"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 9/23/24)
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Real Live Certified
Artists are Real Live Certified if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critic Consensus
Based on 23 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Martha Reeves is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with some notable strengths. Martha Reeves concert reviews describe live shows and performances as competent and exuberant.
Martha and the Vandellas were one of the most successful groups in the Motown roster during the 1960s and fully active from 1960 to 1972, performing at various times doo-wop, pop, rock and roll and soul.
Has Performed With
The Vandellas
Critic Concert Reviews
The Arts Desk (UK)
August 27, 2019
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Their songs were a soundtrack to so many lives, preserved forever on the mental jukebox.
The sense of excitement in the venue is palpable long before showtime with the anticipation being upped yet further as the choicest cuts of soul are spun to an audience decked out in their nattiest of threads.
It came billed as "... and the Vandellas", but there is no vocal backup for Martha Reeves in Edinburgh, just a locally sourced eight-piece band. The septuagenarian Tamla Motown queen does not mention the lack of soul sisters, although she covers almost every other topic under the sun with a breathless, gossip