West builds most of the songs around a single repeated chord, strummed high up on the neck. Her band populates the arrangement with everything else she needs-bass licks, chord changes, dynamic surges-while West sends her voice into the song's darkened corners and curls her mind around whichever odd idea grips her.
Towards the end of Tether, there is a song called Silk and Velvet; its sound is characteristic of Annahstasia's debut album. Fingerpicked acoustic guitar and her extraordinary vocals husky, expressive, elegant are front and centre. The arrangement is subtle but not drearily tasteful: arching noise that could be feedback or a distorted pedal steel guitar, which gradually swells into something climactic before dying away.
I can feel my ears extending, hind legs protruding, fluffy tail drooping down; I have an uncontrollable urge to gnaw with my front teeth and binky (excited jump). I've traversed so many rabbit holes I myself seem to be transforming into a bunny. Throughout the year, I've thought that maybe covering a certain amount of scenes and trends would unlock some secret key to the universe-a final solid bottom, a cultural bedrock.
Eli, a 25-year-old singer-songwriter who traces her inspiration to American Idol, is that best friend distilled in a pop bonbon: Her new single "Glitter" is as breezy and familiar as a radio hit remembered from childhood. Over a slow-jam groove and twinkly, late-'90s-flavored production, Eli draws on her Jordin Sparks-esque powers and gently instructs you to get some standards: "You should be his baby, not his babysitter."
He is one of Bruce Springsteen's favourite singer-songwriters. Bob Dylan is also a fan. So was the late Shane MacGowan. He's been Grammy nominated. He's acted in The Wire and Treme. Now 70 years of age, Steve Earle - born in Texas - is also known internationally for writing one of the most famous songs about a girl from Galway.
Doors at 7:30pm. Show from 8:15-10:30pm with one intermission $3 off each ticket when you use the code earlybird8 at checkout. Offer ends September 28th. Promo Codes are not applicable at the door. Codes are not case sensitive, but must be typed as one word. Performances by Dana Cooper, James Lee Stanley, Frances Ancheta & Pete Kronowitt at The Lost Church! In partnership with Sister District Project San Francisco, we will be sharing ways to get involved to make a difference.
A queer, nu-folk, singer-songwriter with a voice like complex coffee, Gráinne Hunt is a standout among Ireland's most compelling vocalists and songwriters - blending raw emotion with a quiet, commanding power. "The Irish Joni." Michael Londra Her two original records and new live EP, draw from deeply personal experiences, weaving stories of pain, longing and joy, earning her comparisons to Tracy Chapman and Natalie Merchant. "...an astounding voice that will melt your heart. No crowd can resist." Declan O'Rourke
To really die you have to die three ways. Townes Van Zandt discovered this after overdosing on model airplane glue. He was declared DOA at the hospital where, to hear him tell it, he sat for an hour and a half while doctors debated just how dead he was.
