and the tracks are executed as close to their sound on record as they possibly could be thanks to this family vibe and of course to the warm and wholesome sound that the Gate provides (and a good soundman, no doubt).<\/p>\n
Right hand lady, Alina Hardin balances up Alela\u2019s powerful but controlled vocals and provides some delicate harmony work through out the set.\u00a0 This well matched pairing comes in to its own towards the end of the set when the rest of the band vacate the stage to leave the femmes to belt out their take on an old traditional folk song which pretty much leaves the audience in awe.<\/p>\n
Stand out track for the night: Every Path<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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