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I’ve been to many Aimee Mann shows over the years. This was my first GA experience- and it did not disappoint. Very small venue - not packed - so we were able to stand 3 feet away from her, take great photos and enjoy her music and wit from wayyy up close. Her set list was interesting. She did not do Deathly as her encore. That’s a first. Had a really nice time- and was home in 30 minutes. 😊
Aimee covered the breath of her entire catalogue in an amazing performance. She was in great form and her band— including Jonathon Coulton- was artful in bringing her songs to life. I think she is one of America’s greatest talents, with a song catalogue that will definitely stand the test of time.
No Voices Carry??! She's so talented, with a voice as clear as a bell. Great writing, great musicians. A thoroughly enjoyable evening. But no Voices Carry??? Aimee, how could you? Some of us were prepared to act out the video...
Amazing show - been a huge fan of Aimee since seeing ‘Til Tuesday in the 80’s in Boston. Huge shoutout to bassist Paul Bryan for “requesting” Other End of the Telescope!!!! Thank you! Went into the night not expecting to hear any ‘Til Tuesday songs and for Aimee and the band to play this was amazing! A great show overall - don’t miss it!
Aimee Mann was amazing, several of my favorites from Mental Illness. Was hoping for Goose Snow Cone and Labrador, but every song was an entertaining gift to get lost within the music.
That show is one of my all time faves. Watching Aimee Mann felt like watching an old friend. She's one of those musicians that sound as great live as she does recorded... it's just so natural and comfortable for her... at least that how it seems. I'm so glad she came to the Cabot... wish more performers would come to this venue.
Aimee Manns’s voice was angelic and had the audience captivated. Her band was a group of very talented musicians that interacted with the audience and made you feel welcome and part of the performance. The venue was beautiful and the acoustics were perfect!
Aimee put on a great show, played all the songs I wanted to hear!
Bardavon is a very beautiful theatre with comfortable seats. Aimee played a great show!!
Opening act was fun and when Aimee came out to join him I realized it was an opportunity to get to know her too. She’s reserved and when she appeared to do her set, we learned that John and she wrote songs together, which piqued my interest in Aimee. Helped me get to know her a bit, since it was the first time I saw her in concert. The show was structured brilliantly. Even taking off her leather jacket, felt like she was opening up. The music was wonderful and I booped the whole set. Having an Aimee Mann retrospective in our house. Sublime artistry.
So the other star, Ted Leo, had Covid. So Aimee’s guest musician Jen also played Teds parts. She did a really good job. Her music, as well as Aimee’s and there was another guy Paul (never caught his last name) were all excellent. And the comedy was genuinely funny. Even when there was a call out for a doctor (for real) Santa brought us back on trac, tactfully. I’ve loved Til Tuesdays music since the beginning, so to see Aimee in person was a huge treat. Oh, did I mention I’m 62 years young?! My wife and I came down from Maine and did a nice overnight down the street. Just a fantastic Christmas experience!!
Covid affected the performance as Ted Leo couldn't be there as he had it. The show went on and there was a substitute "Ted Leo" and she also performed Jen Trynin. Not familiar with her work and she may have benefitted with a band behind her? Special guest Paul F. Tompkins was great and Aimee Man was terrific as usual. This was my third Christmas Show and will definitely go to another, if there is one! Hope there is!
We booked tickets to this gig generally excited to see Amy Mann and Ted Leo in Boston, expecting a great performance from two professionals. Instead we got a choppy, hastily prepared show with bad sound and underwhelming (this is generous) guest stars. It felt like an amateur performance in a small town, not a gig in Boston. Granted Ted Leo was sick but why she didn’t default to her back catalogue and subjected the audience to bad skits, constant jokes about how unprepared they were I do not know. People were leaving throughout. Take the hint and pull your socks up! You just lost a lots of fans, including these three.
Opener Johnathan Coulton , who has opened for her previously was entertaining and Aimee did a few songs with him which was nice. Aimee was a pleasure to see as always she touched on quite a bit of her material while interweaving new material. She was talented as always as was her band . She's always great , my only wish is she played a little bit longer .
She is my favorite performer & I was thrilled that she was back on tour. Excellent selection of songs, drawn mostly from "Queens of the Summer Hotel" and "The Forgotten Arm" . Such a gifted wordsmith, who's also charming and slyly funny. Just loved the entire evening.
I hate writing this, because she is such a smart and articulate singer and songwriter, and she sang and played really well that night and told great stories that helped give perspective on her songs. The fact remains, though, that the show was disappointing, because the sound mix was really off. (Whoever mixed the sound needs training.) When she was only accompanied by guitar, it was perfect, but when the full band was playing, it was uncomfortably loud, and the drone made it impossible to make out the lyrics. You could even occasionally hear the speakers buzzing. I love the Birchmere and I've been listening to Aimee Mann for decades, but the poor sound quality ruined this show.
Humor, intelligence, amazing songs, typically great Aimee Mann show. Keyboardist Jamie Edwards was a standout!
The show was amazing! Aimee Mann gets better each time I see her. The opening act was great as well, love the zombie sing along!
This isn’t about Aimee Mann: she was flawless. I bought tickets to see her immediately, because I am a huge fan. When I searched for tickets I was brought to an online site named “Tickets.com”, which I just assumed was simply a subsidiary of Ticketmaster or perhaps the theatre box itself. It was very unclear what “tickets.com” actually is. But there was no other method to buy tickets that I could immediately see and, like I said, I was eager to get tickets. So I bought 2 ok tix at $150 each, which was the cheapest I could afford. After I bought them I later learned they these tickets were literally double what I should have paid, and that according to Ticketmaster, “tickets.com” was a “third party” and therefore I could not return them. Meanwhile my friend scored fifth row aisle tickets the day of the show for $75 each. So I was totally scammed. It’s my own fault, really: I had NO idea such a thing was possible. This is wildly predatory. And I don’t believe any of that extra money is going to the artists. Do not use Tickets.com!!! Go thru the theatre box office itself if possible. Research where you are getting your tickets. This, to me, seems to be a form of legal online ticket scalping. And Ticketmaster seems somehow complicit in the whole thing. I will be wary of buying any tickets for anything in the future after this.
It's always fun going to an Aimee Mann concert because she has such a small yet devoted crowd, and the love in the room was palpable. Her band is excellent, and she has an amazing, at-ease stage presence that makes you feel like you're in a coffee house not a massive theatre. There was a great moment when she forgot a lyric and stopped at the start of a song, precipitating laughs. An audience member called the lyric and out she resumed, only to interrupt herself again by saying "Did you google that?" Also when I saw she had an opening act, I was less than thrilled until I realized it was Jonathan Coulton of "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" fame, who was fabulous and they each came in and accompanied each other on a song.
