I’ve heard great things about BLU Jazz+ in Akron for years, and finally made it happen! Made this into a fancy night out in Akron, stopping at the Diamond Grille for a great meal and then BLU Social for a cocktail before the show. Occidental Gypsy was a treat. Classy and fabulous, all the way around. Looking forward to doing it all again.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been to Ann Arbor, and probably even longer since I’ve seen a show at The Ark. I’ve always appreciated their business model, and I was even more excited to see Martha Wainwright was doing a 20th anniversary tour of her self-titled release! I saw her ON that tour back in 2005 at the Beachland Tavern - one of my all time favorite shows. Performance this night at The Ark completely lived up to it. I had a great seat for the show, but that also meant that it wasn’t really appropriate to capture any video of the show - so photos will have to do.
This year I headed West to escape some of Ohio’s winter - and see one of the best lineups I've seen in a 2 festival! M3F Fest had an list of artists and I’ll include everyone I saw below. I won’t review each one, but the video is a collection of my favorite 15 seconds (or so) from each performance of the weekend. Seeing Phoenix was great too! Definitely want to go back:
Here’s who I saw!
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (DJ Set)
LP Giobbi
Alvvays
LCD Soundsystem
Monster Rally
Confidence Man
Doss
Leisure
Mindchatter
Sylvan Esso
BAYNK
Girl Talk
Justice
