[POSTPONED: May 1, 2020] Andy Shauf / Faye Webster [moved to December 17, 2020]
Andy Shauf is a Canadian singer songwriter. He sings quiet, introspective songs. He was playing at Union Transfer at the beginning of Mat and then in New Jersey in the middle of May.
I was introduced to his music from a Tiny Desk Concert in which he never really moves. He has very long hair which also never moves. His songs are really very pretty and well constructed.
It’s his voice that I find utterly fascinating. He enunciates in such an unusual way. The way he emphasizes certain vowels defies his Saskatchewan upbringing. He sings not unlike Margaret Glaspy and other newer sings who stress their vowels in an unusual to me way.
I really enjoyed his Tiny Desk and I enjoyed reading about the album The Party which sounds like the worst party ever.
Since then he has cut all of his hair and looks totally different–I wasn’t even sure it was the same guy.
Faye Webster is a singer from Georgia who actually has a similar singing style to Andy, which is fascinating. She sings low key torchy ballads and would be a perfect opening act for him. I’m going to have to listen to a bit more from her.
He’s the kind of musician that I would think about going to but probably wouldn’t, and then I’d wish I had. Well, now I have two more chances.
His initial itinerary fascinated me:
Boston, Brooklyn, Philly, D.C., North Carolina, Atlanta, New Orleans, Alabama, Indiana, Pittsburgh, New Jersey, upstate New York.
The rescheduled shows keep the same basic set up except that now Philly is the day before NJ–I wonder what changed that plan.
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