Benjy Ferree, Adem @ Joe's Pub

Benjy Ferree - In the Countryside (mp3)

Benjy Ferree [website/myspace] opened for Adem last night at Joe’s Pub. He was excellent and I'm eager to get my grubby hands on more of his stuff. I was only sent the above track and I loved it instantly. Listen to the track above and you'll want to put you happy hand in the air.

Adem played afterwards and his first two songs entranced me. Then his slowness and my sleepiness met up for a bit of tea with a Rabbit and a Cobbler. A few times mid-set I was brought back under his spell, but mostly there were too many whole notes. Whole notes tied to whole notes. Whole notes under indefinite fermata.