Terri Walker celebrated her 40th Birthday in style at the Jazz Cafe.
I bought a copy of Terri Walker’s debut album ‘Untitled’ in 2003 and that year was probably the most challenging of my life. ‘Untitled’ was an important pillar that I clung onto and it helped me make it through. I have been a fan ever since. This was the fifth time that my wife and I had seen Terri perform live and she always gives a great performance.
The show opened with the first track from Terri’s 2005 album ‘L.O.V.E.’ and from this number until her encore of ‘Feel It In The Water’ (from the 2015 album ‘Entitled’), Terri was on top form. She demonstrated that she is one of the UK’s best soul singers and she knows how to keep an audience entertained.
The show featured three songs from ‘Untitled’; ‘Guess You Didn’t Love Me’, ‘Drawing Board’ (which featured two changes of drummer) and the set closer ‘Ching Ching’. There were two guests who sang duets, first Natalie Stewart who sang ‘Lose Twice’ with Terri (another song from ‘Entitled’) and then Rodney P who sang the rap version of ‘Breakout’ with Terri.
The new, still to be released, song ‘Morning Has Broken’ was one of the best performances of the night and shows that there is much more to come from Terri.
Terri showed a great deal of warmth during her performance and was visibly delighted to be sharing her birthday with family, friends and fans. Mid-way through the set she was presented with a large floral bouquet and the excellent band and backing vocalists sang Stevie Wonder’s ‘Happy Birthday’ with the help of the audience.
This was a wonderful evening and demonstrated that Terri is well worth listening to and watching perform live.
Johns London Music Reviews 