Concert Review: Allan Rayman’s Halloween Special At Public Arts
Lately, I am learning so MUCH about what it takes to grow as an artist. Heck! Even Diandra Reviews It All has grown in style and approach, but growth happens so subtly, it takes YEARS to pick up. The first time I saw Allan Rayman, he felt meeker and quieter on the stage. Yet, Halloween brings out the wildness of people, and, for Rayman at Public Arts, it brought out his Jim Morrison.
Rayman was giving modern, R&B rock version of The Doors’ frontman. Maybe, it was the Jesus hair swinging around his face like his own crown of thorns. Maybe, it was his voice of pain: as if his lyrics were strips of wounded flesh? Maybe, it was the broken roses that adorned his feet and oddly symbolized the many times he missed life’s, thrown bouquet. Frankly, we all can relate! There have been many times when we thought we would get a garden but, instead, we got a graveyard. (Note: The Halloween References!)
Allan Rayman – Rose
While I cannot say this was a Spooktacular!, Allan Rayman’s show dealt with something more terrifying than ghouls, goblins, and ghosts……. the living (lol!) Living with your lover! Living with your dreams! Living with your insecurities! Living with yourself! These are the realities that ignite nightmares, and Rayman’s soulful voice sings to such torments with a vocality that enters you subconscious. He goes for the hidden layers in your mind that could turn getting a cup of coffee a quiet but dangerous self-analysis over whether you can see yourself happy in the future. YIKES! Again, I am going for the Halloween tone of this special, and songs such as, “Tennesse,” “Graceland,” and “Go My Way” had Rayman breaking down that the truth can be more terrifying.
Allan Rayman – Repeat ft. Jessie Reyez
From how he maneuvered, swayed, swayed, dropped, and contorted his body as if music was puppeteering him, I genuinely saw that Allan Rayman as a headliner/ star. Who was this rustic Freddie Mercury giving me Donny Hathaway levels of raw emotiveness? He felt magnetic and consuming of attention, and he knew it. He was invested and catering to the crowd, and it turned him to a cosmic persona. Yet, the irony of him feeling so universal is that his sound/ style vibes with a “cabin in the woods” frequency. He sings to when you are alone in a cold place, and feel like someone is after you, but the truth is you are the only one backing yourself into a corner. For More Information On Allan Rayman Click Here.
Allan Rayman – Gun | A COLORS SHOW
