
New York (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - New York state native Loudon Wainwright III will return to New York with a December 5 performance at the Beacon Theater, on a bill with Hot Tuna.
His new album 'High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project' has continued to garner praise and is sure to be a gift item with two CDs, lush packaging, numerous photos, and detailed liner notes. Check out Robert Christgau's review, which aired earlier this month on NPR's All Things Considered:
http://bit.ly/36uV4T
Here's a sampling of some of the other praise we're reading:
"Splendid" - Washington Post
"One of the year's most fascinating CDs" - NY Daily News
"Funny and sentimental, somehow winking and guileless at once" - Tennessean
"Filled with humor and colorful characters." - Associated Press
"Absolutely wonderful...
Gripping stories filled with black humor, genuine sadness, lost hope, as well as plenty of booze and women" - The Nation Online Altercation Blog
"Impressive." - CMT Online
"I'm more likely to play the canny reconstruction that the certified original" (A) - MSN Online
WHO: Hot Tuna and Loudon Wainwright III
WHERE: The Beacon Theater, 2124 Broadway between West 74th & 75th, NYC 212.465.6500
WHEN: December 5, 8pm
TICKETS: $44.50 - $54.50 via Ticketmaster