Edie Carey
The Bitter End147 Bleecker Street, New York 10012
Edie Carey is billed for a November 12 appearance at The Bitter End in Manhattan. No accompanying performers, special guests, release tie-in, tribute, late set, or other program detail is listed, so the event is presented simply as a Carey performance. The show is open to all ages, with the venue noting that guests under 18 must attend with a parent or legal guardian. It takes place in the Greenwich Village club that has hosted songwriters and musicians sharing new material since 1961.
The available material offers no biographical background, hometown, or details of Carey's usual collaborators, so it does not support a fuller account of her career or formation. What it does foreground is her songwriting: the Chicago Sun-Times calls her work “Smart tales of love, life and longing...” The listing also singles out The Veil, describing it as “a direct hit to the solar plexus...jaw-dropping lyricism...” The repertoire for this date is not announced, but those notices place Carey's lyrics and her treatment of love, life, and longing at the heart of the available picture.
The Bitter End has been a fixture of Greenwich Village since 1961, known as one of New York City's oldest rock clubs. It's a modest basement club with a stage and a bar, where the audience sits close to the performers. The room has exposed brick walls and a rustic feel, and the atmosphere is warm and conversational. Shows are typically ticketed with a small cover charge, and the evening combines listening to live music with casual conversation and drinks. The venue has hosted legends like Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, and continues to be a place where songwriters and musicians share new material. It's a steady, reliable spot for live music in the city.