A splendid evening with lovely people and good tunes

dress up attire required [unless you're Jessi Duke and I] 

Glass of wine. check. Food. Check. Music. Let's go. 

There he is. A proper man with his guitar close to his heart. In the dark room, he closes his eyes and it begins.

James Vincent McMorrow silences a room with his quiet Irish voice. He barely opens his mouth and the melodies that escape are powerful and high. Picture, Colin Hay, Bon Iver and Ray Lamontagne in one entity. No wonder, The Civil Wars asked him to be their opening act.  

He ends each song with a simple thank you and closes with a final song microphone-less.

Listen to this lovely song and see what I mean. 

Something this good calls for another glass of wine and a cheese plate.  

Then dessert happens. 

The Civil Wars,  Joy Williams with her bubbly self and huge smile, always dressed in a perfect black dress and John Paul White with a black suit, deep voice and dry sense of humor. 

You leave me speechless. I don't even know how to describe your emotional harmonies, beautiful lyrics and onstage chemistry. I never know whether to be happy or sad after every songs final note. Sad because I know you're one song closer to ending or sad because I feel like I just experienced a broken heart. Or maybe the combination leaves me with a broken heart. Either way, their music is so enticing you never want to leave. 

Can I relive it again and again and again?