[DID NOT ATTEND: November 12, 2022] Darlingside / Caitlin Canty
Ten years ago I was driving past the New Hope Winery, a place I didn’t even know had live music, and I skidded to a halt–literally. Thurston Moore was playing there. WHAT?
New Hope is closer than anywhere for me. How did I not know about this? Who else plays here? Well, mostly, Dar Williams plays there (a lot) and then a ton of cover bands. But I keep an eye on theoir mailing list for the occasional amazing band they might sneak in there.
Like Darlingside! What? How great would it be to see them in this teeny venue and here them make jokes about wine and New Hope. I bought tickets immediately.
And then we wound up scheduling a fall vacation to Salem Massachusetts and we would be heading home on this date. And who the hell wants to go to a concert after driving all day from Salem to New Jersey? Not us, that’s for sure. So, we missed Darlingside twice in a few days.
Please don’t let it be another ten years before there’s someone else I want to see there.
Caitlin Canty is an American singer/songwriter whose music carves a line through folk, blues, and country ballads. Raised in small-town Vermont, the daughter of a school teacher and a house painter, Canty earned her degree in biology in the Berkshires and subsequently moved to New York City.Her voice was called “casually devastating” by the San Francisco Chronicle and NPR Music describes her songs as having a “haunting urgency.”
I’ve since listened to her sing a few songs with Darlingside and her voice melds very nicely with theirs. Her solo stuff is quiet lovely as well.
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