This was a joyous celebration of Yolanda Brown’s 10 years in the music business. An evening of sax, stories of Yolanda’s journey and some guest performers. The performance was warmly received by a large Festival Hall audience.
My wife and I joined Yolanda’s journey in November 2010 and this was the 9th time we have seen her across seven London venues. It has been a pleasure seeing Yolanda develop into a seasoned performer and to have witnessed the birth and growth of ‘Posh Reggae’. I have always enjoyed the sax, in my teens I listened to Junior Walker, then loved Rav Ravenscroft’s into to Baker Street then Clarence Clemons in the E Street Band.
Yolanda’s concert was a mixture of covers of popular songs and her own compositions from the albums ‘April Showers May Flowers’ and ‘Love Politics War’. There was a Reggae version of Adele’s ‘Hello’, a Bob Marley medley and an encore of Hey Jude. There were three guests. First Dame Evelyn Glennie played stunning percussion on ‘Feel the Pain’, then Lemar sang ‘The letter’ and finally Randy Valentine performed a stunning vocal on a song that I was not familiar with. This was a great night.
I look forward to continuing the journey and hope to be at the 20th celebration. If you enjoy music, you should enjoy a Yolanda Brown concert, she has an engaging personality and is a wonderful sax player.
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