Tabi Yosha and DJ Moses Belanger took to the stage at a sold-out Quai des brumes with a confident swagger. Carried by a powerful voice, the Haitian-born singer captivated the crowd with a spellbinding blend of R&B and hip-hop, performing tracks from her debut EP True Colors and her latest single Truth Lays.
Skilled in the art of holding an audience spellbound, Tabi Yosha charmed the room with her humor and spontaneity. She didn’t hesitate to engage the audience repeatedly-almost too much-with rhythmic interactions, such as her classic “When I say Tabi, you say Yosha!”.
At the end of her performance, she surprised the audience by announcing that she had decided that very morning to perform Billets, a brand new French song due for release this year. A powerful moment in which her powerful voice made its mark with ease in a resolutely rap register, and in French, much to the delight of the audience.
With the room already warmed up, Rau_Ze took to the stage to a roar from the audience.
“I hope you’re going to have fun tonight, because it’s my party today,” said Rose Perron as soon as she arrived, prompting an immediate “Bonne fête à toi!” from the crowd.
Accompanied by their usual musicians, the Rau_Ze duo of Rose Perron and Félix Paul set the stage alight with their infectious energy and complicity. During “Virer nos vies”, Rose ran through the room before finishing the song perched on the Quai des Brumes bar, while a huge mosh pit unleashed the crowd.
This Saturday evening at Quai des brumes was an evening of female artists of impressive talent and presence, a clear demonstration that the Quebec scene has nothing to envy anyone.
