Artist: LUKA
Songs: Me for Real [Arthur Russell cover] + O, My Heart is Full
Recorded at a house party, November 2, 2019.
Are house shows the Next Big Thing? Wooed by the glitz of app-enabled venture capital companies, there've been some thinkpieces on this topic lately, as if people gathering together with their friends and making music was an unconsidered possibility before there was a profiteering digital middleman on the scene. Still, as affordable spaces for intimate performances dwindle in our city, more folks do seem to be open to sharing their spaces for small-scale shows — which, on the one hand, creates wonderful opportunities to see great artists up close (and pay them money directly for their art!) but could also reinforce our music scenes as siloed, gated communities, where you have to "know someone" to even know that a cool show is happening.
A house show like this is also a chance to play for a very on-side crowd, so Luke Kuplowsky and company (which was, on this night, Josh Cole on bass, Thom Gill on guit and Evan Cartwright on drums) were able not only to "rehearse" some new covers before taking them into the studio, but also to bring out some old faves for a hearty singalong. (Karen Ng, after playing a solo set to open up the night, is sitting in for the latter.)
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