Kate Voegele brought more than just a performance to The Basement Sunday night. Performing a non-stop set of songs from her debut CD "It's Only Life," Voegele belted out one song after another to a predominately female crowd.
However, the crowd was unable to match the energy that Voegele brought to the stage. Voegele's music consisted primarily of catchy rock songs with feisty lyrics about life, independence and the many emotions that love can bring.
The catchy lyrics combined with Voegele's charisma and sass encouraged the audience to join in singing along to her more popular songs "Kindly Unspoken," and "It's Only Life." She got the crowd excited for songs such as "Might Have Been," and her first radio single "Only Fooling Myself." Voegele, a Cleveland native, took time throughout the set to praise the state of Ohio after being on the road for so many months.
She took a break between songs to showcase the talents of her band as each member performed solos on their respective instrument.
Voegele's music career has taken off over the last few months because of her guest role on the CW drama, "One Tree Hill." Voegele plays a character, Mia, who tries to break into the music business. She has performed a number of songs from her CD on different episodes. Voegele will be touring with Hanson for the next month.
Opening up for Voegele was Kelley James and The Whitest Light. James is a singer from San Francisco whose style is comparable to Jack Johnson. His song "In Between" was a crowd favorite, but the real entertainment came from his acoustic rendition of Kanye West's "Stronger" and improvisational rhymes. The Whitest Light, a Missouri band, pumped up the crowd's energy by encouraging them to sing along while they jumped around, performing songs from their self-titled album released in late March.
Danielle Devery can be reached at devery.1@osu.edu.
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