Preview: Chris Pureka Cafe Montmarte, Madison
Thursday January 29, 2009 - 9:00 pm
I always enjoy myself a great deal when I have the opportunity to spend a few evening hours at Café Montmarte... The atmosphere is cozy, food and beverage quality is excellent and the prices are very reasonable. When a great singer-songwriter is on the stage it's even better.
You might consider heading over on Thursday, January 29 to check out Chris Pureka. I was intrigued by this quote from the New York Times:
“An interviewer asked Chris Pureka to sum up her music as a haiku. I will:
Folky sorrowful songs of loneliness and hurt, longing to reunite.
Her tunes
have the grave Appalachian flavor of Neil Young and Gillian Welch; her
guitar playing is subdued but quietly virtuosic. And her voice can be a
desolate whisper or a bitter accusation. There’s no comfort, for her, in the
clarity of her observations.” (Jon Parales)
Here's a track to provide a small taste of what you might expect:
(Chris played all the instruments on this...)
I always enjoy myself a great deal when I have the opportunity to spend a few evening hours at Café Montmarte... The atmosphere is cozy, food and beverage quality is excellent and the prices are very reasonable. When a great singer-songwriter is on the stage it's even better.