Live at the Matterhorn is L.A. Mitchell's 2nd release, it is a live recording of her Debut album. The songs have been meticulously re-arranged - funkified & soulified, with added segues, hits, percussive riffs intersecting the songs & stories. It unfolds like a journey, lifting and transporting you through the songs' discourse. Shut your eyes, and you are there, in the crowd, with clinking glasses & cheers and whoops, the palpable excitement of watching something new and thrilling.

 Released in 2008, it is 13 songs &  56 minutes long

Recorded live at the Matterhorn restaurant in  Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara (Wellington), Aotearoa (NZ)  features Arona Vaele on Drums, Jo Barus on Bass, Ros Langton, Kate Taylor & Dan Fidow on B.Vs. L.A.Mitchell on Keys and lead. Pos Mavega(Pacific Underground) on Guitar. Mixed & Mastered by Mike Gibson at Trident Studios. 

> LA Mitchell. Live At The Matterhorn. Honesty Box Records.
5 stars (out of 5)

If Christchurch-based LA (Lauren) Mitchell's 2007 album Debut snuck under your radar, don't let this one do the same.

Live At The Matterhorn is as good as it gets for those with a penchant for smooth jazz and soulful R&B.

The setting stamps a gold seal of authenticity on the recording. There's an added thrill to hearing Mitchell's strong and sandy pipes in all their unadulterated glory.

Fronting the Nativa Band (with three top-notch backing vocalists), she draws power from the Fender Rhodes at her fingertips as she works her way through a largely original set.

Forget Alicia. Buy Kiwi-made.

Single download: Love Will Rain Down
For those who like: Alicia Keys, Hollie Smith

- Jeff Harford Otago Daily Times