Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Last night at City Winery in NYC...

Shelby Lynne: Not Nashville--- nuanced (cliffviewpilot.com)
IN TUNE: Shelby Lynne isn't cut out for cookie-cutter country, for which an adoring throng at City Winery was ever-so-grateful. More Bonnie Raitt or Norah Jones than Faith Hill, Lynne culls her brand of American roots music from Austin, New Orleans, and other points south of pop-craved Nashville. It did a number on her, that town, before she bolted for Palm Springs in 1998. But her transformation and renewal yielded a straight-up artist whose intimate, faith-fueled, 90-minute set will be tough to shake. (more

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