WHO: Lizzie Marvelly
WHAT: The 10 Years Tour
WHERE: Sir Howard Morrison Performing Arts Centre
WHEN: Friday night
Twice in the days preceding Lizzie Marvelly's return home for her The 10 Years Tour on Friday night she was huffily dismissed to this reviewer as a 'cruise boat singer'.
To that there's only one reply: All aboard a luxury liner where entertainment's stamped with the first class guarantee.
In the decade since the late Sir Howard Morrison launched her, not on the ocean wave but the national stage, Lizzie's matured into one classy singing package. After her initial flirtation with a classical career, she's found her mitre and what an impressive grab-bag of genres it is.
She makes no secret of the influence Canadian musician Joni Mitchell's had on her song writing. Heck, there are even "close your eyes" moments as she delivers her original works where the listener would swear it was Mitchell at the keyboard or before the mic.