 | Category: | Music | | Genre: | Latin Music | | Artist: | SITTI |
I forced my companions to be at Stone House by 8:30pm; and I was right, as we just managed to get the last available table that early in the evening!!! And the management of the venue, knowing how the "IT" girl's popularity is exponentially rising, decided to start charging a P100 cover fee just last night.
After a few beers, I started bugging Garrie, the manager of Sitti, to make sure that we had pictures taken with the star of the show. By this time, a few minutes before 10pm, the small piano bar venue was already Standing Room Only.
Finally, Sitti showed up!!!
and as expected, she blew us away. she sounds even better live than on her CD!!!
and she's a cutie, very charming, and not an intimidating 5'10" as we thought.
she's only around 5'4", but definitely a giant in terms of singing..... she started off with Girl from Ipanema, and sang a bunch of songs from her CD including her single "Para Sa Akin", and closed the first set with Tattooed On My Mind.
For her 2nd set, she showcased a killer version of PAIS TROPICAL mixed up with "Fevere" and "Tem Carnaval". And WOW...... she did "Lanca Perfume" too. Children of the 80's rejoiced!!!
This is how she sings:
swaying and grooving to the music of her excellent jazz quartet,
eyes closed, feeling the music...
remember how Julie Delpy was slinkily moving in the last scene
of "Before Sunset" and how cool she looked?
That's Sitti's style.
as the 3rd set began, the adoring crowd was cooled down by this old hipster dude who played a mean harmonica a la Stevie Wonder. Sitti's highlights in her final set were Ryan Cayabyab's "Liman Dipang Tao" and Celeste Legaspi's "Saranggola ni Pepe". After two encore songs, it was time to go. It was 1:30am, and time for Lugaw at Pilo's on Timog!!!
P.S. I got the attached pic from Sitti's website
( http://stonehouse1.multiply.com/);
it was taken in her SM MegaMall promo tour last night right before her show in StoneHouse. 
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