As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Thursday, July 12, 2018

Indigo Girls w/ The War & Treaty – Wolf Trap, 7/10/2018


Row A, Seat 31 – front row (other than pit), rightmost “center section” seat
 
As usual, Amy and Emily (along with violinist Lyris Hung) put on an excellent, high-energy set at Wolf Trap, starting around 9:00 with “Hammer And A Nail” and finishing (with “Closer To Fine”, naturally) just 10 minutes or so before the venue’s 11:00 curfew. While they threw in some relatively new material – “Elizabeth” and “Spread The Pain Around” early in the show, and a solo number from each of them closer to the end – most of the night consisted of such crowd favorites as “Get Out The Map”, “Shame On You”, and “Chickenman”.  Nevertheless, every time I see them, I come away discovering a song or two that I had either never heard before or had forgotten about; this time it was “Devotion”, “Come On Home”, and “Let It Be Me”. The vocals haven’t lost anything over the years, and Amy Ray remains among the most intense, charismatic live performers I’ve seen.
 
Other highlights:
Power Of Two
The Wood Song
Watershed
 
The War & Treaty consists of African-American married couple Michael and Tanya Trotter, supported by instrumentalists on guitar, bass, and drums. (Michael handles the keyboards.) Their 40-minute opening set primarily featured songs from their upcoming album Healing Tide. They drew standing ovations for each of their last two songs, the sultry “Til The Morning” and “Wanna Get Out Of Here” (my favorite), which segued into “When The Saints Come Marching In”. The duo was most notable for their powerful, soulful vocals, although they could perhaps have benefited from stronger material.

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