Sat, Dec 19
Pokey LaFarge
Playing music from the 1930s without it becoming a costume party requires knowing the material well enough to be careless with it, and that is the line this performer has walked for two decades — ragtime, western swing, early country, delivered by somebody who is genuinely funny on stage and not remotely precious about the history. The band swings hard. There is a real revival of pre-war American music happening at the moment, driven largely by younger players, and he has been doing it since before that was a scene to join. Live he talks to the room constantly. Highland Park's upstairs Masonic hall has the wood and the warmth for it. Music at 8:00 PM at 104 N Avenue 56, a Saturday in December. The people who follow this music go to a lot of these nights and tend to know one another by sight.
Playing music from the 1930s without it becoming a costume party requires knowing the material well enough to be careless with it, and that is the line this performer has walked for two decades — ragtime, western swing, early country, delivered by somebody who is genuinely funny on stage and not remotely precious about the history. The band swings hard. There is a real revival of pre-war American music happening at the moment, driven largely by younger players, and he has been doing it since before that was a scene to join. Live he talks to the room constantly. Highland Park's upstairs Masonic hall has the wood and the warmth for it. Music at 8:00 PM at 104 N Avenue 56, a Saturday in December. The people who follow this music go to a lot of these nights and tend to know one another by sight.
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Playing music from the 1930s without it becoming a costume party requires knowing the material well enough to be careless with it, and that is the line this performer has walked for two decades — ragtime, western swing, early country, delivered by somebody who is genuinely funny on stage and not remotely precious about the history. The band swings hard. There is a real revival of pre-war American music happening at the moment, driven largely by younger players, and he has been doing it since before that was a scene to join. Live he talks to the room constantly. Highland Park's upstairs Masonic hall has the wood and the warmth for it. Music at 8:00 PM at 104 N Avenue 56, a Saturday in December. The people who follow this music go to a lot of these nights and tend to know one another by sight.
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