Stevie Wonder in Dublin: A few hours with a musical genius
Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life 50th Anniversary Tour3Arena, Dublin★★★★☆When Paul Simon stepped up to receive the 1976 Grammy for Album Of The Year, he nodded to various collaborators before adding, “And most of all, I’d like to thanks Stevie Wonder, who didn’t make an album this year.” Wonder, who dominated the Grammys during the early seventies, won the same award the previous two years in a row. He was back on the podium again a year later for another masterpiece, Songs In The Key of Life. Music was spilling out of Wonder back then, so much so that the double album came with an additional four-song EP, and every note remains godlike. No surprise then that 3Arena was, despite sky-high ticket prices, sold out as Wonder presented the album in its entirety. Spending a few hours with a musical genius is a priceless experience. After a spoken…