Nominate Lela For the ‘Stop, Stop, I’ll Pee’ Award
by Lela Davidson on June 16, 2009
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Last week I received a message from an account exec at a PR firm who represents Poise pads. (This is what happens when you write publicly about your ‘issues’.) But, hey – it’s an award and I’m not really so picky. Also, the message encouraged self nominations. But the real reason I want you to nominate me is because the prestigious Poise Passion award includes ‘an exclusive performance by Grammy-Award winning musicians and activists, the Indigo Girls!’
Hello? A semi-private concert with Emily and Amy? Sign me up! Learn how after the jump. Read more
Fall in Love With Brandi Carlile
by Lela Davidson on January 30, 2008
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I was all set to go on and on about the Indigo Girls. But Brandi Carlile blew me away. I have to say I was the tiniest bit annoyed to hear that my girls had an opening act! (I don’t do concerts often.) As soon as Carlile opened her mouth in the small theater I took it all back. She filled up the space with her voice. You know how some artists are great in the studio and then you’re like – yeah whatever. She’s not one of them.
Carlile’s voice was all crystal clear and rough edges, just where she wanted it. I wish I had better musical vocabulary because you can only say she’s awesome so many ways. She’s got that folk thing going on with the occasional yodle thrown in. Maybe a bit like Sarah McLachlan meets kd Lang meets Lyle Lovett. She made me cry with her rendition of Hallelujah (which all you parental types will know from the movie Shrek.) And when she sang with the Indigo Girls it was pure bliss.
I didn’t know until I got home and Googled her, but Carlile has had several songs featured on Grey’s Anatomy, so if you’re a fan you may recognize some of the tracks on Story, the CD I bought as soon as they turned on the house lights.
Want a sample? Check out her Grey’s video here. She’s 100 times cooler in concert.
Amy and Emily were also amazing. I thought I was a fan before, but I’ve got a lot of catching up to do. Send CDs.
