Word: solos
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...correspondence in 1993. She contacted me. I had just returned from the South Pole with three other women. She had heard about the expedition and was making the steps to do her own. She was going to go solo. I was so impressed with this woman who was going to head off on her own. I knew I was going to go back one day, and I knew I was going to go back with one other, so I immediately started thinking, Is this the one other...
Singer-Songwriter PW Long is back after a five-year hiatus. After serving in hillbilly rock bands Mule and Redfoot, he has released a solo album, Remembered. Long is joined by The Brought Low, who can only be described as the best Southern Rock band you’re going to find in Brooklyn and Antler. 9 p.m., $9; 18+. Middle East Upstairs...
...could almost feel sorry for Mr. Matthews—few artists face the same comparisons he does on Some Devil, his first solo outing. These he neatly sidesteps by opting for a sound that is clearly distinct from Dave Matthews Band (DMB), recruiting a horn section and employing some lush string arrangements. Throughout, the spotlight stays resolutely on Matthews’ voice, by turns growling and sweetly falsetto...
...Phish Trey Anastasio and longtime collaborator Tim Reynolds provide some agile guitar licks, but at times bring Devil rather close to standard guitar rock. This is not all bad—“Save Me” sounds like it could have come off Anastasio’s solo album, only graced by Matthews’ infinitely superior vocals...
...An’ Another Thing” showcases Matthews’ emotive, eerie falsetto better than anything he’s done before. “Grey Blue Eyes” is elegant and Eastern-inflected, Matthews’ voice building in wordless, harmonic crescendo. Matthews the solo artist is diverting, but it will take stronger songwriting for him to justify branching out on his own. —Andrew R. Iliff