English singer-songwriter Birdy opened for Christina Perri at a sold-out show at the Neptune Theatre over the weekend. Backed by her two-member band, Birdy is touring in support of her new sophomore record, Fire Within, to be released in the US this Tuesday. Beautiful voice – wonderful show! Birdy
Franz Ferdinand @ Showbox SoDo, 4/24/14 Show Review & Photos by Abby Williamson Franz Ferdinand‘s Alex Kapranos It’s been 10 years since 2004. Take a second; I’ll let you catch your breath. Crazy, isn’t it? That means it’s been 10 years since Mean Girls, 10 years since Oceanic Flight 815 first crashed on the island […]
Dia Frampton – best known as runner-up in the first season of The Voice in 2011, under the coaching of Blake Shelton – played a sold-out show at the Paramount Theatre last week. She sang a combination of songs from her debut album, Red, as well as those by her new band, Archis. Frampton has […]
Gabrielle Aplin, who made a name for herself via YouTube, played a solo set at the Vera Project last week in support of her fourth and latest EP, English Rain. Near the end of the show, someone in the crowd handed her a gift which she gladly accepted. For the encore, Aplin asked everyone to […]
The talented, Grammy-nominated Sarah Jarosz played a sold-out show at the Tractor Tavern. Accompanied by Nathaniel Smith (cello) and Alex Hargreaves (fiddle), Jarosz played a variety of instruments including guitar, mandolin and banjo. The three of them performed numerous songs from her latest album, Build Me Up from Bones, as well as her two prior […]