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An NPR show, part of Lincoln Center Out of Doors series…and it’s a FREEBIE!
http://www.lcoutofdoors.org/events/npr-music-live-in-concert
http://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2016/07/25/487332971/npr-music-announces-lincoln-center-out-of-doors-lineup?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=storiesfromnpr
How about two more NYC freebies to bookend this, the Saturday before and the Saturday after:
http://lincolncenter.org/show/the-bells-a-daylong-celebration-of-lou-reed
http://lincolncenter.org/show/americanafest-nyc-roots-of-american-music-the-last-waltz-40th-anniversary-celebration-parker-millsap
Don’t let the names Victoria or Parker fool you. I believe our gal is part of both events.
Wowza…looks like a week plus in NYC for Lu!
Pale Blue Eyes performed by Lu at Lou Reed tribute:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRHhJE1IR1Q
The Americana Fest lineup looks incredible!
“Lou Reed has been the subject of countless tributes since his death in 2013. If this Laurie Anderson-organized affair isn’t the best, it’s certainly the most comprehensive. After opening with a tai chi lesson from Mr. Reed’s former master, it includes both an 11:30 am concert featuring local punks from David Johansen to Jessie Malin and later, an evening show focused exclusively on his love songs.”
–Nick Murray, New York Times“Few humans write lyrics as tightly as Lucinda Williams. Each detail–a television set left on, the memory of a ZZ Top dance party–seems to reveal a universe. So it figures that her concerts would be defined by their looseness. ONstage, Ms. Williams is always changing not just the songs she plays but also the subjects of the rambling tangents she pursues in between. This free concert [Thursday] will also feature Thao & the Get Down Stay Down and iLe.”
–Murray@vmorris wrote:
A friend at The Bells: A Daylong Celebration of Lou Reed said that Lu was “heartbreaking.”
Confirmed.
I believe this NPR post featuring 3 songs on video is from this show:
The fire and feel Lucinda Williams brought to the Lincoln Center stage when she headlined this August concert is informed by 25 years of making music. Deeply informed by tradition, her work remains determinedly individualistic and envelope-pushing.
In musical dialogue with her longtime guitarist, Stuart Mathis, Williams pulled evocative pages from her big songbook, going back to 2003 for the soul-stirring “Fruits Of My Labor” while showing her continued currency with recent selections like the empathetic character study “West Memphis” and the soaring, attitudinal “Foolishness.”
Williams made no bones about her progressive politics while vamping through “Foolishness” like Americana’s own version of Nina Simone. Mathis answered her improvisations with slicing guitar lines of his own. It never took long for Williams to transform the night’s mood from quietude to fervor. Then she exited, inimitable spirit intact.
SET LIST
“Fruits Of My Labor”
“West Memphis”
“Foolishness”
CREDITSEvent Producer: Saidah Blount; Producers: Ann Powers, Mito Habe-Evans, Colin Marshall; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Concert Video Director: Colin Marshall; Production Assistant: Brandi Fullwood; Concert Videographers: Kevin Chiu, Chris Farber, Nickolai Hammar, Niki Walker; Editor: Nicole Conflenti; Special Thanks: Lincoln Center; Executive Producer: Anya Grundmann.
http://www.npr.org/event/music/504595430/lucinda-williams-live-in-concert?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nprmusic&utm_term=music&utm_content=202807
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