Chris Smither opener Peter Mulvey –Sunday Show–
Chris Smither, Peter Mulvey
McCabe's Guitar Shop3101 Pico Blvd, Los Angeles 90405
Chris Smither headlines with Peter Mulvey opening. Smither's set draws on All About the Bones, his 2024 20th release: songs that take on mortality, politics, renewal, family and surrender, alongside his propulsive guitar and rumbling baritone.
Milwaukee singer-songwriter and guitarist Peter Mulvey has shared stages with Emmylou Harris, Richard Thompson, Ani DiFranco, Indigo Girls and Greg Brown, and was part of the folk trio Red Bird with Jeffrey Foucault and Kris Delmhorst. The Irish Times has called him “the most original and dynamic of the U.S. singer-songwriters to tour these shores,” praising his “extraordinary guitar style.”
McCabe’s is a working instrument shop with a concert history stretching back to the late 1960s, and its back room has welcomed both emerging artists and performers who keep returning. The show takes place among walls hung with guitars and other stringed instruments, with the audience seated in folding chairs facing a small stage. It is a listening room: there is no bar, and the quiet lets acoustic detail and lyrics carry through the room. Concerts are ticketed, and the shop’s current listings and tickets are available online, so check ahead for your show. The shop is on Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica; the concert room is reached through the store. Expect an evening focused on the performance, rather than drinks or dinner between sets.