Emeli Sande's first public show in the US. March 2, 2012. Review can be found here.The Voice: Emeli Sande can SING. I swear she channels the soul of a southern Baptist soloist taking it to the church. Let there be no mistake, this girl's voice grabs you by the throat and beats you into submission. You seriously cannot look away. I was close enough to her guitarist that I could have strummed the guitar for him, yet I never looked at him twice. I have not heard that much power and emotion in a voice since Adele. And there's no getting around comparing the two. They both forego fireworks and crazy costumes and although Emeli can actually move to her fast songs, neither girl is going to pull a Beyonce on the dance front. Both girls are talented songwriters and both can sing the hell out of a song. Between the two Adele has the advantage of a singular voice (I am beating myself about the head for taking a word that Gwyneth Paltrow used first, but what the hell, it works). When I ! listen to Adele I don't think of any other singer. Ever. It gives her a pass on having to compete with a hundred other singers vying for the same crowd of music fans. Emeli, even with that voice, is going to have to work harder. The show: Simple, short and sweet. From the first line of the first song (Heaven) she killed it. She comes across as a kind, genuine girl with a powerhouse voice, on the edge of something very big. There is no way she has her head wrapped around it all yet. Highlight: The back
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