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Tess McKenna album launch @ Cornish Arms, 21/8
posted by david
on Mon 22 Sep 2003 @ 10:19 PM
I don't know much about Tess McKenna. I first came across her when she was playing as part of a Dylan tribute gig at the dearly-departed Continental in 2000. That night it was fascinating to see the grin on her face as she draped her wonderful voice over a crack backing band. I think the launch of "Boom Bam" may have been the first time since that performance that she'd played with a full band and it's easy to speculate that the Dylan shows were a turning point, as if she'd decided that she wanted to try the rocking out thing for a bit, first recording the upbeat "Boom Bam" album and then assembling a bunch of friends to send it out into the world with a bang. I haven't picked up the album yet but I'll be interested to hear it because the fusion of her wonderful voice with a full riffing rock sound worked well, with the occasional departure to something jazzy or country to demonstrate her range. I hope Tess enjoyed the show as much as I did.
Money: Simon, Joe and Stuart
799 x 521 (44kb)
Joe McKenna
801 x 630 (51kb)
Matt Vehl
799 x 636 (45kb)
Tess
800 x 701 (45kb)
Barry 'Fats' Stockley and Tess
800 x 660 (59kb)
Joe and Tess McKenna
800 x 515 (33kb)
Karen Rush and Tess
800 x 504 (41kb)
Tess and Shane O'Mara
800 x 600 (41kb)
Rebecca Barnard, Karen and Tess
900 x 557 (45kb)
Tess and Shane
800 x 600 (39kb)
Tess
765 x 800 (45kb)
Tess
800 x 673 (40kb)
Rebecca and Karen
800 x 584 (57kb)
Tess, Shane and Matt
799 x 577 (40kb)
Tony Hicks, Bill McDonald and Shane
800 x 600 (53kb)
I don't know much about Tess McKenna. I first came across her when she was playing as part of a Dylan tribute gig at the dearly-departed Continental in 2000. That night it was fascinating to see the grin on her face as she draped her wonderful voice over a crack backing band. I think the launch of "Boom Bam" may have been the first time since that performance that she'd played with a full band and it's easy to speculate that the Dylan shows were a turning point, as if she'd decided that she wanted to try the rocking out thing for a bit, first recording the upbeat "Boom Bam" album and then assembling a bunch of friends to send it out into the world with a bang. I haven't picked up the album yet but I'll be interested to hear it because the fusion of her wonderful voice with a full riffing rock sound worked well, with the occasional departure to something jazzy or country to demonstrate her range. I hope Tess enjoyed the show as much as I did.
