Marc Broussard, Jen Chapin
Millennium Harvest House Hotel, Boulder, CO.....
This was a lunchtime showcase performance for a radio convention. Neither performance was very memorable.
Michelle Shocked, Michael Penn, Erin McKeown, Assembly of Dust, David Poe
Allegheny Landing Park, Pittsburgh, PA.... The WYEP Summer Music Festival In Brief: The only old song Shocked played was "Anchorage"--everything else was new. But unlike many performers who are heavy on their latest material, she was so dynamic that no one seemed to mind. Erin McKeown sat in on guitar for about 4 songs. There were some technical troubles during Penn's set, but he still played well. "Long Way Down" was interrupted halfway through ("I'd like to soldier on," Penn explained when he stopped the number, "But it's hard to sing if I can't hear the guitar"), but I'm so glad he played it. He closed with "Walter Reed," one of my favorites of the new record.
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