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FEATURE - Vor schweigsamem Publikum: Alayna Salter alias Brocade singt im Lockdown heimlich auf Friedhöfen
Unable to perform to live crowds during lockdown, the singer put on impromptu gigs for the dead. (Brocarde/PA Real Life) *** Rocker who missed performing to a live
crowd during lockdown gave secret solo concerts to
the 'grateful dead' in graveyards instead
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A rocker who missed performing to a live crowd during lockdown found a captive
audience by playing to the dead instead - staging secret concerts in graveyards.
When Covid shut-down normal life, singer Brocarde, 38, whose real name is Alayna
Salter, sneaked into cemeteries under the cover of night to host impromptu gigs for the
'grateful dead.'
Based in rural Oxfordshire, she took a PA system and a microphone with her to entertain
the dearly departed, saying: I gave myself a mini tour of graveyards, perfo rming at
different ones on a regular basis. It was something I did on several occasions.
It felt like a distraction from the real world and was at a time when the streets were
empty during lockdown. I found a lot of peace in singing to the dead.
Braving the trips alone - mindful of Covid rules - she sang some of her favourite tunes,
including Last Supper, a song Brocarde wrote herself, imagining the people the
headstones were dedicated to as she performed.
She said: I always get goosebumps singing the opening line to Last Supper as the lyrics
are 'screaming in silence, au revoir belongs to me'.
Singing those lyrics across the tombstones made the hairs on the back of my neck stand
up, as it felt like a nod to the dearly departed. I really felt like I was screaming into the
silence of the graveyard, so it was very fitting.
I had a little PA system and I would set up a mic stand. I was so claustrophobic stuck in
the house, so this just felt natural.
I'm a bit of a free spirit, so the whole feeling of being confined inside and unable to do
anything during lockdown was something I found really, really difficult.
Performing to the dead gave me a focus, somewher *
(c) Dukas