Alexz Johnson Island

This is a great write up of Alexz’s performance during CMJ. The reviewer reviews more than one show, so only Alexz’s part is highlighted below:

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Then came the artist I was there to see, one of my most anticipated and a musician I’ve been a fan of “Instant Star”. Canadian singer-songwriter Alexz Johnson was playing her set as a part of her Let ‘Em Eat Cake tour — the album of the same name has literally just dropped for your purchase (so get it!). Wearing a black jumpsuit with a sexy large cut out in the back and toting the most gorgeous white Gretsch guitar I’ve ever seen, the majority of the set was from her new album and she immediately captured and stunned the audience with her serious vocal chops.
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While the title track is a huge fave of mine if only for its serious Fleetwood Mac vibe alone, I’m also really partial to “Heart Turns Black” and “I Will Fall In Love”.

She closed her set with a spontaneous addition of “Thank You For Breaking My Heart”, from her Heart EP that came out earlier this year.

This soulful, heartfelt stomper was the perfect capstone to a truly incredible performance. There was a momentary stunned silence after one of her big melismatic riffs toward the end of the song and someone right behind me said out loud “Are you kidding me?” (and it captured on my video). Kind of hilarious and totally deserved.

Oh, and her backup band included her teenage kid brother on the drums. Serious musical talent in this family.

If you’re not familiar with Alexz, get on board now.

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