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CONCERT REVIEW: Nikka Costa @ World Café Live, 7/13
Opening for soulful diva Nikka Costa last week at World Café Live, Jesse Dee's voice was as large and in charge as his hairstyle.
CONCERT REVIEW: Nikka Costa @ World Café Live, 7/13
Opening for soulful diva Nikka Costa last week at World Café Live, Jesse Dee’s voice was as large and in charge as his hairstyle.
A Boston-natïve, Dee began his set with a solo from Around Here that cut through the crowd, hushing all idle conversation. He progressed through his set, with little interruption, belting out songs from 2009 album Bittersweet Batch, as well as some newer songs from his work-in-progress album. His stage presence and vocal composition is worth noting, conjuring images of Sam Cooke with a bit more modern-day soul. And whether you’ve shared his experience or not, his passion forces you to empathize with him. The audience, who doubled in size halfway through his set, boogied along with the soulful groove of Jesse’s four-piece band and swooned to the shear capacity of his angelic pipes. His haircut … again, also pretty phenomenal.
Costa delivered an action-packed, big-band-meets-Janis-Joplin show filled with audience favorites and songs from upcoming album Pro*Whoa (June 21). Rocking a full band (trombone, keyboards, drums, guitar and bass), Costa’s voice was still the highlight of the night. She nailed high notes left and right, dancing and shaking her hips to the funk the band laid out for her.
Costa, in her metallic blouse, skintight high-waisted jeans and knee-high white boots, rallied the crowds saying, “You know this is the Nikka Costa show, right? No one’s aloud to be lazy at the Nikka Costa show, so clap those hands!”
After ending the set with “Can’t Please Everybody,” Costa and company encored twice, once as a full band for “Loving You” and as a three-piece (Trombone, vocals and guitar) for “Love to Love You Less.” Nikka Costa will be back in the area in the beginning of August, kicking ass again.
(diana.campeggio@citypaper.net)
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