Live Review: Prita Grealy, Lucy Peach

The warm, intimate vibe of The Ellington jazz club was the perfect spot for local musician Prita Grealy to play as part of her Postcards From Europe tour. As the name suggests, the hip hop, soul and folk singer/songwriter had been touring The Old Continent for the past six months, returning to Perth with a bunch of new songs to play to her adoring audience.

With an electric guitar in her hand and a flower in her hair, Lucy Peach gave a beautiful solo performance. While first slightly nervous and a little lost for words, she certainly didn't lack confidence when it came to belting out each song with that massive, pitch-perfect voice of hers. From opener Wax And Wane onwards, she ploughed through a great 45-minute set which included a fantastic performance of Black Haired Boy and Golden Days. The set culminated in a beautiful version of A Million Ways; a perfect ending to a performance demonstrating just how far she's come as an artist.

Prita Grealy arrived onstage shortly after to a warm hometown welcome. Despite a few problems with her loop pedal, Grealy got everyone warmed up with a smooth version of Mellow. After a quick tune up of her tiny acoustic guitar, she recounted a story of her adventures in Glückstadt drinking a weird concoction of aniseed alcohol with a slice of anchovy (yum!...wait, what?) before leading into a fiery version of You Did Me Wrong.

She stepped away from the mic to give a truly unplugged performance of an as-yet-unrecorded version of My Home that left the whole crowd dazzled before closing the set with a mighty, foot-stomping version (literally) of Get Out Of Your Own Way that even got some of the audience to their feet. All in all, it's great to have her back.