Marnie Stern Tickets

Marnie Stern has charisma, is adorably lewd and plays guitar like an angel. She seems to bend so far backwards to avoid all music cliches, including eliminating nearly all influences of the blues, that the resulting "tunes" can seem formless. Just as I think, ok she wants to always be unpredictable, she deliberately uses a demented repetition for effect, which is utterly predictable. The drummer is excellent, but this is not toe tapping music. Though without structure, the sound is never ugly. I found it fascinating, if confusing, and I am told her style is much calmer and less" spastic" than before. I admit I only get about half of it.

Marnie Stern's music is both fun and interesting. I don't know why she doesn't have a wider following. I'd say about 250 people were at the show. She deserved at least 2500! The performance was great.