Ali McGuirk at Bull McCabe's

After I saw Ali sing at Club Passim a while back I knew I had to get JO to one of her shows.  JO knows his stuff when it comes to music and I was pretty sure he would like Ali's style, vocals, and lyrics.  She has a "First Friday" residency at Bull McCabe's so we headed over there to see her show.

Neither of us had been to Bull McCabe's before so we didn't know what to expect.  FYI- it's small.  It's a really narrow bar that kind of reminds me of The Druid in Inman.  The space is cool, with exposed stone and built in bookshelves with an eclectic collection of books.  The food and drink menu is perfect for a bar and very reasonably priced.  There are only a handful of tables and it was pretty full already when we got there.  In a funny turn of events I saw the guy I sat next to at Passim and he remembered me so he let us hang at his table.  It was kind of fun to get to know a complete stranger.  We discovered we had a lot of common interests when it came to music.  It helped pass the time since we got there at 9:00 and Ali didn't go on until almost 10:00.

Bull McCabe's is a perfect venue for her kind of music, although it gets really crowded and a lot of people think it's totally fine to talk through all of her songs.  We ended up leaving after about an hour because the talking was really annoying.  Despite that Ali lived up to my hype and her guitarist was unreal. She is really an up and coming talent on the local music scene and I highly, highly recommend you check out her music.