Session Americana at The Oberon

Since discovering Club Passim a few years ago (see a few posts before this one) we've really tapped into the local music scene here in Cambridge.  At a Mark Erelli show last year, he mentioned that his favorite band was Session Americana, which features Dinty Child who plays with Sub Rosa (the group we saw at our first Passim show.)  When I saw that Lula Wiles (you know, that group that I became slightly obsessed with this past spring and summer) was playing a show with Session Americana at the Oberon, I quickly grabbed a ticket.  Normally, JO would've gone with me but Wednesdays are reserved for Guys Night Out (unless it's our anniversary, a huge UConn game, or my birthday) and I would be coming from practice so it would be hard to coordinate with someone else because I was basically going to be getting there right when the show started (but I'm a dedicated Lula Wiles fan so I was willing to run around like a crazy person.)  What I wasn't planning on was falling down the stairs on my way out of work.  I sprained my ankle and was sure I would have to miss the show.  Thanks to a big city winning pep talk from JO, I hobbled into an Uber and took my seat just as the show was starting.  I'm so glad I went.

Session Americana is fantastic.  Folksy, with lots of Free Bird style jamming (I think that's an accurate description), and I think seven members makes for a super fun concert going experience.  And Oberon is such a cool setting for a show.  It's set up like a jazz club, with some neon lighting and lots of black circular tables and a bar in the back.  Lula Wiles played some new songs and I'm so excited for their new album to hurry up and get here.  I can't recommend these two acts, and Mark Erelli and Kris Delmhorst, enough.  Go see them.  Get inspired.  Have a lovely city night.  You deserve it!