This night Maria Viskonti was bringing it all back home, performing a full band show at Rust. Now we got Philip, - the keyboard player -back on his place, adding exactly that touch of Mid-60's Dylan / The Band sound, that I love about Maria's live concerts. The young, well-playing band stressed their obvious inspiration from The Band's sound by giving a nice cover-version of It Makes No Difference. You could even hear Jacob playing a Robbie Robertson-like solo lead-guitar at some gorgeous moments during the song.
Maria has clearly benifitted from being on tour from August, being much more experienced at stage. She seems to have overcomed some of her shyness, and was in good mood, though just recovered from some light illness.
We got one more cover, Jeff Lynne's Every Little Thing, very nicely performed by the band. I do not dare to say that it was the highlight of the night but anyway, it worked out very well. I must admit that the ballads did't fit so well to the beer-drinking audience at Rust, going for more power. So in my opinion, the two ballads (No. 5 and 6) should have been left out (though I love them on the album!). This night's live-version of Paranoia showed the way: Starting as a piano piece sung solely by Maria and ending up as a full band version, it was the true peak of the concert! A breathtaking moment.

Now it's time for more people to open their ears to this shining talent on the Danish rock scene!

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