Smart, Cutting-Edge Tunesmithing at Manhattan’s Most Comfortable Listening Room
Jessi Robertson, with her harrowing narratives of angst and despair and her otherworldly, soul-infused wail, is the star of the show there on Friday the 29th. She’s a surprisingly funny performer for someone whose music is so dark and intense.
Free Music Fridays at the American Folk Art Museum: Good Times and Good Tunesmithing
In a mix of artsy but terse post-PJ Harvey acoustic rock as well as older, more opaque material, Robertson aired out her signature, throaty, otherworldly wail, channeling sheer emotional destitution, alienation and abandonment – and some good jokes.
