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Music DVDS Sarah McLachlan: Afterglow Live 
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| Sarah McLachlan: Afterglow Live |
| By Matthew Hirtes | |
Monday, 06 December 2004 Sometimes only comfort food will do. You’re sad, anxious or just plain hung over. Therefore you regress to the cuisine of your childhood, tucking into dishes that transport you back to a time when it seemed like you sported a protective shell.
If you want a taster of McLachlan before you purchase, you’ll hear her on Radio 2. Along with other melodic singer-songwriters such as Norah Jones and Jewel, Sarah’s a cornerstone of their play list. Vancouver-based McLachlan earlier founded Lilith Fair, the well-regarded women's music festival, which she was moved to establish after she was banned from using a female support act on tour. The promoter was insistent, “You can't put two women on the same bill – people won't come!” But come they did in droves to Lilith Fair during its three-year existence. Afterglow Live kicks off with 'Fallen', the opener on 2003's Afterglow - McLachlan's first album in six years. Sarah has chosen to wear a stunning black dinner dress over a pair of ripped jeans. In much the same way as England players crowbarred Abba references into post-match interviews during the 1998 World Cup, the otherwise serious McLachlan, who has genuinely done a lot of work for charity, seems to attire herself corresponding to the title of Disney films. For a bit of a laugh. In this case, she’s quite obviously depicting The Lady & The Tramp. This unconventional (north) American beauty is at her strongest when she sings sad. Although far from the melancholia of Low, ‘Ice’ sends a delightful shiver down my misanthropic spine. By way of contrast, the mawkish ‘Ice Cream’ reveals McLachlan at her worst. Likewise the track’s predecessor, a watery-squash-weak cover version of the Lennon-and-McCartney-penned ‘Blackbird’. Clocking in at 140 minutes, the concert is probably 40 minutes too long. Apart from the pair of howlers mentioned above, I wouldn’t have cut out any of the other songs. However, the length of Sarah’s addresses to the crowd between tracks could have been excised somewhat. Whilst she comes across superbly in interviews, under the bright lights she does have a tendency to platitudinise. So, to recap: if you want to enjoy some folk music, purchase some Joan Baez or early Bob Dylan before Robert Zimmerman upset his hippy following by picking up an electric guitar. Also, Richard and Linda Thompson’s I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight is a must-buy. But if you want music to unwind to, you can’t do much worse than Sarah McLachlan. Release Date: 06 December 2004
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