Luka

Luka was back in the country, I had to go to Utrecht this time to see him, to the mythical Tivoli. I had never been to Tivoli before, not to the old one anyway. This is where people first started to sing with Luka in 1990. People still sing, though for some reason other people felt it necessary to talk all the way through the concert. I don't understand this, why go to a concert if you don't want to listen to the music.

Luka was his own opening act for the occasion, and what an opening act. He started of with "Diamond Mountain", such a beautiful song. And he just went on from there. Before the break he sang some ten songs by himself, and then came back with the boys, which made for a different kind of Luka concert. Familiar songs, but they sounded different.

He began his encore with "Don't be Afraid of the Light that Shines Within You", which I love. It is such a song of hope. Then he went on by himself to sing a request, "The Man is Alive". When I heard the first chords I couldn't believe my ears, this was the one song I wanted, didn't expect, but got anyway. It completely blew me away, and has been sustaining me ever since.