Just another Manic Monday...

Received a text pic on Saturday night from the Iron Horse Music Hall, where the Andersons were taking in James Hunter.  In response to my query about the show, Sharie pens "Good, but no Mollena.  Played the early show, so had to end and get the crowd out, so just a quick little encore.  Music and voice were really good."  Johnnykmusic is a big fan of the English soul singer.

Meanwhile, over in RI, Shelby Lynne was getting rave reviews of her performance at the Narrows Center in Fall River.  The Patriot Ledger's Jay Miller writes, "....but Lynne's encore was absolutely amazing, as she did a gorgeous a capella version of Dusty Springfield's "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" that had the audience transfixed. (As most fans probably know, Lynne did an album of all Springfield songs in 2008, "Just a Little Lovin'".) And there's a pleasing kind of summing up quality to the ballad "Iced Tea" which ended the night, with another 300 people no doubt a little bit stunned at how much of Shelby Lynne's soul they'd been invited to see, and how much it had touched all of theirs."   Rumor has it that she peered out into the audience and commented to no one in particular, "I don't suppose Peter M drove down for the show tonight."

The Black Keys will play at the Coke Zero Countdown as part of the Big Dance Concert Series at the Final Four. The event will be held on Saturday, March 31st in New Orleans and is free. Come on down to Woldenberg Park in the French Quarter at 11 am!