Dance Hits

Friday night, I went to the Monarch Tavern to see Ivy Mairi. Incredibly, this modest bar was packed. I don't usually notice the DJ but Hemingway played some great funky cuts to really set the energy and mood for the crowd.

Before her last song, a slow burn (8 min!) electro-folk tune, Mairi said half-jokingly: "I'm an artist, I have many tastes". Though she book-ended her set with folk songs, Mairi has been writing more pop music. And her tastes seem to run in the same 80s dance as Carly Rae Jepsen's latest offerings. These catchy tunes such as Strange Love and All Around Me need to be put on the radio. She was backed by enthusiastic musicians including drummer Kieran Adams (Diana) and singer Caitlin Woelfle-O'Brien (Blunt Chunks).