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Top Live Shows of 2011
Welcome 2012! For the last of Shady Groove’s Year in Review, I bring to you the top live shows of the past year.
Top 11 Live Shows 0f 2011
11. Joe Pug (Johnny Brenda’s) – Johnny Brenda’s is prob my favorite small venue to see a show in philly. Joe Pug sounds like an early Dylan, honing his craft.
10. Ziggy Marley (The Keswick Theatre) – crowd was great, dancing and singing. Praise to the Most be High. JAH! Rastafari.
9. Doc Watson (The Keswick Theatre) – epic. Legendary. He’s blind, he’s nearly 90. Amazing.
8. Hoots and Hellmouth (Yards) – Barn Stomping, hell raising folkies from Philly put on a rollickin show at Yards. All were dancing and singing. The band also brings wooden boards to stomp on. For real.
7. Hayes Carll (WCL) – Rockin band, great lyrics. They didn’t put the tables on the floor downstairs. That means the floor was open for dancing!
6. Mason Porter (WCL upstairs) – Mason Porter is prob my favorite local Philly band. Their old school folk and rock influences blend to create a magnificent union. Must see.
5. Cake (The Keswick Theatre)– Epic. Crowd. Involvement. Totally awesome. John McCrea can control a crowd, at one point screaming “I’ll Stand here all Fucking Night!!”
4. Carolina Chocolate Drops (TLA)– Wow. One of the best live folk experiences.
3. My Morning Jacket (The Mann Center) – Great new album. Heard big things about their live show. Did not disappoint. Jim James is a bona fide rock star. Endless hooks, ambient jams. Transcendental light show (see below)
2. The Gourds (The Saint, Asbury Park NJ)– High energy. Rejuvenated with some new material. Fresh off of their brand new album, Old Mad Joy, recorded up in Woodstock, NY at ‘The Barn’ at Levon Helm’s Studios.
1. David Wax Museum (Johnny Brenda’s)– Well put together group of musicians. Something totally different from your run of the mill folk/indie group. They also play significantly under-known instruments, Donkey Jaw bone being one of them.
Honorable Mention:
Taj Mahal (The Keswick Theatre), Levon Helm Band (Philly Folk Fest), Trombone Shorty (Philly Folk Fest), The Wood Brothers (Philly Folk Fest), The Ebony Hillbillies (Chestnut Hill), Just The Tip (Half Moon Booze Cruise), The Low Anthem (WCL)
Press Release: Ziggy Marley at the Keswick
ZIGGY MARLEY
Thurs., Oct. 27 @ 8 PM
Special Guest: Leon Mobley
Ziggy Marley, five-time Grammy Award winner, humanitarian, singer, songwriter, filmmaker, comic book creator, producer and Reggae icon brings his “Forward to Love” tour to the Keswick on Thursday, October 27 at 8 PM.
Heavily influenced by his famous father, Ziggy’s early immersion in music began when he would sit in on recording sessions with The Wailers. Ziggy was still a child when his father died and the Marley sibling band, The Melody Makers, released their debut album. The burden of being a second generation star weighed heavily on the young Marley who looked and sounded eerily like his father. However with solid foundations of faith, fellowship and family, Ziggy has risen to the challenge of finding his own voice within the framework of tradition. Now, as the head of Tuff Gong Worldwide, Ziggy continues the dream of his father to own and manage their own music and preserve the integrity of the art they create.
Wild & Free, Marley’s fourth solo album released earlier this year, returns to the socially conscious reggae that launched his career. Mixing familiar textures and rhythms of reggae while further defining his unique artistic vision is what sets him in a class of his own. Wild & Free affirms Marley as a master storyteller with an innate sense of soul.
Ziggy Marley’s charity, U.R.G.E (Unlimited Resources Giving Enlightenment) acts to help children. Where resources are lacking, U.R.G. E seeks to make enduring contributions to improve the communities in which children learn, live and grow, in hopes of nourishing their future. Fueled by a true concern for the lives of children , aside from handing a child a toy, or taking a child to a park, is a long-term commitment to the care they need. There are much bigger factors to consider: safety, hunger, economics and education that determine the quality of life.
Tickets to see Ziggy Marley are $25, $29.50 and $35 and can be ordered online at keswicktheatre.com; via 24-hour phone charge @ 800-745-3000; at the Keswick box office Monday-Saturday, noon- 6PM and all Ticketmaster locations.
For more information on upcoming Keswick Theatre attractions, visit www.keswicktheatre.com
Thanks to Jen Muscatello at the Keswick for posting.