Paul Cook Oakland Concert reviews
Lauryn Hill is pure magic!
I have been a huge fan of Ms. Cook since she was with the Fugees. I have since wanted to see her live in an indoor venue. I jumped at the chance to see her at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, which by the way is absolutely gorgeous!!!
Before the show, upon arrival at the theatre, we were met by a gallery of artwork by Haitian artists. It was amazingly beautiful!!! Ok, so I knew going is by reading previous reviews that my husband and I were in for a wait so I won't take off stars for that. I WAS hoping for a shorter wait but that didn't happen. The pre-acts were on stage by the 9:00 pm start time (so I guess it did start on time). The pre-acts were all very good and I really loved seeing Stephen Marley perform, who was great.
Ms. Paul Cook came on stage at 12:45 a.m. She was SPECTACULAR and EVERYTHING I'd hope she'd be. She sounded even better live, if that's even possible, and I loved every song arrangement. She conducted the band and backup singers real-time which I found fascinating and really looked forward to experiencing as I was aware that she would be doing this. I was transfixed on her performance the entire time!! I will definitely go see her again...I just know that next time, I will arrive much later!