It’s her time, and Ledisi is pushing it all over the top in her first ever headline tour that tore the roof off the Atlanta Symphony Hall in downtown Atlanta on Friday, Oct. 28. The powerhouse singer has matured beyond her years professionally since rolling out first covered as an emerging artist only a few short years ago.
Ledisi told a sold out house that some in the industry told her she couldn’t pull off her own headline tour and she appeared to be honestly overwhelmed and surprised when the very animated audience sprang to their feet to applaud and shout their approval and appreciation. The New Orleans born singer’s spectacular vocal control, sometimes simmers in ow bluesy and jazzy tones and then erupts into an ethnic rock which is reminiscent of the Mother’s Finest sound.
And when Ledisi wasn’t winning converts her nothing less than amazing voice, she was thoroughly entertaining as she performed a bit with back up singers in which she played a champagne-drinking and cigarette-smoking diva. One of the most powerful transitions in the show was when Ledisi and opening act, Timothy Bloom sang the moving duet, “Stay Together.”
Concert highlights included show-stopping renditions of “That’s What It’s About,” “Turn Me Loose,” “I Tried,” and wrapped with her signature “Pieces of Me,“ which was perforated with a brilliant scatting run. Fans stayed and cheered until the singer came back to the stage for an encore performance and again thanked Atlantans for making the first making headline tour a success.
All in all a powerful and first rate performance. –roz edward
