Concert Review: Fiona Silver Shows She Cannot BE TAMED! At The Roxy Hotel

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Fierce Fierce and Fierce! That is what I have to say about Fiona Silver. The young songstress released her debut, Little Thunder, which is exactly how I would describe her essence. Like Amy Winehouse, she modernizes classic dark-pop to reveal that love is a struggle between a kick and kiss to the face. Yes, that is a rough and romantic image, but it is also the essential charm of Ms. Silver. She is a rock-star veiled in pop, and performs as if she were a living legend rather than a new artist.

When you are debuting on a scene, you cannot be coy, as seen in my Missio review, but shyness might be the last term to associate with Ms. Silver, at least, on stage. From “Housewife” to “Sick Of Being Good”, Silver plays to the frustrations of being “the woman” in a relationship, and feeling like you are always molding to your man’s desire but what about yours? Sometimes, the hardest thing about falling in love with a man is being a “woman”, and gaining the respect and equality to be seen as the other voice in this supposed “partnership”. “Take Me Down”, “Love Grenade”, and “I’ll Follow You” radiate the frustrations of always being the “support system”, but never having your support equally reciprocated. This idea struck me like a bell especially through the physicality and riffs of Ms. Silver. She will throw herself on the floor and belt like a bull-horn to release an emotion, which, by chance, comes out as a note. Silver understands that, in soul music, you are sentiments first and vocal chords second; you let your heart guide you to perfect pitch. Hence, you could not stop feeling like she was evoking the emotional pits she has dug and carried being a wild spirit that men want to tame because she is a “woman”. Again, I was enamored by this message because it happens to all strong women; you meet the guy who loves your strength and thinks he can conquer it and make it a wife.

I realize I have made Fiona Silver a feminist icon in her debut, but she is, again, FIERCE. She is the particular artist, that when you watch her, you tell yourself, “Now that is a star”. Beyond talent and a smoldering voice that grays and thickens emotions so that they are digestible to listeners, Silver has the “x factor”; the magical “it” that no one knows how to describe because it is spiritual. Hence, her music and aura comes out “rock n’ roll” when in concert. Soul and rock are genres that embody the frustration of being greater than how you are treated, and trying to figure out how to give yourself the love/ confidence you thought you would get from others. For More Information On Fiona Silver And To Buy Her Powerful Debut, Little Thunder, Click Here.