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For Valenstine's Day, Natalya, my beautiful and thoughtful wife, bought us tickets to see Maria Mena. She is from Norway, but is famous for singing "Just Hold Me". On her newest album, "Cause & Effect" her most played song is "All This Time". I really like her music. It was a great gift for the tickets. The venue was great--the Jahrhunderthalle in Frankfurt, Germany. We got there just in time for the opening act, Jarle Bernhoft, was awesome! He had some kind of looping device, and he would do a loop with the guitar, and then add a loop with rhythm by hitting beats on his guitar, and then sing along, and in the middle add loops of background vocals, adding harmony as he went. It was really cool.
Maria Mena herself was really great. Her voice has so much expression and emotion behind it, just like the songs themselves. She talked some about some of her songs to give some background on them. That was really cool. In the middle, she did a duet with Jarle Bernhoft, and I recorded it with my phone, and here it is:
Keep in mind that that was recorded with my phone, but it at least shows the talents of the two performers.
All in all, it was a great concert!
