An Evening At The Museum with Jenny Lewis and Father John Misty
The rain finally gave up just long enough to allow this show to go on without a hitch, and this past Wednesday night, Jenny Lewis and Father John Misty treated a large crowd at the NC Museum of Art to a night of amazing singer-songwriter/indie-folk music. The NC Museum of Art is slowly becoming one of the go to venues for Summer concerts and it is well deserved because it is such a relaxed and unique place to enjoy music for a night. With more lawn space than actual 'seats', fans spread out and lay their blankets out on the grass, while others hang hammocks in the trees around the border of the venue.
Jenny Lewis started off the night, as the sun set; her stage set up with the resemblance of a very retro living room. Almost like a bunch of 70s teens set up their instruments for a jam session in the middle of their living room. This true artist jumped between piano, guitar, and just pure vocals as she pulled off a decent length set of songs spanning her whole career; songs like "Rise Up The Fists!!" and "Born Secular" from her time with The Watson Twins and even songs "Silver Lining" and "With Arms Outstretched" from her indie band Riley Kiley.
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Jenny Lewis' most recent solo release The Voyager is available now and you can grab a copy through her website jennylewis.com
This one-off show with Father John Misty actually marked the end of her summer tour dates in the US and now she will jet around the globe playing show between now and mid-September in Canada, Sweden, Denmark, and the UK.
Speaking of Father John Misty; the singer-songwriter, Josh Tillman, is everyone's favorite smartass and, known for his 'idgaf' attitude. But on stage as Father John Misty, he just radiates talent and his beautifully sad songs enveloped everyone watching on this night. While his latest album God's Favorite Customer has seemingly been swept under the rug as far as advertising and press, he didn't shy away from playing half the songs off of the album. But other than those six songs, the rest of the set was a mix of his more notable music of the past.
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Father John Misty is currently on a world tour, during which he will share the stage with Jenny Lewis, TV on the Radio, King Tuff, and more.
08/03 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE &
08/04 – Toronto, ON @ Historic Fort York & Garrison Commons <
08/10-11 – San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands Festival
08/12 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory Concert House %
08/13 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union %
08/15 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre #
08/17 – Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater ~
08/18 – Omaha, NE @ Maha Music Festival
09/09 – Vancouver, BC @ SKOOKUM Festival
09/20 – Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater $
09/21 – Indianapolis, IN @ MacAllister Amphitheater at Garfield Park $
09/22 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre $
09/25 – Charlottesville, VA @ Jefferson Theater $
09/26 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore $
09/28 – Miami Beach, FL @ The Fillmore at the Jackie Gleason Theater $
09/29 – Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live $
10/01 – Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre $
10/03 – Birmingham, AL @ Iron City $
10/06 – New Orleans, LA @ Civic Theatre
10/05-07 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Festival
10/09 – Knoxville, TN @ The Mill & Mine
10/10 – Oxford, MS @ The Lyric Oxford
10/11 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Jones Assembly
10/12-14 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Festival
10/26 – Gateshead, UK @ Sage Gateshead +
10/27 – Liverpool, UK @ Olympia +
10/28 – Portsmouth, UK @ Portsmouth Guildhall +
10/29 – Leicester, UK @ De Montfort Hall +
10/30 – Bath, UK @ The Forum Bath +
11/01 – Antwerp, Belgium @ De Roma +
11/02 – Eindhoven, NL @ Effenaar +
11/03 – Groningen, NL @ TakeRoot Festival
11/05 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso +
11/06 – Darmstadt, DE @ Centralstation +
11/07 – Berlin, DE @ Huxleys Neue Welt +
11/09-10 – Weissenhäuser Strand, DE @ Rolling Stone Weekender
11/11 – Gothenburg, SE @ Konserthuset +
11/14 – Budapest, HU @ Müpa Budapest, Béla Bartók National Concert Hall +
11/15 – Vienna, Austria @ Arena Wien +
11/16 – Rust, DE @ Rolling Stone Park
11/17 – Zurich, CH @ Rote Fabrik +
11/18 – Lausanne, CH @ Les Docks +
# = w/ TV on the Radio
& = w/ Bully
< = w/ The National, Jenny Lewis, and Julien Baker
% = w/ Lucy Dacus
~ = w/ David Beeman
$ = w/ King Tuff
+ = w/ Bedouine
