Word: pauls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...French smoke where the congregation pulled old records from the cabinet. Reassured by the immediacy of older artists like Baez and the Charles River Valley Boys, the audience proceeded to transform that sense of legacy into a sense of destiny as newer acts like the hard-boiled romantic Ellis Paul and bushy, lion-headed Pamela Means sang new songs, personal and bitterness-free...
...Ellis Paul, a critical favorite, followed, but his short passionate songs lacked the youthful honesty of Means or the twangy wisdom of the Charles River Valley Boys. The Silver Leaf Gospel choir took the show to intermission in overalls with an African fabric swatch reminiscent of a cummerbund under black suit coats. Their singing, deeper than Widener and friendlier too, inclusive of both Jesus and the "I just might take a nip" phenomenon, was authentically folk, seemingly grown on a stalk independent of any folk revivals or Newport festivals...
After intermission, the husky Joel Cage outshone the similarly styled Ellis Paul. The Nields, however, stole the concert from its stewards, pogo-ing from the mid-90's into a classy alternative stage presence. Half as well known as Baez or Patty Larkin, The Nields were good enough to accidentally give the rest of the concert a sober, if triumphant, denouement feel. Patty Larkin was glaringly down-to-earth by contrast, singing masterful songs that nonetheless seemed a bit long. Baez finished the concert, bringing her niece on for an encore, and in fact her entire set was focused...
Blocking by the Crimson's Paul Guilianelli and Pankau eventually gave Harvard an 11-2 lead in the third game, but the Leopards rallied after Harvard made several unforced errors...
...Obviously it's a wonderful gift to the Phillips Brooks House," said PBHA Executive Director Paul MacDonald. "She loved the work being done here. Her support and heart were always with our summer camps...