Both groups were very talented. Clare has the seductive voice you just can’t help but adore (and, if you’re not careful, are sure to fall in love with); and Shara’s got amazingly wonderful range, power and emotion — not to mention being imbibed with pure gravitas and “star power.”

Both women have clever lyricism and strong songwriting — this is the musi of thinking people. The back up instrumentalists were very good. I still want to figure out how the woman on the Cello got it to make the creaking sounds of a sailboat’s masts at sea.

A nod to Olivier Manchon, Clare’s husband, is especially warranted: This guy oozes talent. Whether its belting out an emotive yet playful violin solo on “You Say You Love Me, playing eclectic sounds on a logger’s ‘saw’ or belting out a combination solo on two instruments at once, he’s got the chops.

Nice to see these kind of small venue tours still happening. Thanks for the write up.