Iowa in the ATL...

Last night, Pieta came to town, along with the amazing Bo Ramsey, and the fabulous Greg Brown. They played the Variety, and the show was grand grand grand!!!


But mostly, Pieta came to town!


It's amazing, what a few hours with a friend you've missed can do. There was hardly time to catch up, but just seeing her face, hearing her giggle... it was good for my soul. I need a longer visit. Perhaps timing will allow in the spring. Perhaps we'll end up living in the same place again somewhere. These are those visits when you think, "How can I get all my friends into one place..."


And you know you can't, but still you dream of buying a town on a rural swath of land, and populating with the most creativie, funny, loving people you know.


Pieta is a poet, wrote poetry for a long time before making the switch to music. And it shows. Her music is spare, but full. Rough but smooth. Rural but gritty/urban. If you like the blues, guitars, melancholy... lilting but strong female voices...


I (of course) think you should all put her new CD "In the Cool" on your Chrismakah lists.