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2005  Joss Stone & Raul Midon at Massey Hall  There were two
audiences at Joss Stone's Massey Hall concert last night. The
first was the Clinton generation - older but not old urban
professionals with public radio tuned in on the stereos of their
SUVs. The second appeared to be their daughters - trendy
teenagers with hip scarves and a propensity for screaming. It
was hard to decide who to side with, the wildly gyrating teenage
dancers or the slightly crotchity CBC fans who kept glaring at
them to sit down and actually listen to the music. It was clear,
however, that Joss herself was playing to the fans her own age.
Fortunately for the yuppies, there was definitely something on
the schedule for them. The show opened with a solo set by Raul
Midon, a vocalist in the Bobby McFerrin tradiditon. "Solo"
almost seems like a misnomer in this case. It was one man up
there with nothing but a guitar, but he pounded out rhythm lines
on the guitar effortlessly a