Ellis Regina

Manuela Azevedo, like a virgin in her very first time...

Manuela Azevedo, in concert last week , at the Circulo de Belas Artes..

There is only one rule when you are up there on the stage, the mike in your hand, the audience in the dark, awaiting something... Give them everything they expect from you and then give them something more... Don't hold back.. On stage, Tina Turner did that, Madonna did that, a Brazilian once-in-a-generation-lead-singer, Ellis Regina, did that too before a line of Cocaine too long. Last night I saw another example of this complete physical surrender on stage: Manuela Azevedo, from the Portuguese progressive rock band "Os Clã"... If that magical something was not present once in a while in live concerts we all be downloading obsessively into our iPods by now, just staying at home and away from gigs...