[POSTPONED: March 31, 2022] Andy Shauf / Helena Deland [rescheduled from May 1 2020, December 17, 2020 and September 12, 2021]
This show was postponed several times but when it finally rolled around I had two other shows earlier in the week, one of which was in New York City which turned out to be an absurdly late evening. So I had to take a pass on Andy. Who I’m not 100% sure I really want to see anyway.
Faye Webster was supposed to open for this show, but she has been replaced by Helena Deland.
Deland is a Canadian singer-songwriter with several EPs out. Her inspirations are Jessica Pratt, Joni Mitchell, and Sea Oleena. Her music is quiet and gentle and her voice is high and soft. Its quite lovely and was a good pairing. I preferred her song “Someone New” which is a little more upbeat.
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This show appeared and then disappeared. In May, Andy’s own website it was still an active date until you clicked on it and the ticket sales said March 2022.
Maybe in 2022 Andy will come back around. He was supposed to play a show in NJ as well, but there was none listed in May. We’ll see.
Postponing shows until December seemed like a safe bet. My calendar was pretty free and I was hoping to see shows by now. I’m not sure if I’d rather have gone to Philly or Asbury Park, though. Well, next year will held me decide, I’m sure.
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Andy Shauf is a Canadian singer songwriter. He sings quiet, introspective songs. He was playing at Union Transfer at the beginning of May 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 singers 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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This show appeared and then disappeared. In May, Andy’s own website it was still an active date until you clicked on it and the ticket sales said March 2022.
