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Thursday February 19, 2009

Katie Melua

I knew this female artists name, had possibly heard a track or two but I got to hear her music properly on a flight where she was playing at a concert somewhere in Germany. So I went out and bought Piece by Piece as that had a lot of the tracks featured in the concert. It was an instant hit. She has a wonderful unstrained singing voice as velvety as a glass of Chilean Merlot red wine. She does a few cover versions but her own stuff is the best. The catchy "Halfway up the Hindu Kush" is excellent and hard to get that tune out of your head. She is actually from Georgia and then moved to Northern Ireland and some of her music is influenced by her time in both countries. Her latest album Picture has taken a little big longer for me to appreciate her other cd's were more immediate. For reasons only known to her she did a concert 303 metres under the sea and holds the record for the deepest concert...

( Feb 19 2009, 12:00:01 AM PST ) Permalink Comments [2]

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My wife thinks she has the most irritating voice on the planet. I'm inclined to agree.

Posted by 192.18.1.36 on February 19, 2009 at 12:22 PM PST #

I think she has the most beautiful voice on the planet. I agree that her "own stuff" as you put it, is the best. Not only can the girl sing, she can write good lyrics too.

Posted by Melissa on March 04, 2009 at 11:59 AM PST #