[ATTENDED: May 10, 2019] Shannen Moser
It’s funny how some artists wind up as opening acts quite often. In fact, there’s a number of bands that I could have seen many times because they opened for bands that I wanted to see. I guess I haven’t wound up seeing all that many of these bands for whatever reason, but I do see the same opening bands popping up from time to time–especially if they are local.
A few weeks ago, Shannen Moser was scheduled to open for Girlpool, but I had to miss that show. And now a couple of weeks later, here she is opening for John K. Samson and Kevin Devine.
Shannen is from Berks County, PA. She plays a simple kind of open-tuned guitar (such that a capo is all you need to make a chord sound good). Some of her songs have a finger-picking section as well.
Her lyrics are personal and often pointed.
She told some amusing stories in between song–amusing stories that often led to rather dark songs. She sings in a powerful style–with countryish inflections.
There were a few times when she sang so loud that I had to put earplugs in–which I did not need for the other two. She had a song where she seemed to growl some of the lyrics as well.
It was a treat to hear her really let loose.
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