Tour Dates

10/05 Milwaukee, WI @ Riverwest Public House
10/08 Pittsburgh, PA @ Garfield Artworks
10/09 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
10/10 Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
10/11 North Bennington, VT @ Vermont Arts Exch
10/12 Middlebury, VT@ Middlebury College
10/13 Providence, RI @ Columbus Theater
10/16 Scranton, PA @ The Bog
10/17 Wilmington, DE @ World Cafe Live
10/18 Columbus, OH @ Woodlands Tavern
10/22 St Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
11/02 Iowa City, IA @ Gabe’s
11/08 Chicago, IL @ The Hideout

Caroline Smith, with her full band, is celebrating her record release for Half About Being A Woman at First Avenue in Minneapolis last night, September 27th.

To help with the album launch, Rhymesayers’ Toki Wright warmed up the audience with help from Big Cats on the turntables and Lydia Liza working the backup vocals. Wright look like natural on stage, knowing exactly how to work the crowd. Songs on their set seem like perhaps recent collaboration with Lydia, but there was an oldie (2011) in there called
“Baldwin Rebirth”.

Highlight from this set was when Wright was trying to remind the audience that the Caroline Smith album Half About Being A Woman is out now and you should buy it, “Don’t act broke, I see that beer!”

It’s been a few years since I saw Solid Gold, so it was nice to see them again. They seem to have a lot of dedicated fans, who showed up just to see the band perform. They didn’t do their hit song “Get Over It”… which I suppose I should ‘get over it’. Instead, the band concentrated on songs from 2012’s Eat Your Young, but throwing in songs like “Bible Thumper” from their debut Bodies of Water into the mix. They ended their set with a jam-version of the Beatles’ “Love You To”.

As for Caroline Smith, it’s fun to watch her grow as an artist. We talked about her in 2008, which Brody mentioned that she opened up for B.B. King when she was only 16 years old. So we watched her progression from blues to folk with her band Good Night Sleeps. Then, earlier in June 2013 we had a preview of her R&B and soul music from Half About Being A Woman.

As expected, the majority of her set is from the new record, Half About Being A Woman, including the intro song, “Magazine”, “All That I Know Is (I’m Your Baby)” and the title track. The new songs sounded great, particularly with the two dedicated backup singers who added a retro soul sound.

I think if you like old 60s soul with some rhythm and blues, you’re going to find a lot to love on Half About Being A Woman (out October 8th on United Interests). Caroline Smith will be taking the full band and backup singers on the road this October, so check them out if they are coming to your town.