SATURDAY, JUNE 20
Stephen Warwick & the Secondhand Stories. Warwick is one of the city’s most underrated songwriters, but that’s likely to change now that – if the rumors are true – the debut is done. There is, as someone somewhere wrote, something here for nearly everyone, from “singer-songwriter fans and indie aficionados” to “lap-top folkers and Americana geeks.” If you prefer your footholds have actual names, imagine Elliot Smith in a better mood with some Stephen Merritt, Mark Linkous, Jeff Mangnum, Dylan and Skip James coursing through him, and you’re in the diverse neighborhood. With another unsung local act, the Mike Strauss Band. The Evening Muse
This article appears in Jun 16-23, 2009.
