Karma was amazing on the small stage of the Halfmoon, Putney. Bathed in blue light with her jagged blonde long trendy fringe hanging in her face as she mesmerised the audience with a mix of old and new!
Performing all the favourites from her Henry Ate Days, she sung the classic 'Just' TWICE, much to everyone's delight when she ended the show with it as a final special touch! In fact the entire show was a gift of memories and special moments... from Karma's quirky stories inbetween songs proving her to be quite the comedian, to an on stage rendition of 'Hey Mister' with her London-based sister, Tanya!
And after a good few Henry Ate tracks, Karma confessed that her second album 'One Day Soon' is her favourite of the lot, and of the songs on it, she went on to sing 'Indian Giver', another self-confessed favourite!
She also covered tracks off her last album 'Don't Walk Fly' with hits such as slow and meaningful 'Countless Occasions' which she confessed was written about a stalker, and that stalker being a heartbroken her... lightly humourous and bonding to Karma the human behind the music!
She also sung her '0 miles' song, a link to the longings of her home of South Africa "15,000 miles of sky separates this life from one I knew. Cos I'm too close to Cape Town's coast..." and so she was in London town for two fabulous nights before heading back to her now home of Florida. But Karma did promise to be back sooner than her last two year turnaround for a UK visit!
And with her Henry Ate catalogue being re-released in SA this month, maybe she will need to head home to do a reunion tour there, and what better place to stop along the way than London! Plus she is soon to release her new Karma album. So we a good chance for a return between the two! Let's hope we see her back here soon!
Rock On Karma,
x
PS: And how can I forget fellow South African singer songwriter Samantha Horwill on support... adorably animated on stage, Miss Horwill is a little package full of Oooomph, and with a fabulous voice on top of it, she will take many a stage by storm as she continues to build her career having only recently launched her debut album as a solo artist!
Oh yay, Karma is still around. I though she had disappeared. Did she sing "Pachelbel"? It's an amazing song from her solo album (there was only one, right?).
ReplyDeleteSorry to read you missed Harris Tweed. I also missed them when they were in Cape Town in late August/early September. I'm very pissed about that. But happy that he MP3s I put up of theirs have proved popular with my mostly non-SA readers.