Years after his death in 2013, Lou Reed’s music remains both innovative and timeless. His eccentricities shined through his compositions alongside his devil-may-care approach to songwriting. Since Reed died from liver disease more than three years ago, the Velvet Underground co-founder has had many of his songs covered by a plethora of talented artists that came after him.
In Providence, a bunch of the city’s finest musicians — including Black Oil Incinerator, Birdlady, and The Low Anthem’s Florence Wallis — will be performing their own renditions of his songs at Aurora this Wednesday (January 25).
Singer-songwriter Dan Talbot, garage rock whizkid Harvey Garbage, and folk artist Dale Giramma will be starting off the night. The Matt Fraza Band bring a bit of electricity to the fray while Wallis and the soothing sounds of Dan Dodd are set to duet a couple of songs. Surf punk pizza junkies Neutrinos will be joined by some friends and solo acts Jerry Wilson and Rachel Jorgensen are performing a few songs, too. East Bridgewater artist Justin Duquette, The Quahogs’ Steve DelMonico, Laurie Amat and Ravi Shavi’s Rafay Rashid will be rounding out the solo performances.
Black Oil Incinerator and Birdlady plan on finishing the night off with some serious noise.
For any Lou Reed fan involved in Providence’s music scene, this sounds like a match made in heaven. And it’s also a free show, so it won’t break the bank.
Featured Lou Reed photo by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders/UPPA/ZUMAPRESS.
