Shovels & Rope are in the midst of a great year! After releasing O' Be Joyful on July 31st last year, they have continued to gain popularity and love as they tour. They have dates galore with Lucero (now) and Dawes later this summer. Also on their docket are gigs with Dave Matthews Band and some U.K. & U.S. headlining dates. On top of all that, they have spots at some of the best festivals in the country with the Newport Folk, Coachella, Sasquatch, Hangout, Wakarusa, Forecastle and Osheaga Festivals. If they weren't known before now, anyone that even has their finger near the pulse of music will know their name by years end!
The Charleston, SC husband and wife duo brought their Folky Southern Blues Storytelling to Philadelphia for the 2nd time already in 2013. This time it was to the spacious, but sonically pleasing Union Transfer while opening for Lucero on their 3rd date on the Spring Tour.
** I've added some videos in throughout to give an idea of sound and instrumentation for the evening **
Shovels & Rope - 'Gasoline'
Shovels & Rope - O' Be Joyful (Live on KEXP)
Shovels & Rope started off the set with a bang, with their first hit from the album Shovels & Rope, 'Gasoline'., The bar crowd at Union Transfer quickly became a Shovels & Rope crowd, filling up the spaces on the floor.
To great delight of the crowd, new fans and old, they played a big batch of songs from O' Be Joyful including the title track. They bounced from the fun little ditty 'Kemba's Got The Cabbage Mouth Blues' to the bluesy 'Tickin' Bomb' to the country-pop 'Cavalier'.
Shovels & Rope ended their O' Be Joyful stretch with the incredible 'Birmingham' to great response. The telling of their creation, 'Birmingham' is always such an emotional song for the duo, in this case, still looking at each other for recognition of how far they have come.
Fittingly, with great assurance that they did make the right choice to join careers as they did in marriage, they dipped into their full catalog continuing with 'The Thread' from Cary Ann Hurst's Are You Ready To Die, the fun story 'Boxcar' from their first combined album Shovels & Rope and 'Tell The Truth' from Michael Trent's The Winner.
The set ended with a fury, with some extra angst on the murderous 'Shank Hill Street'. Unexpectedly, 'Tell the Truth faded into a Violent Femmes cover of 'Kiss Off'. And to crown the set was the always rowdy 'Hail Hail!'
Hhopefully this is not the last Philadelphia sees of Shovels and Rope this year. Perhaps the Friday or Sunday of XPoNential Festival at the end of their tour. And if they aren't too tired by August, the Philadelphia Folk Fest would be a great idea too!
Set List - Shovels & Rope
Union Transfer, Philadelphia, Pa March 21st, 2013
Track RELEASE
1. 'Gasoline' Shovels & Rope
2. 'O Be Joyful' O' Be Joyful
3. 'Kemba's Got The Cabbage Mouth Blues' O' Be Joyful
4. 'Tickin' Bomb' O' Be Joyful
5. 'Keeper' O' Be Joyful
6. 'Cavalier' O' Be Joyful
7. 'Birmingham' O' Be Joyful
8. 'The Thread' Are You Ready To Die
9. 'Boxcar' Shovels & Rope
10. 'Shank Hill St.' O' Be Joyful
11. 'Tell The Truth' into "Kiss Off' The Winner (Kiss Off - Violent Femmes)
12. 'Hail Hail' O' Be Joyful
Discography
* Shovels & Rope - O' Be Joyful (2012)
* Cary Ann Hurst - Lions And Lambs (2011)
* Michael Trent - The Winner (2010)
* Cary Ann Hurst - Are You Ready To Die (2010)
* Cary Ann Hurst & Michael Trent - Shovels & Rope (2008)
* Cary Ann Hurst - Dust and Bones(2007)
* Michael Trent - Michael Trent (2007)
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| Shovels & Rope @ Union Transfer - Philadelphia |
The Charleston, SC husband and wife duo brought their Folky Southern Blues Storytelling to Philadelphia for the 2nd time already in 2013. This time it was to the spacious, but sonically pleasing Union Transfer while opening for Lucero on their 3rd date on the Spring Tour.
** I've added some videos in throughout to give an idea of sound and instrumentation for the evening **
Shovels & Rope - 'Gasoline'
Shovels & Rope - O' Be Joyful (Live on KEXP)
Shovels & Rope started off the set with a bang, with their first hit from the album Shovels & Rope, 'Gasoline'., The bar crowd at Union Transfer quickly became a Shovels & Rope crowd, filling up the spaces on the floor.
To great delight of the crowd, new fans and old, they played a big batch of songs from O' Be Joyful including the title track. They bounced from the fun little ditty 'Kemba's Got The Cabbage Mouth Blues' to the bluesy 'Tickin' Bomb' to the country-pop 'Cavalier'.
Fittingly, with great assurance that they did make the right choice to join careers as they did in marriage, they dipped into their full catalog continuing with 'The Thread' from Cary Ann Hurst's Are You Ready To Die, the fun story 'Boxcar' from their first combined album Shovels & Rope and 'Tell The Truth' from Michael Trent's The Winner.
The set ended with a fury, with some extra angst on the murderous 'Shank Hill Street'. Unexpectedly, 'Tell the Truth faded into a Violent Femmes cover of 'Kiss Off'. And to crown the set was the always rowdy 'Hail Hail!'
Hhopefully this is not the last Philadelphia sees of Shovels and Rope this year. Perhaps the Friday or Sunday of XPoNential Festival at the end of their tour. And if they aren't too tired by August, the Philadelphia Folk Fest would be a great idea too!
Set List - Shovels & Rope
Track RELEASE
1. 'Gasoline' Shovels & Rope
2. 'O Be Joyful' O' Be Joyful
3. 'Kemba's Got The Cabbage Mouth Blues' O' Be Joyful
4. 'Tickin' Bomb' O' Be Joyful
5. 'Keeper' O' Be Joyful
6. 'Cavalier' O' Be Joyful
7. 'Birmingham' O' Be Joyful
8. 'The Thread' Are You Ready To Die
9. 'Boxcar' Shovels & Rope
10. 'Shank Hill St.' O' Be Joyful
11. 'Tell The Truth' into "Kiss Off' The Winner (Kiss Off - Violent Femmes)
12. 'Hail Hail' O' Be Joyful
Discography
* Shovels & Rope - O' Be Joyful (2012)
* Cary Ann Hurst - Lions And Lambs (2011)
* Michael Trent - The Winner (2010)
* Cary Ann Hurst - Are You Ready To Die (2010)
* Cary Ann Hurst & Michael Trent - Shovels & Rope (2008)
* Cary Ann Hurst - Dust and Bones(2007)
* Michael Trent - Michael Trent (2007)
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