PAMELA CLAY

Fri., May 17.  PAMELA CLAY.  Possessing a “power belt,” solid and confident pitch, a party-girl charisma, and a repertoire that broadens what patrons have come to expect as “Gardenia fare,” Pamela Clay celebrates her 31^st wedding anniversary by singing “something for everyone,” accompanied by her longtime musical director David Moscoe at the piano, “Catahoula’s Emperor” Lindsay Gillis on guitar, Vince Tividad on upright bass, Kendall Kay on drums, and her artist-musician husband, Bruce Bermudez, as guest vocalist.    One can expect the unexpected from this chanteuse who has established herself as the Southland’s premier interpreter of chansons…and Edith Piaf in particular.  (But be forewarned:  “Non, Je ne Regrette Rien” is NOT the anthem of a sensitive waif or a “wounded sparrow.”)   Ms. Clay has appeared at the John F. Kennedy Center, the John Anson Ford Theatre, the Wilshire-Ebell Theatre, Feinstein’s 54 Below in Manhattan, and on-screen opposite Tommy Lee Jones.  Fluent in French, she lived in Paris and Bordeaux for many years, and performed her self-penned one-woman show, Toujours l’Amour!, directed by Chase Matthews, to sold-out crowds in several Southland venues.  More can be learned at www.PamelaClay.com.