Wilson's review

This was my 16 year old daughter's first Ani show. The Carpenter Center is a smaller venue for Ani these days, it has great accoustics as it is usually used for Symphony performances. Danielle Howle opened with virtually the same set she did the night before in Baltimore. She was good but quickly became tiresome for the tour heads when she did and said the same thing every night.

Ani opened with a solo rap/hip hop version of Outta Me, Onto You that was killer. The audience seemed bewildered, they came to a folk show you see, and everyone stood up looked like they wanted to mosh. They remained standing through most of the show! Ani greeted the crowd's cheers with a very brief, very funny Barbara Streisand impersonation. A group of girls in the balcony screamed "Fuck you!" Ani turned her back to the audience and then turned back and did Untouchable Face and the audience was hers! I don't have a set list or a tape but it was a great show. She introduced Jason as the "new guy" and for the encore she and Andy traded instruments [ Ani played drums well] and she tried to get him to sing but he wouldn't.

Wilson Pitts