Eric Earley of Blitzen Trapper
Around 11:45 p.m. last night, I heard it straight from the horse’s mouth—the horse being, in this case, Marty Marquis of Blitzen Trapper: the crowd of fans who braved last night’s ice-capped sidewalks to see BT and Alela Diane perform at the Black Cat was…"yeah, pretty stiff."

I fell for Alela Diane a few years ago after listening to her perform her tune "The Rifle" on the Daytrotter Sessions. It was March 15, 2007. The recording sounds off the cuff, unrehearsed and effortless. The Daytrotter folk talk about not having the time to set up and sound check proper. It was all [...]