Linda Stout

Saw Natalia Zuckerman play the other night in Ithaca. She's an excellent guitarist. When you grow up as the child of a virtuoso, guess it rubs off, even if you venture into singer-songwriter blues. She is quite lovely on stage. I wish the gabbing women in the club would have shut up, but maybe this is part of it; you get a bunch of women together, women, if I may generalize, know how to communicate, so that happens, lots of talking. However, drives me crazy when there's music on stage and people don't shut up, especially when it's me, although I also understand and like the casualness of a place where people can walk around, eat and drink and listen to music vs. a concert setting. That said, I do prefer playing concerts, though.