# Live review: The fantastic concert! A wonderful bassist Penny Panagaris –  Orianthi at our Europe Jazz Blues Festival 2025: Photos

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- Published: 2025-08-05T14:02:24+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**EU welcomed an wonderful bassist and vocalist Penny Pangaris –  Orianthi and her
friends at our Europe Jazz Blues Festival 2025 in Dortmund, Germany.**

Penny Pangaris, better known as Orianthi, is an Australian guitarist, singer, and
songwriter. She is best known for her collaborations with Michael Jackson and Alice
Cooper.

She has her own successful music. She’s playing a completely sold-out PIANO in Dortmund.
Orianthi’s three-piece band also consists of Justin Andres on bass and Demian Arriaga
on drums.

The band opens with a rocking performance of “First Time Blues,” featuring heavy
riffs, deep bass, powerful drums, and a dazzling guitar solo.

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A great opener that immediately draws the audience in. “Sinners’s Hymn” has short,
sharp solos, and her clear voice comes through beautifully. It features a heavy 
top solo in which she uses the entire guitar neck, without any fiddling.

Great. A short bass and drum intro features “You Don’t Want To Know,” from an album
she says was produced by Dave Stewart of The Eurythmics, and it’s a somewhat dark,
gloomy song.

Bassist Justin Andres takes over as vocalist and provides the vocals throughout 
the concert.

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The harmonies with Orianthi sound excellent throughout the concert. In “Never Make
Your Move” by B.B. King, Orianthi’s vocals are much lower, and the heavy, deep bass
gives the song a darker character, also thanks to the low-pitched wah-wah guitar.

“Rescue Me” is from the new album and has a beautiful, slow, thick groove with a
heavy rock solo. In the announcement of the classic “All Right Now,” she mentions
that Paul Rodgers is one of her favorite singers and has toured with Bad Company
as the opening act.

The song is played well, but Rodgers’ voice is simply not replaceable for me… “Light
It Up” follows with a rocking sound, followed by the calm, guitar-strummed slow 
rocker “Heaven In This Hell.”

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Sunshine Of Your Love gets a bit poppy and radio-friendly. “Dark Days Are Gone” 
is uptempo and groovy, featuring Orianthi singing parts without a guitar, with that
clear voice. A great song.

Then a song by her good friend Billy Gibson, the well-known “Sharp Dressed Man,”
in which the cheerful, cheerful bassist Justin Andres connects nicely with the audience.

This is noticeable throughout the evening, alongside his fantastic bass playing.

Great! “How Do You Sleep” is sung sensitively, her frustration venting in a blistering
solo, after which it ends quietly. The final song of the performance, without a 
break, is her first recorded single, the uptempo “According To You” with beautiful
breaks.

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It’s also radio-friendly, which is usually the intention of a single. After wild
cheers and clapping, they naturally return for a rousing, explosive, extended rendition
of “Voodoo Chile,” and the very, very warm, packed hall falls silent…

A superb concert by top musicians in a packed hall for a very enthusiastic audience.
Orianthi is a top guitarist with a beautiful, clear voice, bassist Justin Andres
is simply fantastic with a beautiful, full, warm sound that comes through beautifully,
and drummer Demian Arriaga is incredibly tight and subtle when needed.

A fantastic concert!

**By Olivia Peevas**

**Line-up:**
 **Orianthi: guitars, vocals** **Justin Andres: bass, background vocals****
Demian Arriaga: drums**

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