When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Keep Singing (2 videos)

It took over an hour for the sound check. Now you've got a full house enraptured by your music. You're going full throttle, the audience is totally with you, and then-- No amplification. Nada. I present to you two performances I captured, and consider myself fortunate to have done so. In each case, the artists hardly missed a beat, and not only carried the show, but got the audience screaming for more. Most recently, Tunisian singer-songwriter Emel Mathlouthi performed at GlobalFEST. (She had pr...