Posted by Andrew Barker

Opening with a four song block from his 1980 LP "Hotter Than July," Stevie Wonder kept things seasonally appropriate Monday night. Backed by an ultra-proficient band (at times almost too proficient, leaning toward fusion when they should have been bringing the funk), Stevie was in near-perfect form throughout, even keeping his legendarily discursive stage banter snappy.
Among the revelations: Stevie has two records in the works (one a tribute to his late mother, "The Gospel Inspired by Lula"), he still supports Barack Obama, and his twentysomething son isn't above using "Ribbon in the Sky" to try to get fresh with the ladies.
At the Hollywood Bowl Monday he performed:
As If You Read My Mind / Master Blaster (Jammin’) / All I Do / Rocket Love / Knocks Me Off My Feet / (Jam) / Higher Ground / Spain (band solos) / Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing / If It’s Magic / Living for the City / Golden Lady / Keep Fooling Yourself Baby Girl (new song) / I’m Gonna Laugh You Right Out of My Life (sung by Aisha Morris) / Isn't She Lovely / Ribbon in the Sky / Overjoyed / My Cherie Amour / Signed, Sealed, Delivered / Sir Duke / I Wish / Do I Do / You Are the Sunshine of My Life / I Just Called to Say I Love You / Superstition