Fri, Oct 23
Jonah Kagen
A voice that cracks in the right places will outrun better technique every time, and the current generation of songwriters who broke through by posting a chorus into a phone camera have mostly proven it. Kagen came up that way, from Georgia, and the material is plainspoken to the point of being uncomfortable — songs about faith, distance and family that do not hedge. What is genuinely surprising is how well it holds in a room, without the intimacy of headphones to help. His audience skews young and sings loudly. A high desert saloon on a Friday, wooden floor, cold outside, a crowd that made a two-hour drive to be there. Music at 9:30 PM in Pioneertown. Artists found on a phone and then seen in a room this size produce a particular kind of loyalty, and it is visible from the back.
A voice that cracks in the right places will outrun better technique every time, and the current generation of songwriters who broke through by posting a chorus into a phone camera have mostly proven it. Kagen came up that way, from Georgia, and the material is plainspoken to the point of being uncomfortable — songs about faith, distance and family that do not hedge. What is genuinely surprising is how well it holds in a room, without the intimacy of headphones to help. His audience skews young and sings loudly. A high desert saloon on a Friday, wooden floor, cold outside, a crowd that made a two-hour drive to be there. Music at 9:30 PM in Pioneertown. Artists found on a phone and then seen in a room this size produce a particular kind of loyalty, and it is visible from the back.
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A voice that cracks in the right places will outrun better technique every time, and the current generation of songwriters who broke through by posting a chorus into a phone camera have mostly proven it. Kagen came up that way, from Georgia, and the material is plainspoken to the point of being uncomfortable — songs about faith, distance and family that do not hedge. What is genuinely surprising is how well it holds in a room, without the intimacy of headphones to help. His audience skews young and sings loudly. A high desert saloon on a Friday, wooden floor, cold outside, a crowd that made a two-hour drive to be there. Music at 9:30 PM in Pioneertown. Artists found on a phone and then seen in a room this size produce a particular kind of loyalty, and it is visible from the back.
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