Root Down in the Shadow

Somehow Sofar Sounds : Philadelphia is hitting their 4th Anniversary. The now world-wide phenomenon was a few shy of twenty cities world-wide when Philadelphia joined the ranks. These days, the shows are all over the globe and it seems like there are just shy of twenty dates in NYC alone each month. It all started in London, back in 2009, and slowly spread during the next two years to New York, Paris, DC, Los Angeles, Pune India, Houston, Brighton, Seattle, New Dehli, Sydney, Madrid, Berlin, Toronto, Dallas-Forth Worth, and Glasgow before hitting the City of Brotherly Love.  During the next 10 days I'm going to look back at four years of Sofar Sounds: Philadelphia trying to give my version of the best videos. Please comment and share what were your favorites. #6 Ali Wadsworth - Long Hours One of the most colorful artists to perform at Sofar Sounds: Philadelphia is Ms. Ali Wadsworth .  A chameleon of sorts (and not just due to her hair color) she can handle

Here's a post for the Sofar Sounds: Philadelphia 3-15-2013          Here's the January review For those of you that don't know what Sofar Sounds is here's their story: "We have created a movement which brings music lovers together in secret living room locations to hear some of the world's most cutting edge artists. In order to create an intimate and spellbinding atmosphere, we ask that nobody talk during performances. We hold these pop-up gigs in over 30 cities across 5 continents" To listen to the show while reading the review, try the mixlr.com stream ** although it was mic'd in the back of the room, and the crowd was particularly enthusiastic, so it gets a little rough** ** All photos from Lindsey Borgman unless otherwise noted **   http:// www.flickr.com/ photos/linky-b/ It was an exciting March night in the Fishtown section of Philadelphia.  There was much to rejoice in: it was only a few days into the re-arranged sunligh