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Philadelphia Weekly: Editor's Pick
5/1/2005
Editor's Picks
MUSIC
Adrienne Young
Thurs., May 19, 7pm. $16-$18. With Judd and Maggie. The Point, 880 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr. 610.527.0988. www.atthepoint.com
The banjo's coming back out, which can only mean that summer's near. Adrienne Young's sun-scorched earth songs feel best in the late-August heat, but this time around, May will have to do. Hers has traditionally been a dusty, rustic kind of folk-the kind you'd imagine Townes Van Zandt and Robert Earl Keen listening to as they passed a stiff Southern drink on the front porch. But her new album The Art of Virtue, out June 28, has much more of a Cajun Loos-iana feel than last year's sleeper debut Plow to the End of the Row. It's similar to her bluegrass roots-the dance steps are just a little trickier. Openers Judd and Maggie are a brother-and-sister duo from Maryland who've garnered a tremendous amount of press in Baltimore's City Paper. Though their songs are pretty typical singer/songwriter fare, their soft, airy harmonies play nicely against a sparse guitar-and-piano backdrop. (Jeffrey Barg)
MUSIC
Adrienne Young
Thurs., May 19, 7pm. $16-$18. With Judd and Maggie. The Point, 880 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr. 610.527.0988. www.atthepoint.com
The banjo's coming back out, which can only mean that summer's near. Adrienne Young's sun-scorched earth songs feel best in the late-August heat, but this time around, May will have to do. Hers has traditionally been a dusty, rustic kind of folk-the kind you'd imagine Townes Van Zandt and Robert Earl Keen listening to as they passed a stiff Southern drink on the front porch. But her new album The Art of Virtue, out June 28, has much more of a Cajun Loos-iana feel than last year's sleeper debut Plow to the End of the Row. It's similar to her bluegrass roots-the dance steps are just a little trickier. Openers Judd and Maggie are a brother-and-sister duo from Maryland who've garnered a tremendous amount of press in Baltimore's City Paper. Though their songs are pretty typical singer/songwriter fare, their soft, airy harmonies play nicely against a sparse guitar-and-piano backdrop. (Jeffrey Barg)
