So I finally actually saw Samantha Murphy Wednesday night at a free concert hosted at American University by the Digital Freedom Campaign. Traffic sucked and it took hours to get there and I ended up not getting to the 7:30 show til 8:30 so I missed most of if...but I made it!
When I got there I was surprised to see that Laura Tsaggaris, Michael Jantz and Josh Read were onstage with Samantha. Laura and Josh have been on the SMTV podcast. They all played in a round-robin style so while I only got to hear 2-3 songs from each of them, it worked out better than it could have been with my late arrival.
Laura Tsaggaris was pretty intense. Michael Jantz was interesting in a way I have a hard time describing and understanding. Josh Read just sounded huge up there and had some great songs.
Samantha Murphy was fantastic. Between the podcast and having had her CD for a couple years I'm already pretty familiar with her music so it was great to see her do a couple of her songs live as straight-up acoustic. Great stuff. Very dynamic and engaging onstage. I promised myself that I wouldn't gush, so moving on...
After the show, I bought some CDs, of course. I don't think Josh had any, but I bought "Proof" from Laura that she signed for me and "Snapshots from the Universe" from Michael. I already have a signed copy of "somewhere between starving & stardom" but Samantha had a free 2-track sampler with a track that isn't on her album. I'm looking forward to digging into all this music in the next several days (it takes a while the way I have my iPod playlists set up).
After the show, I chatted with Laura, Michael and Samantha for a while (trying out my new "I'm an introvert, but I'm not shy" mantra). They were all very nice even though they had stuff to pack up and I wasn't an AU student.
I took one photo while it was Michael Jantz's turn to sing. I was too far away to get a good shot with the camera I have and I didn't want to get up into their faces for a better shot. Laura Tsaggaris is on the left, half of Samantha Murphy is on the right. Josh Read was out of frame to Samantha's left.
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