The greatest thing about Monday, is that around here on the blog, I like to post something about the music I'm currently binging on. And this week, one of musicians I've been listening to a lot is Liz Longley... Particularly her latest CD, Weightless. It came out months ago, but it wasn't until I heard her playing live at the Kessler Theater here in Dallas that I really fell in love with this batch of songs.
Liz Longley at The Kessler Oct. 18, 2016
Because the CD has a lot of production- a little more than I typically like for a singer/songwriter-, I preferred her live performance even more. But the CD is great. Liz has one of the prettiest voices I know of... She a great lyricist and she comes up with some great hooks and her voice is crystal clear and one of my very favorites.
So today I'm posting the first official video from the Weighless CD, but I highly recommend youtube-ing her and finding some of her live performances as well. And the more acoustic, the better--- It's that voice of hers you'll want to focus on. It's breathtaking.
I got to see both Max Gomez AND Liz Longley here in Dallas at the Kessler Theatre last night. First of all, the Kessler is my very favorite venue for live music these days. It's just the right size, they book musicians I happen to love, and it's in an old, but swankily updated theatre in Oak Cliff.
I really love both of these artists, and I got so lucky to pay for just one ticket and see both of them. They co-headlined this concert. Max played first for about an hour and a half, and then Liz did the same. Then at the end, they sang one song (one I didn't know- ) together, brilliantly.
The videos posted below were my favorite songs of the night by each artist, but I didn't take the video- That would've sort of blown the live music listening experience for me. Fortunately, there are loads of other's that apparently don't feel the same so there are live videos a-plenty to hear these and others!
Here's Max Gomez' "Rule The World"....
And my current female singer crush- Her voice is clear as a bell and she can do pretty much anything she wants with it. And on top of all of THAT, she's a brilliant lyricist that can create a catchy hook. Here's Liz Longley, singing "Bad Habit"...
