Two songs that stuck out for me were “People Help The People,” from her first album, Birdy (2011) and “Wings,” off of her second album, Fire Within (released September 2013). She kept her set short, switching adeptly between piano and guitar while singing in her soulful way.
But Birdy’s voice and piano-playing are things that are inarguably pure and good and worth seeing live, as Mink and I affirmed on Monday night.
Birdy shelter genius free#
I mentioned I was taking my friend out for her birthday and Allen gave us a free eclair with a single birthday candle in it for dessert!īirdy The lovely Birdy, courtesy of .uk, Boo Georgeīirdy is a 17-year-old from Hampshire, UK who made waves with her covers of Bon Iver’s “Skinny Love,” The xx’s “Shelter,” The Postal Service’s “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight,” and Phoenix’s “1901,” which are all amazing songs in their own right, by incredible artists. Also, our very attentive waiter (whom I imagine is named Allen, as are all waiters who work at Allen’s) was wonderful. Not such a great selection for the vegetarians in your life, unfortunately, but the wine list made up for that shortcoming. We ended up at Allen’s for dinner, which happens to be a hot spot with the locals and has awesome burgers. However, knowing our slither-into-the-front-rows style has never been defeated by mere mortals at a concert, we weren’t too worried about showing up right when the doors opened for the show. There was already a line forming to get into The Danforth Music Hall, for the keeners who wanted to get to the front. I don’t know how the Ticketmaster gods heard my prayers for this one, but Mink loves Christina Perri and I knew this would be the perfect gift to usher her into the dreaded late-20s phase of her life (spoiler: it’s not that bad so far, really). Strangely enough, we’d both been scouring the internet for these tickets, since they had been sold out for ages. I met Mink after work for her early birthday surprise – but intrepid detective that she is, she figured out who we were going to see before I gave her the tickets. Where: The Danforth Music Hall, 147 Danforth Avenueīonus: The impressive age range of attendees, from middle-aged dudes to 8-year-old girls What: Feel-good pop with a hint of young genius Christina Perri, courtesy of, Ryan Pfluger