Thao and Mirah With the Most Of All

Thao and Mirah
Guests: Led to Sea / Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside
The Biltmore Caberet
May 5th, 2011

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I caught the second half of Led to Sea, who also turns out to be the Violinist/Keys/Vocals for Thao and Mirah. She played exceptionally interesting looping violins with vocals. Great opener.

The second opener was Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside, the moment they began to play --- I began to dance. A lot of feet shuffling, head bobbing, body moving happened. They have that old bluesy - classic 50's rock sound to them. They sound unique, different, refreshing. I picked up their EP at the end of the night and am anticipating their full record release at the end of May (23rd - to be exact).
Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside - Not An Animal


When Thao and Mirah came onstage they opened with something rather mellow, clam, serene. I was an avid listener of Thao With the Get Down Stay Downs but had never made an attempt to familiarize myself with Mirah's work. It's safe to say that their set was played passionately by all musicians on stage. The stage - full of women musicians was refreshing. The sound was a little unbalanced at The Biltmore, the percussion was overpowering the acoustics and vocals. But because I positioned at the front of stage, seeing them play, no-matter how chaotic the sound sometimes was -- beautiful.
Favourites from their record include "Little Cup" and "Hallelujah"

Thao and Mirah - Little Cup

New, Improved, LIVE: Thao & Mirah - "Little Cup" from The Bay Bridged on Vimeo.