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I saw Jamie Lidell yesterday for the third time in two years. What can I say? W00t! It was an amazing concert. If you don't know Jamie Lidell: he's the man. A great voice, a drooly passion for his music and a mastermind with electronical equipment, he's the best one man -- or any number of men -- band you've seen live.

After reading an interview in the local event magazine one day before the concert, where he said he's finished with electronic music and doing Jazz now, I was a bit concerned that it would be too soft and that he would forget about his roots. So much the better was it to see the puzzled faces of people who did not expect the hardcore electronical tunes, of which there were plenty.

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Last weekend we saw James Brown in the Ahoy' in Rotterdam. It was an awesome show. Four female singers, three blowers, two guitarists, a base player, three drummers, two dancers and the Hardest Working Man in Show Business.

James is obviously not the youngest anymore (he's 73). So there was this extra singer who watched him carefully throughout the concert so he could pitch in whenever James' voice would get weak.

You can download an MP3 of the concert from this site. It was recorded in Washington D.C. in June.