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Steve Earle

January 26, 2019

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The Old 97s at the Birchmere June 15,2017

I've loved the Old 97s for what - 20 years now? Why aren't these guys in the big room? In the Bandstand it is kinda nice to be able to stand and not feel like you are blocking anyone's view. But these guys rock, where is the huge sold out crowd?

The Magnetic Fields at Lisner Auditorium on 2/04/2010

The Magnetic Fields kicked off their tour for their new album Realism last night right here in DC! If you haven't bought the album yet, you can hear a few of the songs on their myspace page . The opening act was not my cup of tea, but the audience was incredibly respectful. I do not believe they ever said the name of the group, but it was a very nice lady playing a thumb piano (a kalimba ? ) with a gentleman playing the glockenspiel and banjo . If they had been playing at the 9:30 Club or the Black Cat I doubt anyone would have been able to hear them after about a minute of their first song (which in this case may not have been the worse thing in the world :-) sorry, just kidding maybe some people enjoyed what sounded like the same song being played over and over for 30 minutes). They seemed like very nice people and they told us how they had tickets to the show, but then ended up selling them after they found out they were going to be the opening act. That was kind of coo

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