Jane Lui performed at Rockwood Music Hall – stage 2
May 2nd, 2012 by Mr. C
Jane Lui, a sensual vocalist & classically trained pianist partly bred in Hong Kong & California injected NYC’s Rockwood Music Hall last weekend with a little bit of her smooth jazz-pop vocals to a tune of melancholy at times. She has a bit of that broadway flair in her not without some soul, though. Her cheerful personality & nerdy disposition as she kept it real certainly added a layer of fun & uniqueness to her performance. Perhaps her ability to make fun of herself, peels away the onion skin of emotions allowing her to open up to her audience. This being the 2nd time I’ve seen Jane perform, she definitely has no problems connecting with her listeners. She was accompanied by an accordion player, a guitarist, and a drummer providing just the right amount of backup to not overpower her voice & bright piano playing. Her whimsical cover of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast showed off her gentle vocals which also unleashed the inner dorkness in all of us while the performance of Edelweiss from her Goodnight Company album got the audience involved with whistling along to the melody. Other tunes from the night included Heaven on a Hill, Long Ago, and a jazzed up version of Take Me for Now which you can witness below.
I really dig the live performances at the Rockwood because the settings are so intimate in which the audience is literally only a jab and a whiskey shot away from the performer! Besides that, the sound system and the acoustics of the venue always sound so fresh and so clean!
Jane ended the night with a really fun tune doing the Do-wah-diddy’s and the la-la-la’s to the History of Lyrics that aren’t Lyrics medley! This medley is basically a collection of familiar songs from the 1960’s to the current times that do not need any lyrics for an introduction! We definitely have to have more of Jane Lui live in NYC! You heard – sister girl!
Check out Jane Lui and her latest album – Goodnight Company! Some of my favorite tunes from this album include: Goodnight Company, Jailcard, Illusionist Boy, Long Ago, and New Jersey!
She can be found nerding out on Twitter when she’s not song writing and belting out disney tunes!
Rockwood Music Hall
196 Allen Street
New York, NY 10002
Tags: jane lui, jazz, pop, rockwood music hall, vocals
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