I was taken along to see Gus Meeuwis perform live by a friend of mine, and I was a little apprehensive that I wouldn’t understand a lot of the show and might get bored because of the language barrier. If anyone else is worried about that when going to see him live, don’t be. His expressions, intonation, and body language are universal and he’s so dedicated to every phrase of his music and discloses the narrative precisely.
Although he’s been performing since the early 90s, there’s no sign of him slowing down or his performance weakening, and he put on a fantastic show with incredibly strong vocals. He was great at interacting with his band, and when he was going to improvise a section that they hadn’t rehearsed, Gus gave a nod to his bassist who was leading the band, and he then lead the rest of the band around the new sections of music.
He was wonderful at engaging with everyone in the audience and getting everyone to sing and clap along, and although I didn’t know the music, he taught us all a section of a chorus to sing along to, and it was awesome to be involved in that way.
Miss Montreal, her name is gorgeous, she is gorgeous, her music is gorgeous, nobodies perfect but I think I've found the closest thing!
From the Netherlands, Miss Montreal has such clean vocals, her voice in it's own right is very uplifting, put this behind a good beat alongside amazing lyrics and you have some of the finest songs you will hear in a very long time. The 'Seven Friends' singer is phenomenal live and her talent is only reflected by her stunning smile.
When she performed her song 'Wish I could' the crowd was captivated as she sung sweetly all the while playing her guitar and moving around, there was nothing static about this performance at all. At first the crowd was still and lifeless but by time the chorus had hit people were singing along and moving themselves as the 'ooooooo's' swept through the crowd as the Dutch princess performed beyond her limits.
Miss Montreal is full of talent and life, knowing just how to work a crowd and get them in the right frame of mind, which not many musicians have perfected.