ICE CUBE: Tin Angel turns 20

POSTED: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 2:30 PM

Filed Under: Music

On Saturday night, Philadelphia’s The Low Road — the much-loved folksy pop five piece that ruled our weird mellow ’90s — played two packed-tight reunion gigs at the Tin Angel on S. Second Street. They grooved. They moved. Their harmonies were intact and the way the harmonica floated through its wall of violin and stringed bass was heartbreakingly impeccable. When their “Devil’s Pocket” was emptied, the Low Road’s cast came into the crowd and hung with their old friends.

This month the Tin Angel celebrates its 20th anniversary. Long live the Angel and all who sail her.

The Tin Angel defined that ’90s folk freaky scene as well as being defined by local acts such as The Low Road, Jeffrey Gaines and several solo Hooters as it was equally by nationally known-and-growing punk folkies such as Ani DiFranco, Alejandro Escovedo and Jimmie Dale Gilmore. “I don’t think you’re off the mark,” says booker/curator Larry Goldfarb who was busy dancing up a storm on Saturday at the Crystal Tea Room during the wedding reception of his son David Goldfarb to Dr. Candice Leah Gollomp while the Low Road ruled his roost.

The Tin Angel was a perfect spot for that sound. Cramped, dark, yet airy and always homey is what Tin Angel was at its start. Shows there are always a funky family affair that artists and audiences are driven to. Plus, it’s a great place to get trashy drunk in as long as you can keep a civil tongue about it.

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