Concert Review: Marion Grace – Bourbon Street Blues Bar, Nashville, TN – Jan 10, 2012
12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Concert Review: Marion Grace – Bourbon Street Blues Bar, Nashville, TN – Jan 10, 2012
If you have heard it said that in Nashville you can hear incredible talents “any night of the week”, take this to be true. Having the luxury problem of an overabundance of fantastic voices and incredible players, choosing a destination for a night out is often a long process of elimination. On Tuesday nights, I can recommend no better spot than Bourbon Street Blues and Boogie Bar in Printers Alley where ‘Clay Evans and Friends’ holds forth. The invitation-only songwriters evening, hosted by Clay Evans, features some of the brightest talents who, despite encompassing several musical genres, all have at least one thing in common – a love of the blues.
One of the performers last Tuesday, January 10 was young West-Virginia native Marion Grace. I hear a lot of great new music, a lot of wonderful vocalists, but when I first heard Marion Grace last year, I was rendered speechless, only being able to watch in awe as she quieted down a packed bar with her soaring, effortless vocals.
Marion’s short (but not any less impressive) set on Tuesday opened with ‘Sweet Time,’ a bluesy toe-tapper, and continued with the heartbreaking plea ‘If We Try.’ She was being accompanied by guitar player Luc Nyhus, who played his own composition ‘Joe Bloom’s Jacket.’ After a friendly chat with the audience followed ‘Like the River,’ of which you can find video below. The set was closed with the intensely beautiful ‘Why I Sing.’
If you are anywhere near Nashville, make it a New Year’s resolution to come to a future performance. You don’t get to witness talent like this every day. Not even in Nashville.
Liv Carter
She holds several certificates from Berklee College of Music, and a certificate in Positive Psychology from UC Berkeley.
Her main influences are coffee, cats, and Alexander Hamilton.
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