Lady Sing The Tunes

I've often complained that cover band Dwayne Gretzky sing too much "classic" songs, given their age. Amazingly, they have finally scheduled a concert where they will sing only 90s tunes. Too bad it will be during the Easter week-end and I can't attend. So despite an incipient cold, I decided to venture out late Thursday evening to perhaps the "next best thing", a Ladies of the 90s tribute at tiny Holy Oak café.

The band was called Sheryl and consisted of local musicians including Kelly McMichael. But it didn't just fall on her to sing the songs of Paula Cole, Jann Arden, Sarah McLachlan et al. A rotating line-up of female singers sharing both lead and harmony took their turn, to the delight of the mostly female crowd. But the men weren't entire left out as they not provided a tight musical foundation, but drummer Stephen Foster got his spotlight with Natalie Imbruglia's Torn. But Felicity Williams provided the high point. Her experienced voice provided depth and emotionality whereas some others gave surface-level interpretations. They were good, but sounded retrospectively karaoke-ish, after Williams sang her first line. But I can't harp too much on a night of music that was as fun for the band as the audience.