My favorite singer/songwriter, Rose Polenzani, is playing a bunch of shows on the East coast and a few in the midwest in June and July. I probably need to come up with a good way to describe her music and why I like it so much since I'm always telling people to listen to her music and see her live. Others have compared her to Edie Brickell, Leonard Cohen and PJ Harvey. For more information beyond this quick list of tour dates visit www.rosepolenzani.com.
Saturday, June 15, 2002
Motherfool's Coffeehouse, 8:00 PM
Madison, WI
Tuesday, June 18, 2002
Uncommon Ground, 8:00 PM
Chicago, IL
Wednesday, June 19, 2002
Rudyard Kipling, 7:30 PM
Louisville, KY
Friday, June 28, 2002
Jammin' Java, 8:00 PM
Vienna, VA
Saturday, June 29, 2002
Living Room, 9:00 PM
New York City, NY
Sunday, June 30, 2002
Happy Endings, Time TBA
Syracuse, NY
Tuesday, July 02, 2002
Fire & Water, 9:00 PM
Northampton, MA
(A five-week residency!)
I never get tired of recommending Matt Nathanson to anybody who will listen. I caught the tail end (one song to be exact) of a concert he did in Los Angeles maybe 10 years ago and although, I had no sense of his music, I found him quite likeable and felt as a struggling musician, he deserved a break. So I paid $10 for his first album "Please."
Flash forward to 2000, I've worn "Please" down to a nub, have squaked about it endlessly to my friends and family, have managed to acquire his other 3 discs and now live in San Francisco where he is based. I've seen Matt's live show at least 5 times and my girlfriend thinks I'm going to leave her and go gay for him. But not before she can have him.
Anyway...
The music? On the surface, basic troubadour, dude-with-a-guitar kinda stuff. Think Shawn Mullins, a younger Billy Bragg perhaps. But the difference is his voice, as soulful as Aretha Franklin after Sunday dinner.
Recommended Album: Still Waiting for Spring.
Audio Tracks by Album:
Please : Ernst : Not Colored Too Perfect : Still Waiting For Spring