Tanya Buziak with Tarrah Reynolds, Ellie Lawson, The Picture

Musicians: Tanya Buziak with Tarrah Reynolds, Ellie Lawson, The Picture (acoustic)

Tarrah is an amazing violin player and singer-songwriter we met at Bar4 open mic (or was it matchless?). Regardless, she is incredibly talented. Without any rehearsal she added violin parts to Tanya's set. There are some musicians that can ad lib, but I've never heard anyone play anything so beautiful and complimentary in a situation like that. What made it even more special, was watching Tanya's reaction. Tanya gives so much of her time and energy to hosting the open mic nights at Matchless at Bar4. People sometimes take her and her talent for granted. I know how disappointing and discouraging that feels. But having Tarrah accompany her made Tanya so excited and probably more open and free than I'd ever scene before. If anyone deserves to have a great night, she does and I was so excited because I could tell how much she was enjoying the set.

Next Ellie Lawson played accompanied by Dave Harewood. Ellie has star quality, ability, and charisma- yet she is one of the most down-to-earth people I have ever met. Everyone always wants to draw a comparison- one person thinks she sounds celtic, another says she sounds like innocence mission, still another says alanis. All the confusion arises because Ellie has a unique sound that is hard to place in a category. Because women are still in the minority as far as performing artists go, we cannot escape being compared to just about any other woman musician, no matter how much of a stretch it is (case in point, someone once tried to convince me I sound like Belinda Carlisle. YIKES!).

Finally, the Picture (acoustic) played an amazing set. I can't get enough of these guys. For you P. Slope natives, Rob & Chris are spinning at the Bar4 Halloween Party on Saturday night (October 29). It was so cool to be at a showcase and not have to go to work the next day or worry about anything. It was so cool to be surrounded by so many talented people. I think this may have been my favorite LC night yet.