The ConTour | Concert Review

Last night, June 29th, I went to the Buzzz Pub and Perk in Overland Park, Kansas to attend the ConTour stop here in KC, something I was immensely looking forward to because I love Alex Carpenter's, and Jason Munday's, music. I have to say I wasn't familiar with Alex Boyd nor Christian Caldeira, though I was aware of Christian's involvement with Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls. Alex is a local Wrocker and he sang for the first half-hour, and he did a great job of incorporating Harry Potter into his song about "the greatest date ever". Isaac and I were sitting right behind the tour guys as they watched the show, and I have to say I felt really starstruck. They were all very supportive of each other and joked around as they each performed, which was an environment I really liked. After Alex was Christian, and I turned out loving his music more than I thought I would. He has a very bluesy sound, with a nice, calm voice that definitely belonged in the coffee bar. His songs were not related to Harry Potter, but not every song played at the venue was. He performed a phenomenal cover of "Change Is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke, a performer from the 50s and 60s. The song was very calming and relaxed, and the crowd really enjoyed it. Then Jason came on stage, and I was freaking excited for his performance. He opened it up with a performance of "Ready For Anything", a song that was prefaced with a speech about Star Wars. Then he performed a song that he wrote with Mike Lombardo, a YouTuber, which I can't remember the title of, but he did an impersonation of Mike during Lombardo's verse, and it put a smile on the faces of people who knew of Mike. Next up was a song called "Luna Lovegood" and, if you're a longtime blog reader, you know my obsession with Luna, so I was ecstatic that he performed this song. Finally, he performed "California Dorks", a song to which everyone hopped up and danced to. Alex Carpenter entered the stage next, and sang "Bowties Are Cool", a Doctor Who inspired piece, "Rainbow Connection/The Weasleys", "Reaping Day", a song based off of the first chapter of The Hunger Games, then he sang an ode to Albus Dumbledore, and also another song for Ms. Lovegood. I had to leave a bit early, and caught about a minute of "Lovely Lily", a song about James Potter and Lily Evans.
Overall, the concert was a blast of fun, and I recommend it to anyone who wants to have a good time while listening to amazing music.
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