Mexican Summer

  • Flashing Back to 2016 with Cate Le Bon (1/13 at Union Transfer)

    We haven’t spoken to Cate Le Bon since 2016, when she was preparing to play Johnny Brenda’s while touring her brilliantly psychedelic-leaning fourth LP, Crab Day, featuring the drumming of Warpaint’s Stella Mozgawa.  However, the Welsh art pop singer/songwriter has had us out to a number of notable Philadelphia...
  • Jessica Pratt Brings Here in the Pitch to World Café Live

    “I’m very sorry for the delay.  Thank you for your patience,” says Jessica Pratt as she sits down in a chair center stage at the Music Hall at World Café Live this past Friday night.  The show – the Los Angeles-based folk singer/songwriter’s first headlining performance in the City...
  • Jenny Lewis Returns to The Opera

    Although the humidity has been making the usually-slow summer concert season even snailier than usual, with a massive drought of shows and sparse audiences at those that are happening, last Thursday’s (7/20) return of Jenny Lewis to The Metropolitan Opera House produced a crowd of several thousand – including...
  • Flashing Back to 2016 with Cate Le Bon (Friday at B&S)

    This Friday Cate Le Bon returns to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection for her most intimate show in years.  Successfully headlining Johnny Brenda’s in 2016 and nearly-mega-venue Underground Arts in 2017, Le Bon’s stop this Friday at Boot & Saddle should prove to be quite special...