GIRL power ruled last week at the Bermuda Folk Club as the duo of Jodi Harman and Kimberly Hall rocked the house with a solid performance.Opening act was the Beautiful Randys with Michael Kilpatrick, singer/songwriter, Mike Mcfee, singer/songwriter, Marcel Zettler, drummer and Gary Morris, rhythm guitar/stand-in bass guitar.

The quartet had made an appearance earlier in the year at the Folk Club but made a fine showing of themselves as the opening act for an established foreign act.

The Beautiful Randys was the only local contingent to take to the stage and their four-song set featured mainly original tunes and one cover tune with the former full of well-placed hooks.

Baltimore native Hall has collaborated with Harman and this pairing has resulted in songs with melodic vocals and stirring rhythms. Both ladies have released solo CDs and have appeared on each other’s albums.

The duo effortlessly makes the transition from edgy songs to soft rock songs that one might want to kick back and listen to on a dog day afternoon.

Kimberly’s influence has come from vocalists like Sheryl Crow, Patsy Cline and Patti Griffin and spent time as a keyboardist, backing vocalist and lead singer in a pop rock band. Since her teaming with Jodi, she has stepped into the limelight and deserves to be heard.

An accomplished (acoustic) guitarist, Kimberly has added to her already burgeoning repertoire and many of her songs have been snapped up for motion picture and television placements.

The duo delivered a solid two-hour set that included some humorous explanations as to how many of the songs got their names. Many of the songs’ musical endings sounded the same, but the songs were a personal reflection on fear, love, loss, failure and success.

Their performance featured tunes from their solo releases as well as songs they collaborated on. Harman, the quieter of the two, was no slouch when it came to delivering the goods when teaming with her long-time friend Hall.

Paper Dragons is Harman’s debut release. Formerly with Baltimore’s Suzi, she struck out on her own with 11 introspective and confessional songs. I Fall is a song that, despite its melancholy sound, is optimistic. Its melody provides one of the many memorable hooks that crop up throughout the course of the record and doesn’t leave the listener bogged down.

Honesty has a cool, haunting melody that’s perfectly complimented by the cello. The production has a nice, uncluttered sound that keeps instrumentation to a minimum . . . the minimalist sound serves the production well, as it helps place focus on the lyrics and Harman’s voice, which are both bright spots on the CD.

Since her departure from her band Suzi, Hall has evolved into a softer, but no less powerful performer, as she became a solo performer.

Teaming up with Harman has been a coup as they proved that ‘less is more’ as they performed an acoustic set without a backing band. Unhindered by the harder sound she used during her stint with Suzi, Hall has not lost her original fan base, but in fact won over a new group of fans since her teaming with Harman.

This was evident as they were asked to do an encore and being the consummate performers they graciously obliged their newly won fans.

The next event is on June 3, which will be the 34th anniversary night.