Laufey - Bewitched (Live on KEXP)

KEXP.ORG presents Laufey performing “Bewitched” live at THING Festival at Fort Warden in Port Townsend, Washington. Recorded August 26th, 2023
Laufey Jonsdottir - Vocals, Piano, Guitar
Host: DJ Morgan
Audio Engineers: Kevin Suggs, Matt Ogaz
Audio Mixer: Kevin Suggs
Mastering: Ian Davidson
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Ettie Wahl, Luke Knecht
Director: Scott Holpainen
Editor: Carlos Cruz
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[@petra_fine]

I could her this song a million times and never get tired. It probably has a million streams from me alon

[@ASFotoWUE]

Beautiful song ❤

[@onthepatiodiscos7758]

lovethis, greatings from argentina

[@elwoodzo]

Wow! ❤

[@thatmckenzie]

I really enjoyed this. Didn't expect to, but got pulled in and... well, bewitched. Kudos, kind lady.

[@pascaledinard9123]

❤

[@wieslawirzyniec4527]

very nice voice control, amazing voice and really good song. And i mean im picky. And mean and critical - and this is something touching soul. That lady is amazing.

[@GorgyCL]

A European Julien Baker. Awesome

[@JackFChannel]

Her low E 6th string unfortunately sounds a little out of tune :(

[@euyin01]

Yeah that’s perfect!

[@kshitigarbha7736]

Brazil performers were out of tune by intention sometimes. Strange sounding. She just needs to get with the electronic tuner.

[@josephpacetexas]

I'm not just trying to regurgitate something in favor of her, but I play guitar, piano and sing some and purposely sing slightly out of tune some. The way I do it is first off, I know how it goes 100% in tune, but I will be just barely off on some limited notes in a song and then I try to play all the other notes perfectly in key, as best I can. Anyway, it's just off, so not a big alteration of the song, but what it does is it subconsciously makes the rest of the piece sound particularly good. I guess that would be maybe called something like "flaw dynamics." I made that name up just now, but i hope it makes some sense. I have noticed that some peoppe either accidentally or purposely play 99 percent, or more, of the song perfect and 1%, or less, purposely not not technically correct, usually just a bit off, so maybe a D when it should be a C. I'll play the mistake, but the take up to a number of notes I will improvise to "even out" the mistake. So, maybe, a D, then E, then D again, then C, then B, and end on C. Anyway, if played quickly it's like a bit of a trillish sound. I started doing that initially when I had mistakes while playing in public just so I could cover up my sucky mistake. Lol. But then I really started thinking about and decided it's one of my very favorite playing techniques. One day, my wife, who sings soprano and alto very well, said I practically never ever sing out of tune or make a mistake on the piano. If course that is so nice of her and not true, for sure, but it tricked her in a good way by turning into a short trill of quick phrase to just incorporate it into the song instead of apologizing, stopping, or being unnecessarily harsh on oneself. . Pretty much every Also, I think some people just come across as too stuffy and throwing in a very limited amount of barely off notes sounds better and more real and works well for a more uptight-type people when they play. That is as much as I can come up off the top of my head. I've been thinking about my mistake fixing technique lately so your comment got me thinking about that. So, thanks and have a lovely day. Cheers, Joseph.

[@Wackaz]

Beautiful but it's a shame people think this is jazz.

[@fmtaylor92]

Jazz Vocalists used to just add a splash to a mostly instrumental song, but music categories are sometimes hard to define I have found, especially for such a unique gift as Laufey is. We're so lucky to be alive to hear her beautiful songs

[@calderarecords]

Considering that there's over 1,300 [sub] genre's globally now, I feel that it is a shame that we are still having to pigeonhole musicians art for the philistines who still require safety words, & for critics who like to assert their egoistic platitudes in presuming to know what the artist is "trying to do here" by once again lumping it all in a preconceived category. I invite you to just ignore it!

[@cow4741]

should be called singer/songwriter jazz

[@james-pierre7634]

I list her in my music collection as “classic style” No matter how you classify her…it’s beautiful

[@billyfinley437]

Such a deep and unforgiving shame

[@rubychew6535]

Her voice is similar to Billie Elish.

[@rawr7334]

Umm no???