Last Saturday, yr. ob’d’t web-editor was invited to “More Music @ the Moore,” a talent revue starring nine of the region’s top teen pop and jazz acts. It was structured like one of the old vaudeville shows the Moore used to host–each act got no more than ten minutes onstage, and the headliner was billed next-to-last.

In this case, the headliner was Seattle’s own American Idol semifinalist Leah Labelle (above). Like all the performers this night, she was strong on skill and spunk, a little light on originality.

Labelle was quite nearly upstaged by the act appearing just before her, ultra-tight Auburn rockers Mechanical Dolls. They’ve already played Graceland and EMP; look for ’em at an all-ages gig near you soon.

Other crowd-wowers included neo-soul combo As 1 (above), and sultry diva-ette Aleteena Mobley.