Tickets from one of the best concerts we've seen in some time. Clare and the Reasons, who I wasn't familiar with, played wry, whimsical, Beatle-esque art music on an astonishing variety of instruments. Their music is an extension of the adventurous spirit of songwriters like Van Dyke Parks. Parks, with his usual aristocratic wit, verbal wordplay and southern charm, performed songs written as far back as the mid-1800s (Louis Gottschalk) and as relevant as this year's oil spill. Parks has evolved into a treasure, a rollicking, bluesy, piano-playing American storyteller. It was as if he traveled to the Wexner from the year 1900 - only, his music is timelessly relevant.
Van Dyke Parks' website: http://vandykeparks.com/
Clare and the Reasons site: http://www.myspace.com/clareandthereasons
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