Live Review: Sarah Shook & The Disarmers @ Pearl Street Warehouse — 11/23/19

Posted on 11/29/2019 by Mark Engleson in Live Review and tagged country, North Carolina, Pearl Street Warehouse, Sarah Shook, Sarah Shook and The Disarmers.

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers (Photo by Anthony Nguyen)

Chicago’s Bloodshot Records made its bones on a style of alt-country that mixes roots music and punk. While they hail from North Carolina, Sarah Shook & the Disarmers embody this rugged Windy City sound. Sarah’s clever songwriting reworks classic country themes and images with a 21st Century perspective, while her band backs her up hard and fast. Even at the last show of their last tour of the year, they played with energy, thrilling the packed Pearl Street Warehouse recently.

Preview: Sarah Shook & The Disarmers @ Pearl Street Warehouse, 11/23/19

Posted on 11/19/2019 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged country, North Carolina, Pearl Street Warehouse, Sarah Shook, Sarah Shook and The Disarmers.

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers (Photo by John Gessner)

When Sidelong, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers’ debut album, was released in early 2017, it quickly earned kudos for its blast of fresh, fierce honesty and sly wit. It was a welcome new voice in a genre too often mired in the staid and conventional. The band continued to solidify that reputation in 2018 with Years, their second album, along with nonstop touring.

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers return to Pearl Street Warehouse on Saturday, Nov. 23.

Best of the Year: Top 10 Photos of 2018 by Mark C.

Posted on 12/14/2018 by Mark Caicedo in Live Review and tagged Best of 2018, best of the year, Black Cat, Capital Fringe, DC9, Dead Horses, Gypsy Sally's, Loi Loi, Mikaela Davis, Near Northeast, Pearl Street Warehouse, River Whyless, Samantha Fish, Sarah Borges, Sarah Shook, Sarah Shook and The Disarmers, Soccer Mommy, Songbyrd Music House, The Birchmere, Union Stage, Wussy.

Sarah Shook fronts The Disarmers at Pearl Street Warehouse on Sept. 12, 2018. Mark Caicedo chose a picture from this show (but not this one) as one of his Top 10 of 2018. (Photo by Mark Caicedo)

Editor’s Note: This year, we asked our bloggers to name their Top 10 shows of 2018 or choose their Top 10 photos of the year. We will run them over the course of mid-December as our Best of the Year posts.

Women have long been major influences in music history, going back to the jazz greats like Nina Simone Billie Holiday, and Ella Fitzgerald; through country legends Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, and Dolly; pop icons like Bette Midler, Madonna, and Cyndi Lauper; and the rock and blues greats Janis Joplin, Joan Jett, Deborah Harry and Chrissie Hynde.

Today, while female musicians like Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Pink, and Adele continue to break boundaries, local and regional bands feature women whose talent, drive and influence is just as powerful as the superstars.

My Top 10 concert photos of the year salute 2018 as the Year of Women.

Music Park: Sarah Shook & The Disarmers @ Pearl Street Warehouse — 9/12/18

Posted on 09/17/2018 by Mark Caicedo in Live Review and tagged country, North Carolina, Pearl Street Warehouse, Sarah Shook, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers.

Sarah Shook fronts The Disarmers at Pearl Street Warehouse on Sept. 12, 2018. (Photo by Marc Caicedo)

I was expecting Lucinda Williams meets Dwight Yoakam when Sarah Shook & The Disarmers took the stage at Pearl Street Warehouse recently. Well, I got that… and a whole lot more.

Music Park: Sarah Shook & The Disarmers @ Pearl Street Warehouse — 4/26/18

Posted on 04/30/2018 by Mark Engleson in Live Review and tagged country, Pearl Street Warehouse, Sarah Shook, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers, Zephaniah Ohora.

Sarah Shook performs at Pearl Street Warehouse on April 26, 2018. (Photo by Ari Strauss)

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers rocked the house with their style of take-no-prisoners country music. The high-energy set turned up the volume on classic country themes like drinking, breakups, and breaking up and getting drunk. A raucous crowd packed into the Pearl Street Warehouse Thursday to hear it.

Don’t Miss: Sarah Shook & The Disarmers @ Pearl Street Warehouse, 4/26/18

Posted on 04/19/2018 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged Bloodshot Records, country, North Carolina, Pearl Street Warehouse, Sarah Shook, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers.

Sarah Shook and The Disarmers (Photo by John Gessner)

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers released Years, their second full-length album, on April 6 via Bloodshot Records. The country music singer and her band are on tour with a stop at Pearl Street Warehouse on April 26.