alan's first concert -voice of you-

alan is relatively new to the Japanese music scene, debuting in 2007 with the powerful ballad 明日への賛歌 (Ashita e no Sanka/A Hymn for Tomorrow) and recently had a three night concert tour. She's known for her traditional Tibetan wailing and her vocals are some of the best Japan has had in a long time.

I just watched the TV version of her concert, which aired on WOWOW yesterday an it was fantastic!

01 天女～interlude～ (Goddess～Interlude～)

02 群青の谷 (Ultramarine Valley)

03 Swear

04 BALLAD ～名もなき恋のうた～ (BALLAD ～Nameless Love Song～)

05 明日への賛歌 (A Hymn for Tomorrow)

06 幸せの鐘 (Bells of Happiness)

07 久遠の河 (River of Eternity)

08 心・戦 ～RED CLIFF～ (Heart-War ～RED CLIFF～)

09 絆 [ehru] (Bonds)

10 恵みの雨 (Blessed Rain)

11 Together 

12 Diamond

(DVD track listing is much longer)

The first part of the concert is just a video which introduces her singles which in order are:

明日への賛歌 (A Hymn for Tomorrow)

ひとつ (One)

懐かしい未来 ～longing future～ (Longing Future)

空唄 (Sky Song)

風の手紙 (The Wind's Letter)

RED CLIFF ～心・線～ (Heart-War)

恵みの雨 (Blessed Rain)

群青の谷 (Ultramarine Valley)

久遠の河 (River of Eternity)

BALLAD ～名もなき恋のうた～ (Nameless Love Song)

Swear

Diamond 

The first song, tennyo opens with alan singing Tibetan behind a curtain which has stuff projected onto it, her singing is great and tennyo, being the first song on her debut album, is the ideal song to start off the concert. When the screen lifts we can see that she's wearing a white frilly dress (I would include pictures, but I'm incredibly lazy). :\

After tennyo she sings the fan favourite Gunjou. In the middle of the song, she throws off the white dress coat (which is quite awkward, but oh well) to reveal a sparkly outfit. Reminds me of a rock star. ;)

In this she also sings Swear and BALLAD. She nailed BALLAD and Swear is a perfect crowd warmer.

The next outfit is a traditional Tibetan outfit and is gorgeous. Her vocals for Ashita are flawless (to me at least) and her wailing is strong! Shiawase was great and for once didn't bore me, in fact it sent shivers down my spine. XD

When the lights come back up, we hear the epic sounds of the orchestra playing Kuon, which is in fact her best selling song in Japan. She sung it well and the outfit was a fuschia dress with a pink flower in her hair. XD

Her next song was the Chinese version of RED CLIFF. Her wail in the middle was quite good actually. :D

She sat for the next song as it was her playing her ehru. I love to see alan play the ehru. :)

Megumi is next and alan actually comes close to crying, which in turn made me come close to crying! Her voice is so gorgeous even when crying. DX

The encore songs are next and she performs in a white outfit with fluffy boots and a beanie hat. XD

She sung her self-composed masterpiece "Together" and her most recent song Diamond. Diamond was great live, far better than the TV performances. :D

That was...my speedy review! XD

Hopefully I'll be able to get the DVD soon! :D