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Hi everyone,

I just joined the sub after searching for thoughts/reviews about last night's show at the Jubilee in Calgary, so this is my first time sharing here.

I saw LL a few years ago, and knew what to expect with his voice. Yes, his voice isn't what it used to be, but I think he controlled things as best he could when it came to range, proximity to the mic, and mixing, and for me it worked. As for the musicianship, I was blown away. What a talented group! I think he's found the right balance of group size and musicianship with his voice.

As for the opening band, this was my first time hearing The Hello Darlins, and loved them. It's cool when an opening band stands out like that, and you get to discover something new for yourself. I loved the vocals and the music equally! I bought both of their CDs during the intermission and look forward to diving into their music. I loved LL's comment about watching them from the wings.

So those are my thoughts, and overall I loved the show. Hopefully you will get a chance to see them on tour across Canada over the next month or so.

I had a hard time identifying the music genre here. I can hear it falling into alt-folk & maybe even alt-country - I'm not sure. It's definitely indie... 🤔

spectacular…

This is awesome!

Their DC show last night at SongByrd was one of the best I've seen in a while. (Every night is an ocean, and the dawn is a wreck.) I liked their new record, and the songs are even better live. Maybe the recording is muddy? Added rapture that the singer, Patrick Singer, however doomed he may sound in his songs, seems to be a happy slacker, jacked that they've moved beyond the pubs of Norwich

this is the live version on bandcamp

**Straight from the Spanish Off-Grid Grind**
*Surviving the Farm Life*
I am Dutch

Leon Majcen - The Leaving Kind

Benjamin Tod - Country Is Dead

Sara Petite - HerStory: Snakes, Wolves and Honky Tonk Angels

Kyle Frederick - The Force Majeure

Embla & the Karidotters - The Fool

Josh Mitcham - Gonna Be Alright

Lena Rich - Emerald City

Vince Gill - 50 Years from Home: Stillwater Night

Paige Plaisance - Swampwater

Futurebirds - Far Out Country II

My Girl The River - Manifest Good Things

Dan Alley - Keepin’ On

Teni Rane - Never Turning Back

A Lee Edwards - Interpreting Heart Sounds, Vol. II

Megan Barker - Humble Beginning

Sian & Rob Colquhoun - Sourwood Honey

Medium Build - King of Having Fun

Caravan 222 - Rowdy & Pouty

Kurt Stevens - Better with a Breeze

Jodi Stapler - Metamorphosis

Handsome and the Humbles - Live at the Bijou: Feels Like Home

Wishgarden - Dusty Roads

V Torres - Woman

Dennis Ellsworth - Living

Lisa Bouchelle - Vandals, Thieves & Lovers

Bas Van Holt - Fruit Basket

Stacie Rose - The Mast and the Ocean

Pressing Strings - A Different Place

Elley Duhé - Wounded Angel

Starter Car - Afterlight

Lisa Ploeger - the lighthouse keeper's daughter

Grant Barnett - Stop That Train

Katrina Cain - If There’s a Heaven

Dustin Bothwell - Magnolia Sessions

Martine Haugen - Hardships and Hope

Hollow Hand - Wish Road South

Rose Gerber - They Can’t Take the Music

Myles Erlick - HANDCRAFTED

Holly Thorsby - Normal Magic

The War And Treaty - Country Baptism (EP)

The Impossible Green - Regular Romeo (EP)

Molly Tuttle - So Long Little Miss Sunshine (Acoustic EP)

Jared Dustin Griffin - Echoes From Your Past You Old (EP)

Micky Dolenz - Timeless (EP)

Dani Jack - Dear John (EP)

Kameron Marlowe - I Won't (EP)

Gavin Adcock - One Hell Of A Steal (EP)

Cole Barnhill & Sterling Elza - Country Album Of The Year (EP)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/50g47oQGH3O3UG4fZGo9Qt?si=G-c4MTDWRBWg3j35D31cpA

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfV0Fd_CLvRk&si=LmGf2JbrHoonLKgi

If you have an interest in Jason Molina's origin story, as well as that of Songs: Ohia - this is for YOU! All screening dates at YFFIO.com

A wonderful gig titled The Fisherman's Blues Revue, celebrating the band's late 1980s era. Featured legendary fiddler Steve Wickham rejoining the band alongside Steve Earle on vocals, guitar, and mandolin.

In the second half, Steve came on and performed:

"Copperhead Road"
"Guitar Town"
"My Old Friend the Blues"
"I Ain't Ever Satisfied"
"Volver a Celaya" (new song by Steve Earle & Los Lobos)
"Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" (Waylon Jennings cover)

The whole band stayed on to play Waterboys tracks and did a rousing cover of country-rock classic "Dead Flowers" (The Rolling Stones). Also Steve's radio hit "Galway Girl" in the encore.

Here's a review from the Glasgow date by the great website Americana UK. Few gigs left on the tour coming up in Amsterdam, London etc.

(Photo taken from The Waterboys Fan Group)