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Joan Armatrading
Also Playing: Karla Bonoff
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Tue Aug 3
7 pm
Joan Armatrading and Karla Bonoff at Denver Botanic Gardens
Joan Armatrading set the table for all sorts of confessional folkies in the early ’70s, when she started fusing soul and reggae with the gentle string-sweep of that softly lit era. Most impressive about her body of work is its success rate: Though she doesn’t avoid new tactics that might backfire, she’s never made a truly bad album in more than 30 years. From stinging message songs to lighter-load diversions, her work has remained tight and on-point. Armatrading tours here behind her new This Charming Life, a self-produced venture into rock 'n' roll that ably combines her sultry swagger with late-'70s grooves epitomized by “Heading Back To New York City.”
Denver Botanic Gardens 1005 York St, Denver/Boulder, CO
Joan Armatrading set the table for all sorts of confessional folkies in the early ’70s, when she started fusing soul and reggae with the gentle string-sweep of that softly lit era. Most impressive about her body of work is its success rate: Though she doesn’t avoid new tactics that might backfire, she’s never made a truly bad album in more than 30 years. From stinging message songs to lighter-load diversions, her work has remained tight and on-point. Armatrading tours here behind her new This Charming Life, a self-produced venture into rock 'n' roll that ably combines her sultry swagger with late-'70s grooves epitomized by “Heading Back To New York City.”
Updated 07/16/2010
