Mark Erelli
2011 New Bedford Summerfest
New Bedford, MA USA
3-Jul 2011
Garden Stage

"Discovered in an impromptu 3 am hotel room jam at a music conference when he was just 23, Erelli was finishing up a graduate degree in evolutionary biology when his self-titled debut was released in 1999. He hit the ground running when he won the prestigious Kerrville New Folk contest, joining the ranks of past winners such as Lyle Lovett and Nanci Griffith. With his sophomore release, Compass & Companion, Erelli embarked on a non-stop touring schedule, sharing the stage with the likes of Dave Alvin, John Hiatt, and Gillian Welch. Erelli's albums spent weeks in the top ten of the Americana radio charts and garnered four Boston Music Award nominations. "

I first heard of Mark due to his involvement two years ago with the Darwin Song Project, sponsored by the Shrewsbury Folk Festival in the UK, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Origin of the Species. His two songs for that project, Mother of Mysteries and Kingdom Come, really stuck in my mind so I was looking forward to seeing him when he was announced for this year's summervest.

Kingdom Come features on his latest album, Little Vigils, as well as a great rocking song called Basement Days, an acoustic version of which you will hear on this recording.

Sound: A- due to some restless people combined with creaky folding chairs
Performance: A - He rattled through 12 songs in less than an hour

Lineage: Zoom H4 (internal mics) at 44.1 Mh ->PC ->Audacity (track splits, audience noise reduction, coversion to FLAC - NO EQ) -> you

01 - Columbus, Ohio
02 - Not Alone
03 - Unravelled
04 - Five Beer Moon
05 - August
06 - Everything in Ruin
07 - Basement Days
08 - Intro to Kingdom Come
09 - Kingdom Come
10 - Passing Through
11 - The Only Way
12 - For a Song