Earlier this week a friend sent in an excellent bootleg from the Pennsylvania stop along Conor Oberst’s ongoing tour, in which he unveiled new material among a career-spanning setlist featuring Bright Eyes and solo material.
Introductions to NYC songwriter Jesse Harris’ solo work will often digress into a list of his better known contributions to other artists’ records (Harris famously penned Norah Jones breakthrough “Don’t Know Why”, etc.), but on his latest set, Sub Rosa, both worlds collide. Not only did past collaborators/tour partners like Conor Oberst and Jones request a guest … Read more
With Bright Eyes now a marquee act at high-capacity theaters the world over, opportunities to catch Conor Oberst performing an intimate set — like, say, this Halloween 2003 tribute to Elliott Smith in a bookshop — have become increasingly rare. Enter Krug Park, a new Omaha bar owned by an Oberst buddy who recruited his famous … Read more