Show Review: Nathan Leigh

On Tuesday, Phil Wilmot booked Nathan Leigh to play at The Sycamore House's community dinner. The intimate living room environment and the shared meal helped give even more of a communal feeling than the last time at the SALT House [review here]. I only caught the first few songs because I had to go set up for The Fox and the Hound Show, but both the old and new tunes sounded great. Nathan played a 3-song set (two originals and a cover) in the second hour of the show, as did Alex Brubaker in the first hour, but we were unable to record properly due to technical difficulties-I assure you both performances were phenomenal. "Family of Ghosts" was my favorite of the new tunes Leigh played, yet another example of his great writing. His live show has improved over the past few months, though perhaps this owes more to increased confidence in a more traditional house-show setting as opposed to sitting on top of a dresser in a dorm room. Either way, he puts on a good show, and I look forward to his next tour. In the meantime, check out his hilarious tour blog, "The Adventures of Pen Pen".