Go see Bob Schneider at the World Cafe tonight

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Go see Bob Schneider at the World Cafe tonight

POSTED: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 9:24 PM

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bob-schneider There are few people in rock having as much fun putting out spirited songs that evoke such warm audience responses as Bob Schneider. There are the lulling tracks where Schneider welcomes you in, seemingly speaking directly to us. The slight twang in his guitar and the guileless lilt in his voice directing us towards life's greater pursuits. Tunes like "Love is Everywhere" and "Changing Your Mine" are strengthened by an unassuming nature that stems from the sincerity of his delivery, his earnestness perhaps why all his songs are so well balanced. The soft sound of the steel drums ripples through "Slower Dear," while a trumpet calls through the building atmosphere during the vocal pauses. His voice on "Come With Me Tonight" rises powerfully with the composition before gently falling away, his delivery alternating further through a nuanced sweeping cast. His more raucous tracks ' and there are many ' never unravel. Tracks, like "Tarantula," are merely better expressions of Schneider's mood at the time, rather than anything not derived from the honesty of the conversation being witnessed.

Bob Schneider, 9 p.m., $25-35, w/ Jason Shannon and Charlies Mars, Downstairs at World Caf' Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400. $25-$35.

Tatang Sulaeman

Posted 2009-06-16 17:33:51

The Paradiso Girls are like the United Nation of girl bands since each of the five women is from a different country - Barbados, England, France, Philippines, and the U.S. I think that this adds a little something extra to their style and vocals.

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