If you were looking for a night of fun americana music, Monday night at The End was the place to be. Nationally touring act, and Ramseur Records recording artist, Paleface brought their unique and undeniably fun show to the stage as the acoustic guitar/drum duo played songs from their new album "The Show Is On The Road" as well as other tunes. With obvious roots in folk and blues, Paleface brings that familiar feel to his songs but with a new twist that is based on the edginess of their live performance and the rawness of the fact that it is just a duo performing them. One thing that I liked in particular about their set is that they were visibly having a lot of fun playing the show. Paleface was dancing and running around the stage nearly the entire time while Mo was holding it down on the drums and bgv's. This energy was definitely felt and given back by the audience as they danced and sang along with Paleface.
After Paleface ended their set, Michael Ford Jr. and the Apache Relay took the stage. As always, the band brought a high level of energy to their performance, but also changed up their set a little bit this night with a few new experiments that I very much enjoyed. One of these experiments happened about halfway through their set as all of the band members playing stringed instruments stepped to the front of the stage, in front of the mics, and performed a song sans PA, which had the crowd silent as they intently listened to the band. In addition to this, they tried out some new songs, all of which went over really well. The band does not currently have any other Nashville shows booked right now, but keep an eye on their myspace for announcements about new shows.
Links:
www.myspace.com/mfjrandtheapacherelay
www.myspace.com/palefaceonline
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