[ATTENDED: September 29, 2023] Tasha
Tasha is a Chicago based singer songwriter. I hadn’t really heard her, but she opened for Nilufur Yanya on a night that I, coincidentally, went to see Spoon’s rescheduled show (for whom Margaret Glaspy opened(!)).
About her then I wrote: She has a lovely voice and sings a blend of folk and torch song.
And that was still true a year and a half later. Although it was a bit more folk than torch.
On stage was Tasha and Emma (no last names given). Emma played lead and backing guitar lines while Tasha sang and played guitar.
Tasha had a strong presence despite the low turnout so early. She even made a comment about being from Chicago and no one reacted–“Not a single whoo?” She later joked that she was going to say that Chicago was the Philly of the midwest but she was afraid to.
Tasha’s voice is really resonant and lovely. Her songs were slow and thoughtful and combining that with her voice, I felt like some of her songs sounded like 60s British folk songs–an unusual touchstone for a young person from Chicago.
Some songs rocked a little harder and Emma played some cool feedbacking effects on a song or two. On another song, she played keys which fleshed out the song pretty nicely.
I really enjoyed her set a lot, and by the time she was finishing up, the crowd had built some more and she received some loud applause. Someone even asked me what her name was (she had forgotten to say it again later in the set).
- Dream Still ™
- Lake Superior ™
- Bed Song 1 ™
- History ™
- new song
- Michigan
- Would You Mind Pulling Me Close? §
- Year From Now ™
™ Tell Me What You Miss the Most (2021)
§ single (2021)
I Just Read About That... 
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