An Evening Of Nostalgia

Nostalgia: An Evening With Annie Lennox is a brand new concert film shot on January 28, 2015 by director Natalie Johns (Morrissey) at Los Angeles’ art deco Orpheum Theatre. The film captures one of music’s most popular and acclaimed artists in her only full concert performance of the songs from the Grammy-nominated Nostalgia. Fronting a 19-piece band – including string and horn sections – and unveiling striking lighting and production elements created especially for this special evening, Lennox demonstrates her distinctive vocal and performance talents on an array of American standards, ranging from “Summertime,” “Georgia On My Mind,” “Strange Fruit” and “God Bless The Child” to one of rock’n’roll’s most enduring classics, “I Put A Spell On You.” “Every singer loves the challenge of interpreting truly inspirational songs. Each one of these masterpieces stands as a lasting testimony to the brilliance of their creators – their individual beauty, power and poetry continues to stand the test of time,” said Annie Lennox. “The song selection for Nostalgia was very personal and intuitive – there was no agenda or stratagem other than becoming intrigued and fascinated through the process of listening, transcribing and recording. Now they live in my blood stream.” For an encore, Lennox sat down at the piano and delivered striking solo renditions of four of her own hits, “Here Comes the Rain Again”, “Why”, “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" and “No More I Love You’s.” Review Pop icon Annie Lennox's live album, 2015' An Evening of Nostalgia with Annie Lennox, showcases the former Eurythmics singer performing live on-stage at Los Angeles' historic Orpheum Theatre. The album follows her Grammy-nominated 2014 studio effort, Nostalgia, and works as a companion piece to that album. Recorded live for PBS, the concert features Lennox backed by a large 19-piece ensemble replete with strings and horns. Hewing closely to the vintage standards she explored on Nostalgia, here we get Lennox's take on such classics as “I Put a Spell on You,” “God Bless the Child,” “Georgia on My Mind,” “Summertime,” and many others. – M Collar – Allmusic.com