[DID NOT ATTEND: September 14, 2022] Richard Thompson / Jonah Tolchin [rescheuled from September 7, 2022]
This show had been postponed by a week. But it turned out to be the same night as Pearl Jam. So, sorry Richard, I didn’t show up for your free show.
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I have seen Richard Thompson more than almost any other musician. This is largely because for several years in a row he played McCarter Theater in Princeton which felt like a short enough distance for us to go when the kids were littler.
Now that I have seen him so often, I’m trying to making him my most-seen performer (although he won’t ever beat Phish since Phish does many multi-date shows near me).
I was pretty excited to see him for this show, especially since it was free! I had been to this location for Kathleen Edwards a few weeks earlier (what a great summer line up!). But as the day moved on, the rain proved to be torrential. Since Richard lives nearby, he was able to postpone his show for a week. To a night that I wasn’t free. Alas.
I had not heard of Jonah Tolchin. He’s a New Jersey native–his bandcamp says he’s from Princeton.
I listened to a few of his songs on bandcamp, and I rather like them. He’s got an interesting mix of folk with a kind of punky attitude. His earlier stuff (when he wa sa long haired hippy) is more folkie, but his latest album (2022’s Lava Lamp) is a bit more stripped down and raw, giving it a rougher edge, maybe like Nathaniel Rateliff.
This would have been a fun double bill (even if Richard would probably only have played his biggest hits).
