[DID NOT ATTEND: August 23, 2024] Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls / Bridge City Sinners / Bedouin Soundclash
I continue to not see Frank Turner and his band. I was all set to go see him back in June and then my son had car trouble and I couldn’t go. In previous years, his Philly shows were on Mother’s Day and then on Father’s Day.
This show was added at the end of the tour but… we were on vacation.
So, yet again, I miss Frank Turner and his band. Luckily, he never stops touring, so I’m sure they’ll be back again, on some other inconvenient holiday, no doubt.
Bridge City Sinners is a kind of like if Squirrel Nut Zippers were more punk.
This is not your Grandparents’ folk music. The Bridge City Sinners take folk songs in the direction of a punk rocker. A rowdy folksy mosaic of banjo, violin, guitar, mandolin, upright bass, & ukulele. The Sinners started their journey as a rotating cast of friends in 2016 who just wanted to play music on the streets “busk” in Portland, Oregon.
I almost like them, but in fact I decided I don’t.
Bedouin Soundclash is a Canadian band based in Toronto and consisting of vocalist and guitarist Jay Malinowski, bass player Eon Sinclair, and various session musicians. Their sound has been described as a combination of reggae and ska.
I listened to a track and they sound like they are a fast reggae which I prefer to slow reggae. They seem like a perfect band to open for Frank. Would have been a good show.
I haven’t decided if I’m giving up on seeing him and the Sleeping Souls, the universe certainly doesn’t want me to see him

