* Laura Mvula at Blue Balls Festival 2013 *

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Blue Balls Festival is an annual music festival happening in a beautiful surrounding next to Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, on the various locations like an Open-Air Pavilion, the Lucerne Culture and Convention Center and The Club at the Schweizerhof Hotel.Started with an audience of 300 people, back in 1992, this festival, with slightly inappropriate name for an English speaking artists and audience, is today an international music festival with 100 000 visitors over nine days in July. It presents more then 100 shows with international artists different genres; with local, Swiss artists (Young Talents stage) as well as photography exhibits, video lounge and films dedicated to music. This was my third year of visiting Blue Balls Festival as a Gimme A Beat. In order to explore female factor of the festival, I've chosen two days with female artists that I wanted to include in my review.The headliner of the Blue Balls Festival 2013 was Laura Mvula, an amazing British artist that I came across through her nomination for this year's BBC - Sound of ... This poll has always been a great reference for exceptional musicians and I have been fortunate enough to, over the years, interview several of the nominated artists.The afternoon before the festival's opening night and Laura Mvula's first Swiss concert, i had a chance to sit down with this young, talented lady for an interview. The interview happened at Schweizerhof hotel in Lucerne, beautiful, family owned 5 star hotel with personal charm and elegant, period decor, renovated to accommodate it's classy guests. Appropriately, the surrounding suited my impressions of Laura's debut album: enchanting, fabulous world, but still modern and somehow approachable. And an interview only confirmed what was obvious before. Laura is beautiful, strong woman with a great sense of style and capability to experience music visually. And on top of that she is bubbly and has great sense of humor. All of this made an interview fun and I very much enjoyed talking to her.The day after, on the opening night of the festival, Laura continued to impress me with her mesmerizing performance. In addition to first part of tonight show, and my focus on Laura Mvula, exploring female vibe at Blue Balls Festival 2013 included another day at the festival and gigs from Trixie Whitley and