Sign in with Facebook   |  Login   |   Create Account
Middle Tennessee's Guide to Arts & Entertainment EventsSunday May 27, 2012Nashville Area Weather

    MUSIC

    Stephen Sebastian w/David Ramirez, Schools, Neal Carpenter

    Stephen Sebastian w/David Ramirez, Schools, Neal Carpenter

    Presented by The Basement at The Basement

    November 16, 2011

    Add Review/Comment
    Comment on Facebook

    Stephen Sebastian isn't going mad. Seriously. Granted, musical comparisons to eccentric influences like Ryan Adams, Tom Petty, and Elliott Smith abound. It's like the blues as seen in a funhouse mirror, or all of rock and roll history thrown into a blender and played in reverse, a twisting kaleidoscope of five decades worth of guitar-based pop music. Riffs and solos give way to twang and shuffle in a tag-team match of alt-country haze and classic rock immediacy, accented all the while by lyrics equally forceful and vulnerable, both visceral and broken. Rightly enough, his voice actually keeps up with the shape-shifting act. He growls like Tom Waits, croons like Ryan Adams, whispers like Thom Yorke, and bellows like The Boss. Equipped as such, he follows the blues around to just about anywhere it's made it's home in the past, from the delta to the honky tonk to the arena and all in between. Yet his vagabond sound is rooted firmly in the bright, not-too-distant future. Call him an observant scholar of the past or a bold poet of years to come, or maybe just a cool guy who might as well be your next door neighbor, but it's worth the trouble to listen to the evidence and decide for yourself. -Chris Leonard

    This show also features live music with David Ramirez, Schools, Neal Carpenter.


    • At-a-
      Glance

      • Venue Info

        The Basement

        1604 8th Avenue South
        Nashville, TN 37203

        Full map and directions

      • Admission Info

        Tickets:

        $5/ticket

        Info Phone: (615) 254-8006

      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        November 16, 2011

        Times:

        Wednesday 8:00pm

      • Accessibility Info

          Currently, no accessibility information is available for this event.

      • Member Reviews

        Add review/comment

        There are currently no reviews/comments for this event. Be the first to add a review/comment, and let folks know what you think!

    • Member
      Reviews

    • Media
      Reviews

      • Media Reviews

        There are currently no media reviews for this event.