Alana Levandoski

We heard Alana Levandoski play a couple of times earlier this year when she was touring with Lynn Myles and Dar Williams and so we hijacked her for a day from her UK tour supporting the Elana James Trio. 

For the first time we were sold-out a week before the show and with sun doing its best to warm the air we chatted about the possibility of holding the show outside. Maybe we’ll try that one day but this time we decided to play it safe and avoid any interference from lawn-mowers, stray airplanes or sudden downpours. 

Her set was made up from a good selection from her CD Unsettled Down, her own newer and as yet unrecorded songs and a couple of covers.

My personal highlights were Red Headed Girl, Moonshine and Unloved Heart as well as the two excellently executed covers; Neil Young’s ‘Helpless’ and Steve Earle’s ‘Goodbye’.

As always we really enjoyed hosting this show. Alana was a delightful house guest and it was great to see an artist at a relatively early stage of her career. Her voice, writing, delivery and ease with an audience all suggest she has a bright and sustainable career ahead of her and we look forward to seeing her again.

The setlist was:

Don’t you remember?
I’ll stop crying’
Sold your wings
Prairie Sun
Sing a sad song
Juanita
I’ve gotta fly
Jesus gonna be there
Red headed girl
Those memories

Jezabel’s ringin’
What brought you down
Trapeze
Moonshine
Good-bye
Helpless
Levi
Unloved Heart
Lush (Thine the glory)
I ain’t no saint

You can find out more about Alana, her music and where she’s playing next at www.alanalevandoski.com.
 

Photo credit: Elizabeth Molineux