Review of Billy's show in Nashville

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by Miss Vicky

I was mostly referring to range, which I suppose would fall under the category of "technique" but to me, it equates more to overall talent than anything.

The only "problem" I have with Bekka, is that sometimes she goes a bit overboard in her singing. Take her renditions of "Imagine"... Lennon wrote and sang a really lovely, straightforward song. In Bekka's hands, it became too overrought. The line, "above us, only sky," for example, became "above us, only sky-y-yy-y-ooh-yy-hyyy."
It's just too much, in my opinion. And a little of that goes a very long way.

It's not just Bekka, of course... a lot of soul and r&b singers fall into the same trap. They over-emote to the detriment of the song, and I start to care very little about how impressive their range is, and only about how soon they're going to shut-up. Which is never something you want your listeners to feel.

Originally Posted by Miss Vicky

Bekka... absolutely floored me when I first heard her. I didn't know who she was and had no internet connection at the time to facilitate the necessary research to find out, but I knew that whoever that was singing backup on Jonny Lang's "Lie to Me" was a talent to be reckoned with.

Bekka sounds amazing on "Lie To Me." The moment I heard that song, I said, "that's Bekka!" I was excited to hear her, and her voice sounded terrific next to Jonny's.