Okay I was way farther behind than I thought....

I was looking through my old photos and I realized that in my previous efforts to catch all of you up on what I have been doing that I really failed....so I am actually going to go back to events before Christmas and then slowly return to the present time.

The following pictures are from my visit to World Cafe Live which is an excellent music venue here in Philadelphia. World Cafe hosts a bunch of up and coming artists along with some established oldies. It is a small venue so the concerts are much more intimate and you feel much closer to the artists. I really love it and some of my favorite artists are coming in the near future including Ingrid Michaelson and Missy Higgins. I am very much looking forward to this.

We went to World Cafe this night to see Rosie Thomas. She is also one of my favorite musicians. Beautiful and incredible voice along with a hysterical personality and sense of humor. She opened that night and did a set for about one hour....the whole experience was great. Little did we know that the next band would also be great. It was my first experience with Over the Rhine and now they are also in my regular rotation of music. I am not sure how to describe their style...it is rock, jazz, gospel, blues and a little of everything else. More than their sounds is their lyrics. I am pretty sure they are considered some of top song writers of the past century....Yes they are that good....so check out their music if you haven't already.

Here are some pics of the night. Mostly of Rosie Thomas in really awful lighting so you can't really see much but you get the idea. The best moment of the night happened after Rosie's set. She walked right past us to talk with some friends and on her way back to the stage Denis stopped her and she talked to us for at least two minutes...and we also got an excellent picture with her. I pretty much could have died happy after that night. Enjoy the pics....



Here is also a little taste of Over the Rhine's music....not great sound quality but you might get a little idea of how great they are...