Results tagged “folk”

Wednesday night was the same as any old New England spring evening—except in Johnny D's in Davis Square. There, Justin Townes Earle shared the warmth of the south and the twang of the past with an enthusiastic crowd, playing a long set of down-home straight-country tunes. Earle was technically by himself on stage with just his guitar for accompaniment, but his songs—including several covers—evoked plenty of heroes from country music history, such that he was never really alone. Saying "Any folk singer'll tell you that—we like to borrow," Earle proved it with tributes to Woody Guthrie and Manse Lipscomb, to which the crowd responded enthusiastically. more ›

"I know people from Vermont are here," Nico Muhly declared. "I can just smell it." more ›

When we last saw Devotchka, they occupied a stage the size of a coffee table, and Bostonist was relieved that TT's didn't collapse under the weight of their sousaphone. Returning to Boston on Sunday night, they brought reinforcements, annexing the Paradise Rock Club with horn players and an actual sit-down, read-sheet-music string section. more ›