Nelly Furtado performed during sundown on Saturday for Portola 2023 and effortlessly...
The Canadian pop star with Portuguese heritage, who presided over global radio and singles charts throughout the first decade of the new millennium, had just finished the song that first sprung her into the spotlight, “I’m Like a Bird.”She kneeled down as the band rattled off the final crescendo and wiped her eyes before professing a full-throated appreciation from atop the festival’s central Pier Stage.
The acappella caroling — although a bit cacophonous compared with Furtado’s lush vocals — created a festival highlight that timed perfectly with sundown. Although stacked against big name DJs with state-of-the-art light shows and pulsating bass, the elation felt at Furtado’s set would not be topped for the remainder of the day.Furtado’s name stood out when the lineup for the sophomore installment of Portola was announced earlier this year.
She followed up with her rendition of “Maneater,” in which she effectively eats Hall & Oates’s lunch to repurpose the song as an empowering female statement.Introducing the early radio hit “Turn Off the Light” — which once appeared somewhat hourly on Alice 97.3 — Furtado gave a shout-out to her debut San Francisco appearance 22 years ago. She asked who was at Bimbo's 365 Club in March 2001 to hear her “play this joint.”.
Nelly Furtado performs"Eat Your Man" during Dom Dolla's set at the Portola Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023.
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