edpaffjr.comLast night I attended a singer songwriter round table hosted by Barclay Martin at bar Natasha. This event consisted of four individuals taking turns playing their own music one song at a time. I was primarily there to see Tanner Walle perform who has been out on the road for the last month with Sarah Blacker, who was also one of the performing artists. The final performer was a piano player named Casey Matthews (I cannot find a website for him).
In theory the format of taking turns playing songs sounds like a good idea, but that’s where it ends. Even though the performers appeared to enjoy each others songs, I’m sure it was awkward for them to be sitting on stage doing nothing, waiting for the other three to play their songs. I thought that this would be a refreshing way to hear a variety of performers and songs, but I actually found it hard to get into any of their performances. Once they would build up my interest, their turn to play would be over and then you have to attempt the same thing again with one of the other performers. If they do this again, I hope they find a better format to use.