Category: Concert Reviews – Archive

August 18, 2015 / Concert Reviews - Archive

The Vanguard, August 9 Both Marc Ribot’s guitars look well-used and old – probably older than they are, like rugby forwards who look 40 when they are 20. They get a bit more roughed up each time he plays them, because Ribot doesn’t go much for genteel music. He likes…

August 17, 2015 / Concert Reviews - Archive

State Theatre, August 8 James Morrison and Megan Washington bring out the best in each other. She is such an idiosyncratic singer and performer as to shrug aside all the baggage of trying to sing standards “authentically”, and just give them the Megan Washington treatment. She makes the songs hers;…

August 14, 2015 / Concert Reviews - Archive

The Basement, August 6 Improvising should be a high-wire act with no safety net. As the musician creates and responds, micro-decisions are made much faster than normal thinking. Meanwhile instincts for aesthetics and structure are in play, as is experience, technique and character. Put two improvisers together and making music…