Review Centre: Wedding Musicians

"Venezuelan soprano Sofia slipped in, in splendidly soulful isolation, in sleepy-slinky Barnes. Sofia’s charm comes from an ability to engage with her audience with vivacity, a slow waving of the arms or a thumbs-up cheekily pepping things up. This was a two-way process, for the audience, although in their own homes, were there via a livestream chat facility, commenting, praising and importantly requesting numbers. What were requested? Jazz standards, show numbers and some current pieces rubbed shoulders with languid classics sung in French or torrid numbers in her native Spanish. The jazz standards were impressively and beautifully sung. Cole Porter’s 1944 classic, Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye and Meredith Willson’s 1950 show tune ‘Til There Was You, had just the right balance of poignancy and warmth of these post-war nostalgic gentle pieces. The mood changes, but not the sincerity of the singing, with the traditional folk song, The House of the Rising Sun, retaining the blues feel of a song that became the “first folk rock hit”. Then, we were transported to the late sixties with the Aretha Franklin version of I Say a Little Prayer For You. Her skill in Latin American music was epitomised by the famous bolero, written by Mexican songwriter Consuelo Velázquez, Bésame Mucho. Sofia’s soft but passionate treatment of the lyrics harked back to the dreamy sensuality of the 1940 original. I expect many of her fans were responding by blowing her lots of kisses. Nevertheless, it was not in a Spanish song that Sofia excelled, but in French. Of course, it had to be Edith Piaf’s immortalised song to love, La Vie en Rose. Perfectly rendered, both in words and music, and fervent in its performance, she expressed exactly the powered of infatuated love. Great stuff, and good to see today’s vie en rose. In these straightened times, we all need occasionally to see the world through rose-tinted spectacles. "

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"Zoe Anderton harpist played beautiful music for our wedding ceremony and drinks reception which was held in June 2021. She was absolutely fantastic learning a piece of music especially for the walk down the aisle. Really pleased with the communication and the music played was beautiful- it made the wedding day! Thank you Zoe! "

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"Thank you so much, you were absolutely amazing and it created the perfect setting for our wedding! We had so many compliments from our guests and hopefully we will see you in June for Jodie’s Wedding! Thanks again, Jess and Rob xx "

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"Jan was absolutely amazing at our wedding. The communication and professionalism beforehand was fantastic. He even let me pick all our favourite songs for the set lists and gave me advice on which would work best for the 2 sets he did for us and everyone absolutely loved it! All or guests commented how amazing the sax was and we couldn't of been happier with his performance. He also took a special request which he learned for us for our big day! Would 100% recommend him. Lovely guy!"

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"Wow, what a singer! Lucy was an absolute star, travelling up from London with her guitarist to my party in the Midlands to help me out at short notice, as I was struggling to find an act I liked and was available for my birthday party. What I didn't realise was, not only is she absolutely lovely but she has an amazing voice, great range, a huge variety of songs and she even did me an Elvis number by special request. Her guitarist was a quality act too. I know there are lots of 10/10 ratings on here, but seriously I don't think you could give Lucy any less, if you hire her, she will make your event a special one."

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"Just a note to thank you for playing on Saturday night. The music was perfect, creating just the atmosphere I wanted. I particularly want to thank you for learning and singing Wonderful Tonight, it was lovely for my husband and I to be able to dance to it. Many of our guests commented on how much they enjoyed your performance. Many thanks "

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"Adam first started off playing at The Seaview 5 years ago at one of our open mic nights and now 5 years later, working with us for Sunday Sessions! Always a pleasure to have him and we can't wait for his next set"

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"We hired James for our son’s second birthday party. We choose him because his profile fitted our specification for covering lots of genres and age demographics! He totally hit the mark - from the youngsters tapping their feet, the oldies couples on the garden dance floor, my toddler singing the next and a delightful happy birthday guitar piece - truly special.   Communication was always super prompt, thoughtful and very clear. We would happily recommend and use James again"

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"Hauntingly beautiful acoustic sounds; the prodigious talent of singer songwriter Jukebox Jonno."

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"Hi Lynden, Thanks for helping us make Dad’s 60th such a success. He hasn’t stopped talking about “that sax man” since the weekend – he said your tone reminded him of Stan Getz! Everyone was dancing by the end – not bad for a crowd of 60-somethings :) Cheers, Darren B."

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"We booked Ian for our belated wedding reception and he was totally great. We had him perform a handful of sets over the evening and everyone really enjoyed the music. He started off super chilled which gave us a nice atmosphere over drinks and towards the end of the evening we had a bit of a dance to the upbeat songs! Defo recommended!"

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"I booked Martin as a surprise for my wife’s birthday. Martin was great & really made the garden party. Everyone loved every second of him playing. He’s so talented. We also booked Martin for our whole wedding day & we cannot thank him enough for making it even more special. We would highly recommend. Martin you’re fantastic "

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"Thanks so much James - so many good reviews about you, class as ever, thank for bringing the party!"

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"Incredible voice! Will be in touch in the future to book again!"

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"Booking a live performer online can be hard as music can sound different on a video to actually being there. As soon as Christopher started playing for our wedding we knew we had made a great choice. When we was signing the register Christopher started to play The Beatles Here comes the sun and it sounded amazing. Some of my guests even complimented Christopher to me saying they didnt realise it was a live singer and was actually a cd from a recording studio as his sound was pitch perfect. For any occasion Christopher is the guy to have. Many thanks again Christopher "

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