![]() ![]() The lineup: Whiskey Mash Band (punk/bluegrass) and Front Porch (old-time country/bluegrass). Lemonade Park’s third season begins Friday, May 5. It has since evolved into a viable, attractive outdoor performance place, one surrounded by food, drink, and other entertainment enterprises, including Voltaire, the elite restaurant the venue conjoins. This outdoor venue in the West Bottoms was founded as a safe, socially-distanced haven for bands, musicians, and fans, a place that met all the safety requirements and suggestions for gathering as we emerged slowly and carefully from quarantine and isolation. The pandemic took a steep, heavy toll from the world of live music in 2020-21, but there were a few silver linings. Expect another stunning performance this time. Their show at Starlight Theatre in September 2008 remains among my all-time favorites. The Guardian called the album “uplifting and enthralling” in The New York Times, Jon Pareles wrote that the album “almost magically reclaims the spectral tone” of its predecessor. It also doubles down on the sound and vibe of its predecessor. It comprises one original song, High and Lonesome, and covers of songs by Merle Haggard, the Everly Brothers, Allen Toussaint, Calexico, Lucinda Williams, and others. Raise the Roof, their second album picks up where its predecessor left off. Then the wait for a follow-up began.įourteen years later, in November 2021, the two and producer T-Bone Burnett delivered once again. When this disparate pair released its first collaboration, the cosmic Raising Sand, in 2007, what on the surface looked like an incongruous and novel one-off project featuring stars from different music galaxies soon became one of the year’s best and most-decorated albums and the start of what fans hoped would be a long and bountiful collaboration. As we head into May, the music calendar gets significantly busier, and some of the outdoor venues will open for business, including Starlight Theatre, which this month presents what will likely be one of this year’s best shows.Īlison Krauss and Robert Plant: May 5 at Starlight Theatre ![]()
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