She just keeps getting better.
by BlueMtn on 8/20/12Cape Cod Melody Tent - HyannisOne thing about Siobhan: you never know what you're going to get, but you know it's going to be great. Better still, we get to watch an extraordinarily talented young artist grow and mature before our eyes. At last year's Melody Tent concert, we saw her going in all different directions, performing with three very different bands. She was cashing in her AI equity as a solo artist while still trying to help her high school band, and if that wasn't enough, also performing as one of many in her uncle's fantastic classic rock tribute band (Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra). Since her debut album (Moonbaby) was still in the making, she relied heavily on tried and true crowd pleasing covers from AI and elsewhere, along with previews of tracks to be in the album. At this year's concert, we see an artist focused on establishing her own sound and persona. She barely mentioned AI, and performed zero covers from that show, even though they would have certainly brought down the house. She only performed with her own band, doing all ten original songs from Moonbaby along with a bunch of great covers we've never heard from her before. If you love her versatility, never fear -- it's clear that she's not going to narrow her scope as she develops her sound. She did everyting from melodic acoustic numbers to hard rockin' covers of Kiss and Zeppelin songs, and she did them all like they were second nature to her. It's also clear that she's not going to stand still. She put a new spin on all of her Moonbaby numbers, sometimes quite different from the album. Siobhan is the real deal. Don't pass up a chance to see her perform live.