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Marissa Nadler played w/ Alela Diane & Orba Squara @ LPR (pics) & the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (video)

photos by Fresh Bread

Orba Squara @ LPR
Orba Squara

Despite suffering a car crash followed by a breakup, Marissa Nadler made it to NYC this past weekend to play two shows with Alela Diane (who also played an in-store at Sound Fix while she was here). The first of those two shows was Friday night at Le Poisson Rouge with Orba Squara opening (11/13). That’s where the pictures in this post are from.

Marissa and Alela’s tour ends Saturday night in Utah. Since leaving they, played a show in Minneapolis. Culture Bully was there, and said…:

Alela Diane [is] a West coast folksinger whose To Be Still is probably the best folk record released this year (next to Cate Le Bon‘s Me Oh My). Diane’s natural stage presence and relaxed manner produced a warm and intimate show that featured standouts “White As Diamonds” and the crowd-requested “The Rifle.” Diane also covered Louisiana songwriter Dylan LeBlanc’s “If the Good Lord’s Willing and the Creek Don’t Rise” prompting me to make a mental note to check out the young artist as soon as possible…

…Visibly nervous onstage, Nadler confessed to crippling stage fright and frequently apologized for imagined shortcomings. No apology was necessary though, as Nadler’s otherworldly vocals put the audience under a deep spell. One couldn’t help but wonder what she might be capable of free from the constraints of anxiety. Great things, I think, since even in her nervous state Nadler was nothing short of incredible.

Orba Squara plays another NYC show this Saturday night (11/21) at Knitting Factory with Jad Fair. More pictures (none of Alela, sorry) from the NYC show at Le Poisson Rouge, and a beautiful video of Marissa shot on the same tour in Fort Worth, TX, below…

Orba Squara

Orba Squara

Orba Squara

Orba Squara

Orba Squara

Marissa Nadler

Marissa Nadler

Marissa Nadler

Marissa Nadler

Marissa Nadler

Marissa Nadler

Marissa Nadler – Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth from You and Yours on Vimeo.