Cyber Seats Concert Review
By Sahana Garg
For all the music lovers out there, I understand how hard it is to experience the miracle of live music during Covid-19. Being stuck at home, you can’t go out and experience amazing concerts. But, all of our favorite artists are doing things to help us connect during this time.
During this series, I will be introducing digital concerts that make it feel like the world isn’t so different now. You will gain insider musical knowledge, tips, and music recommendations.
To kick off this column we have Girls With Guitars. This is a weekly series started by Bay Area R&B artist H.E.R.. The goal of the series is to showcase the talents of female artists around the world. Every episode features two to four guest stars, such as Tori Kelly, Alessia Cara, UMI, Tiara Thomas, ChloexHalle, and Willow Smith.
So far, there have been seven episodes and there are plenty more to come. Every song performed was accompanied by a guitar and all versions of these songs were acoustic. Every artist performed at least one original song, one personal favorite song, and some even sang unreleased music.
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There were some flaws in this series. This series was conducted over Instagram Live, so all the episodes were very glitchy and there were many instances where guests were kicked off the program. The large amounts of talking in between detracted from the musical experience. Throughout every two-hour episode, only four or five songs were performed. The majority of the show consisted of conversations about music. During these talking sections, the artists provided insider knowledge about their musical origins, icons, and favorite quarantine music. Another excellent aspect of this series was getting introduced to new artists such as Tiara Thomas who originally wrote the song “Bad” by Wale, and Priscilla Renea who wrote the songs “California King Bed” by Rihanna, “A No No” by Mariah Carey, and “Worth It” by Fifth Harmony.
Overall I would rate this series 8/10 but would still recommend it to any R&B lover. I definitely enjoyed watching these and will most definitely be looking forward to more episodes.
Song Shoutouts:
“Thinkin Bout You” by Frank Ocean
“Slow Down” by Skip Marley and H.E.R.
“Ex-Factor” by Lauryn Hill
“Bad by Wale” ft. Tiara Thomas
“Ain’t Nobody” by Chaka Khan
