Saturday, April 01, 2006
Devon Sproule's first show ever in Los Angeles was a thing of beauty. This Virginia folkie was introduced to us by Matt Curreri (her brother-in-law) not too long ago and has since been on constant rewind on our MySpace standalone music player. Not sure why. Perhaps because "Plea for a Good Night's Rest" (off her 2003 gem Upstate Songs) makes us a little teary-eyed or the fact that any songbird that even remotely sounds like Nanci Griffith or Julie Miller and can go to and fro through genres is something quiet exciting to us. Either way, she sounded great and was charming as all heck -- not to mention an honest to goodness sweet gal. Her new album, Keep Your Silver Shined, is due sometime this summer but we were lucky to be able to snag a copy. The title track is prettier than the ol' Piankatank if I do say so myself.
MP3s from Devon's first recordings can be found here and here. New recordings can be found on her MySpace.
