As a huge fan of Rachelle Ferrell I was quite excited to see her at the Birchmere. I was disappointed however that during the first hour of the show she talked at length with the audience, sang a song or 2, took about 20 minutes to introduce her band, sang another couple of songs, and introduced the band again. Granted she did explain that she had just gotten over a cold and that her voice wasn't 100% but she still sounded amazing. The second hour did improve in that she sang a number of songs but by that time I was sort of over it. The audience kept calling out song titles which made Rachelle ask at one point, "What is this? Request hour?" No, the audience just wanted to hear more singing and less chit chat. When you pay to hear a singer of her caliber you really want to hear as much singing as you can get.