Imogen Heap in ABQ

Last night some friends and I attended the Imogen Heap show here in Albuquerque. In short, it was one of the most engaging and creative concerts I have heard seen. If you don't have her record, repent, and then go to the store today and buy it. Actually one of my favorite songs by her is not on her latest record, but found on the soundtrack to the movie,"Garden State" and is a song called "Let Go".

Here is the run down if the show...

Immi was flanked my numerous forms of sound creating machines, from keyboards, keytars, laptops, samplers, etc. Her bass player played upright bass and actually played French Horn on a few songs (when was the last time you saw a French Horn at a rock show?). The percussionist played drum kit on a few songs, but mainly played the Marimba and other assorted percussion treats. Her guitar player did other random creative things with two different guitars. Her "drummer" (who was also one of the opening acts/one man beat box looping madness) actually made all the sounds of the drums with his mouth. Yeah, that's right. Sounds crazy, but was one of the coolest things I have ever seen in terms of live music and it really sounded very true to the record.

She played for about two hours and had a very pleasing and unassuming stage presence. She didn't carry herself like your typical rock star, but genuinely seemed humble and thankful that so many people would come out to hear her music. This was very refreshing.

Tons of musical technology, French Horn, Marimba, mouth percussion, amazing vocals from Immi and some really amazing songs made for one of my most memorable nights of live music ever. If she is coming through your town, be sure to check it out. It was well worth the price of admission.