Concert Review: Escort Boogies Brooklyn Bowl
If Escort is the new CHIC then Adeline is this generation’s Nile Rodgers. She understands funk for its very core, and serves us a performance that makes you want to Soul Train through your life. Thus, it was no wonder that Brooklyn Bowl became the home for every New Yorker eager to boogie.
Yes, I said “boogie” I will also use other 70’s terminology like, “disco,” “groovy,” “far out,” “can you dig,” and “in yo face!” (LOL!) Yet, Escort is an unabashed warp to a time when music halls were strictly for dancing. Nowadays, you are more likely to see a room of standing people, at a concert, than dancing ones. Heck, seeing a person get down and avidly move to rhythm could, actually, seem strange at a concert. Yet, Escort asks you to lose all your confinements and constraints because the only one there to impress is Adeline, which means you are off the hook.
GOD! Adeline is an excellent front-woman. She transforms herself into a 70’s Goddess. She feels like Xanadu meets Gloria Gaynor at a Sailor Moon discotheque. Imagine the levels dancing and magic this scene would cause! Adeline’s voice is surprisingly powerful, yet its power is so infused in the dynamic of her exceptional band and effervescent rhythms, you might not grasp its fullness. Escort creates a fluid ambiance that is cool and fun you forget yourself, which is a good thing. At times, we need to forget who we are and stop overthinking our hearts, minds, and bodies, which is why the audience was so attracted to escort.
I LOVE meeting an audience that is loyal to a band, and Escort is particularly and steadily followed because, in essence, they are an entertainment group. While they introduced new music, the entire night felt like an improv, jam session. Similar to White Denim, they are a group that you go to because they give a set, sonic atmosphere. In their case, they turned Brooklyn Bowl into a Copacabana, and we were the crazies that managed to get in and groove. GOD, HOW PEOPLE HAPPILY DANCED! For More Information on Escort Click Here.
