{"id":2424,"date":"2011-02-03T05:35:24","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T10:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/?p=2424"},"modified":"2013-04-17T13:22:39","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T17:22:39","slug":"tina-dico-at-the-highline-ballroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/?p=2424","title":{"rendered":"Tina Dico at the Highline Ballroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/td1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/td1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Tina Dico at the Highline (pic by Mr. C)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/td1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/td1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/td2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/td2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Tina Dico at the Highline (pic by Mr. C)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/td2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/td2-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Nvo-jJjhCU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>TINA DICO performed at the Highline Ballroom on 1\/31\/2011 with her folk-pop inspired bad self! She was accompanied by a full band this time around including the multi-talented, HELGI JONSSON playing the guitar, keyboards, &#038; trombone.  Helgi actually opened up for Miss Tina playing a few earthy tunes of his own including a cover by Roy Orbison, WILD HEARTS RUN OUT OF TIME.  Helgi has a real distinct sharp &#038; high voice that hit a few registers that i didn\u2019t know existed for a dude!  Getting back to the main event, Tina Dico is mega popular in her home country of Denmark &#038; in europe in general and usually plays to sell out crowds in larger venues.  It\u2019s truly a tremendous treat when she performs in the states with her great stage presence, lyrical chops, beautiful haunting voice, long flowing blond hair, dazzling storytelling, &#038; awesome melodies! It\u2019s really a double edge sword because you know that she should be getting much more press than she gets here in NYC, but it\u2019s also a sharper edge on the other side of the blade because we can see her play in a such a small venue at bargain basement prices, $10 or $15 day of show for such an honest &#038; emotional performance! I get hooked everytime I listen to her older tunes like Home, Break of Day, In the Red, No time to sleep (Grey&#8217;s anatomy), Room with a View, &#038; Count to 10! Tina\u2019s lyrics mostly comprise of what she calls longing for something, whether it\u2019s longing for romance, hear me outs, observations on urban life like in HEAD SHOP, cravings for that certain heartbeat in the city like her SACRE COEUR song which is ode to Paris! Tina delivered an emotional performance with a song dedicated to COPENHAGEN where she just recently moved back to with a sole mission of soul searching! Why do I like listening to Tina dico? I love her unique delivery &#038; heartbeat in her songs, her powerful voice with clear, cut like a knife pronunciations, her storytelling which grabs your attention, her singing which really grips your heart because she bleeds like an emotional monkey when pitching her songs, &#038; she\u2019s got the look, to paraphrase ROXETTE! My favorite performances of the night include IN THE RED, COPENHAGEN, NO TIME TO SLEEP, LOVE ALL AROUND, an awesome soul inspired tune that Tina wrote for a movie called oldboys, &#038; an old tune from her ZERO 7 days called HOME! It really brought down my home when she sang it! TD teetered from rockin&#8217; out to the electric guitar back to the acoustic when a noticible humming noise was amplified when they crossed back over to the electric. At that point, it was all acoustic, baby! Miss Dico also belted out full force md melodies head on into the mic then faded into acappela mode without the mic which gave it a fresh, organic sound on a few tracks like In Love &#038; Long Way Home. The sound was pretty wicked! I really wish this lyrical danish vixen would play in NYC more often because she\u2019s really got soul, pizazz, &#038; all that jazz! I definitely would recommend picking up Tina Dico\u2019s new album called \u201cWelcome Back Colour\u201d. It\u2019s a 2 CD hybrid album consisting of compilations of her most popular songs with a few new songs like \u201cWelcome Back Colour\u201d and \u201cCopenhagen\u201d amongst others.  She describes this new album as a retrospective look in the mirror of herself with a leap of faith going forward for a new colourful beginning! Well, hell\u2019s yeah! Check out the performance of \u201clove all around\u201d &#038; \u201chome\u201d by Tina at the Highline ballroom! (above &#038; below!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tina Dico&#8217;s Setlist<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\ncount to 10<br \/>\nin love (ode to NY)<br \/>\nget to know you<br \/>\nin the red<br \/>\nhe doesn\u2019t know<br \/>\ncopenhagen<br \/>\nwatching him go<br \/>\nroom with a view<br \/>\nglow<br \/>\nfriend in a bar<br \/>\nno time to sleep<br \/>\nsacre coeur<br \/>\nsilence<br \/>\nlong way home<br \/>\nlove all around<br \/>\nhome<br \/>\nheaven and hell<\/p>\n<p><strong>Helgi Jonsson Setlist<\/strong><em><br \/>\nAurura<br \/>\nblindfolded<br \/>\nashes away<br \/>\nwild hearts run out of time (roy orbison)<br \/>\ndigging up a tree<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JY-qs1-Lsq4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/td3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/td3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Tina Dico at the Highline Ballroom (pic by mr. c)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/td3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/td3-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Hj.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Hj-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Helgi Jonsson at the Highline Ballroom (pic by mr. c)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Hj-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Hj-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TINA DICO performed at the Highline Ballroom on 1\/31\/2011 with her folk-pop inspired bad self! She was accompanied by a full band this time around including the multi-talented, HELGI JONSSON playing the guitar, keyboards, &#038; trombone. Helgi actually opened up for Miss Tina playing a few earthy tunes of his own including a cover by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1893,8],"tags":[887,885,886,883,884],"class_list":["post-2424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mrc","category-music","tag-helgi-jonsson","tag-highline-ballroom","tag-planet-chocko-tina-dico-review","tag-tina-dico","tag-welcome-back-colour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2424"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16649,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424\/revisions\/16649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}