Sasha Weiss
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I felt very much the attunement of the other musicians to her, which I guess with any great band, you feel that. But it felt really potent because I felt like they really understood when she was taking over the song.
To me, it was like really utopian. It modeled something really beautiful. Like, they were partners and they could recede. And I really liked watching them do that. So I think... You know, they're doing really intense listening and you kind of feel that atmosphere and it kind of invites you to listen in a different way.
To me, it was like really utopian. It modeled something really beautiful. Like, they were partners and they could recede. And I really liked watching them do that. So I think... You know, they're doing really intense listening and you kind of feel that atmosphere and it kind of invites you to listen in a different way.
I mean, there's some kind of intimate, communal, collaborative act of attunement that was going on in this concert. But whatever's happening and however they're following along, there is a shagginess and an imperfection, you know? And I mean, on the one hand, Joni is such a virtuosic, like she does have a kind of like... consummate Apollonian artistry to her.
I mean, there's some kind of intimate, communal, collaborative act of attunement that was going on in this concert. But whatever's happening and however they're following along, there is a shagginess and an imperfection, you know? And I mean, on the one hand, Joni is such a virtuosic, like she does have a kind of like... consummate Apollonian artistry to her.
Like, everything she does is excellent. But I did feel that there was a... You know, sometimes, like, the starts of songs were a little... a little off. And I loved that. And I love that she let us hear that and see that.
Like, everything she does is excellent. But I did feel that there was a... You know, sometimes, like, the starts of songs were a little... a little off. And I loved that. And I love that she let us hear that and see that.
I'm really taking all I have to not burst into song. You can do it!
I'm really taking all I have to not burst into song. You can do it!
She wasn't down with that. She thought it was funny when they were like, give us a hit.
She wasn't down with that. She thought it was funny when they were like, give us a hit.
And the concert felt like a culmination of that or like some bracket to that, right? Like she was like, I'm playing what I want to play. And you're going to listen really carefully. You know, it's also worth saying like her persona on stage is, I think it's very different than it was, I mean, in the, you know, like, YouTubes I've seen of her youthful performance.
And the concert felt like a culmination of that or like some bracket to that, right? Like she was like, I'm playing what I want to play. And you're going to listen really carefully. You know, it's also worth saying like her persona on stage is, I think it's very different than it was, I mean, in the, you know, like, YouTubes I've seen of her youthful performance.
She was a little more, I mean, she always was like a cool cat, but, you know, a little more soft. I mean, she's got a droll, unbothered persona, which is really interesting next to these adoring musicians. I mean, it's not like she undercuts them because I think she's really receiving, which is also something we should talk about, the receiving of the love and the adulation.
She was a little more, I mean, she always was like a cool cat, but, you know, a little more soft. I mean, she's got a droll, unbothered persona, which is really interesting next to these adoring musicians. I mean, it's not like she undercuts them because I think she's really receiving, which is also something we should talk about, the receiving of the love and the adulation.
But there is just a kind of knowingness, unbotheredness and drollery that I found extremely charming and funny and interesting. You know, she's not ingratiating. She just isn't.