Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
Some concerts are designed to pump you up: an emcee yells into the audience, asking them if they’re ready for the main event, drums pound, and the artist interjects things like, “What’s up Chicago?!?!” between each song. Thursday, October 30th at Double Door, surfer-turned-musician Donavon Frankenreiter gave the antithesis of such a performance, strolling onto stage [...]
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
... common ground between confessional folk music and pleading Southern soul. And like that Parrothead Donavon Frankenreiter, he's not afraid to go retro; "You are the Best Thing" and "Let it Be Me," the first two cuts on his new album Gossip in the Grain, boast vintage horns, lush strings and a chorus of female singers -- finally, authentic balladry and blue-eyed soul from a dude who...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
... on us. Deni Bonet shares the bill. Tin Angel, 20 S. 2nd St. 7:30 tonight, $18, 215-928-0978, .Donavon Frankenreiter: Groove on, mellow dude. Sara Watkins, of Nickel Creek, opens. TLA, 334 South St., 9 tonight, $20, 215-336-2000, . John Hodgman and Friends: Yeah, he's a comedian, not a musician. But we had to toss a bouquet to our favorite PC (that's personal computer, not politically...
