stagecraft
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STAGECRAFTWEEK 6
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WHAT IS STAGECRAFT?
▸ Audience engagement
▸ The art of storytelling
▸ Movement
▸ Stage layout
▸ On stage instrument levels
▸ Technical
REVIEW
▸ Apple’s music can be at once forlorn and hopeful, and her stage persona was no less paradoxical. In person, she had a forceful yet fragile presence, evoking both the assured genius and emotionally exposed artist that comprise her legend. She seemed distant at first, as if she weren’t very invested in the show, but there was always a spark in her eyes that betrayed the spinning wheels behind her stoic facade.
REVIEW
▸ As the performance went on, the waifish songwriter made good use of her impressive vocal range, ricocheting between husky lows and wispy highs without ever seeming like she was showing off. She seemed to taste every bitter lyric before letting it escape her mouth, her face displaying a rapid Rolodex of emotions as she relived each sour muse.
REVIEW
▸ Apple may have been the belle of the ball, but her backing band — which included Blake Mills on guitar — proved just as fetching. In contrast to the wet-behind-the-ears opening acts, her players knew the importance of negative space, allowing the silences between the notes to stretch out and yawn. Thanks to Mills and Co., Apple’s carefully orchestrated arrangements sounded every bit as deliberate and pristine as on her records.
REVIEW
▸ With her band providing the solid foundation, Apple was free to flit about the stage, swooning at the piano one moment, gesticulating behind the microphone the next. All the while, the poetry of her lyrics beckoned the crowd into dark, troubled waters that rippled from the skipped stones of her pervasive wit. The result was a striking, complex, and moving performance that made a strong case for Fiona Apple’s artistic independence being the true national treasure.
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REVIEW:
▸ Ever the eccentric, he performed Sunday night with two band lineups: an all male lineup (called Los Buzzardos) for the first half and an all female lineup (called The Peacocks) for the second half/encore.
▸ All in all, both bands were great (as should be expected of a Jack White backing band). My favorite members of each band respectively were Daru Jones (a powerhouse drummer) and Ruby Amanfu (a Grammy nominated artist based in Nashville who's sultry backing vocals joined with White's on "Love Interruption").
REVIEW
▸ White culled from just about all of his many musical guises opening with "Sixteen Saltines" from his recently released solo album Blunderbuss, hitting as well on White Stripes material in "Black Math," Raconteurs tracks like "Top Yourself" as well as the Dead Weather song "Blue Blood Blues."
▸ It was interesting to watch early how White changed up several of the more well-known White Stripes tracks that he played. For instance, "Hotel Yorba" was less rollicking, opting instead to feature the song's country roots. And with The Peacocks providing pedal steel and violin, the song sounded like a true country song. Before that, "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" featured backing by Los Buzzardos and a reliance on duelling pianos instead of crunchy garage rock riffs.
REVIEW
▸ But it was during White's encore that I saw the crowd go as crazy as any all weekend. Getting things rolling with The Raconteurs hit "Steady as she Goes," White picked up the pace maintaining the momentum as he launched into more traditional versions of White Stripes hits like "The Hardest Button to Button" before closing with "Seven Nation Army."
http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-at-night/2012/08/concert-review-day-3-of-lollapalooza-2012-sunday-8512-in-chicago/
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