Talented Friday in Puerto Vallarta

I stopped by La Catrina Cantina last night to give Marco Camacho a big hug just before his final show. He returns to Kansas today and will be missed.

I caught the tail end of Happy Hour with Jacob on guitar and Isabel singing and playing piano in Mary Ann’s Ovations Piano Bar with some saucy Brazillian bossa nova in Portuguese. They stayed, shared a bottle of wine, and listened to Lovers Duo, rock ‘n roll with classical guitar and virtuoso piano on a few songs by David Maiocco.

I heard Yoalli (Jo-alley) and Chabe at Casita and Garden a couple of weeks ago and was even more impressed with them last night. Yoalli started their set effortlessly with Janis Joplin’s “Me and Bobby McGee” and soared through Lady Gaga’s “Shallow.” Her style is very much her own; she doesn’t ‘sound’ like anyone but Yoalli, with her heart plainly pinned to her sleeve; what a joyous, loving voice. Her rendition of “She Used to Be Mine” from Broadway’s Waitress reduces me to blubbering- idiot status every time she sings it.

Sargento and Salvatore star in The Mentiras Experience at Casa Karma tonight at 7 pm. See you there.