Linda Stout

In one of my last gigs, it was so cold, I wrote about the kindly sound guy and promoter putting a little heater in front of me on stage. It was sweltering at a cafe gig only weeks later, hot as hell and pouring down rain outside. It's feeling like summer, humid, my strings are dead, and wonder if that's part of it. I shared the gig with Swati in Ithaca. She is so amazingly good, just made of music, creates so much sound out of one guitar, loop pedal and other effects. Her songs are really well-written, insightful and the music, at turns, delicate and ferocious. She is a really good guitar player. See www.SwatiLive.com