Here’s the article from ST, a review on Jason Mraz’s sell out concert.
“March 20, 2006
Cheeky livewire sizzles
by Corrie Tan
CONCERT
MR A-Z
JASON MRAZ
Esplanade Concert Hall
Last Friday
IF JASON Mraz ever got tired of singing, one suspects he can go on to be a comedian, given the laughs and exuberant audience interaction he sparked off, at his first ever acoustic concert here for this year’s Mosaic Music Festival.
Nudging the sell-out 1,600-strong audience to sing along right from the beginning, he quipped in a coy whisper: ‘All the boys sound like girls now – we are one.’
And sing the cheeky livewire did, belting out two hours’ worth of songs from his albums – Waiting For My Rocket To Come (2002) and Mr A-Z (2005) – as well as some gems from his unplugged album, Jason Mraz Live (2001).
Kicking off the night with underrated lovelorn ditty Plane, the ethereal voice ebbed and flowed, bobbing into the flawless improvised derivations of scat singing he is famous for.
Even with a spartan set-up of Mraz himself on guitar and close friend- the hulking Toca Rivera – on percussion, there was nary an awkward silence with their easy banter and spontaneous jokes.
‘I don’t know how he comes up with this all the time,’ said Rivera at one point in the show.
They even plunged into an unrehearsed rendition of hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas’ Where Is The Love, much to the surprise and delight of fans.
Yet even with the high octane performances where Mraz pranced around onstage – including a particularly spirited moment where he toppled Toca’s standing cymbal – there were tinges of melancholy with Mraz’s achy vocals on After An Afternoon and Please Don’t Tell Her filling the hushed hall.
One must also credit homegrown four-piece band The UnXpected, helmed by guitarist-singer Shirlyn Tan’s powerhouse vocals, for setting the appropriate timbre for the concert.
With their dynamic acoustic rock covers, like Dressed In Black, they filled up the opening half-hour nicely.
Certainly, they were as good value for money as Mraz who got two standing ovations and responded with three encore songs.”
We are glad the journalist thinks we’re value for money… but DRESSED IN BLACK is our original lah…..