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The city that never sleeps is getting ready for the arrival of the New Zealander Kimbra, who will perform two concerts in one of the most iconic nightclubs in Manhattan. If you happen to be in New York on the 19th and 20th of October, this is definitely a must do for you.
From her early childhood, Kimbra knew she was born to be an artist. At the age of 10, she composed her own songs and performed her first concerts. At the age of 12, she sang New Zealand’s national anthem before an audience of about 30,000 people, in the opening of a rugby match and received her first guitar as a gift from her father. Although she began taking music lessons, her voice has always been a prodigious natural talent that she has developed on her own. At the age of 17, she moved to Melbourne to pursue a career in the Music industry. During this period of intense creativity and live performances, the Belgian-Australian musician Gotye watched one of her concerts and invited her to collaborate with him on one of the singles from his album Making Mirrors. The song, titled Somebody I used to know (an international success, which Youtube video reached 300 million views), marked her launch to fame and boosted the release of her first studio album called Vows in August 2011. A self-produced album, recorded between studios and her home. She spent three years in the production of this album, which success was immediate.
This 22-years-old girl has dazzled both, critics and audiences alike with her dense and deep voice that flirts with jazz, soul, alternative rock and electronica. The inevitable comparisons in this industry associate her with Nina Simone, Björk and Jeff Buckley.
As part of her first international tour, she will perform couple of concerts at Webster Hall in New York. Located in the heart of the East Village, this nightclub was founded in 1886 and has a great historical value in the city. During the 20s, it hosted famous masked balls with a bohemian atmosphere, and Scott Fitzgerald was one of its best clients. Currently Webster Hall is the largest club in town and is a benchmark for live music in New York.
East Village is a neighborhood associated with alternative culture and music in Manhattan. During the nineteenth century, it was inhabited by the high society of the time and it is still possible to admire some solemn buildings of that era. During the twentieth century, the neighborhood was between marginality and popularity, which printed the arrival of artists. Andy Warhol, the Beat Generation and the local legendary punk band CBGBC were its main icons. Currently, it is more bourgeois and many liberal professionals reside here. Some interesting places to visit are: St. Mark´s Church in the Bowery, the St Mark´s Place, Tompkins Square Park and the Ukrainian Museum.
