Mixie Chicks

Tuesday night I headed to The Danforth Music Hall for what promised to be a night of sublime lyrics and harmonies. Opener was Ciaran Lavery, an Irish singer who charmed the audience with his lilting banter about being a Chippendale dancer in disguise. His white man screaming style got a bit old, but he did have a few good songs.

Case/Lang/Veirs stand for 3 powerful singers: Neko Case, kd lang, and Laura Veirs. They came together for a one-time collaboration this year. As such, they sang almost every song from their album, taking turns doing lead vocals or beautiful harmonies. Each brought different sensibilities to the show: lang with her velvet croon, Veirs a wistful folkiness, and Case brought the indie edge. They also included songs from their own repertoire: each bringing a cheer from their own fans. The biggest applause were for from lang's Constant Craving and cover of Neil Young's Helpless. But the revelation was lang rocking out to harder songs by Veirs or Case. I guess her own catalogue doesn't include too many head-banging numbers. Tonight was sublime music from start to finish.