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Since  late 2019 and going into 2020, the covid-19 pandemic has been an economic monster globally, stalling not only production and supply chains, sending people home from their offices to work remotely and even bringing much of what entertains people, in the US to a grinding halt in 2020.  Especially hard on the entertainment and music communities.

While Nashville was in the midst of the 2021 Americana Music Festival and conference, this past week, in The Piedmont of North Carolina we were treated to a visit from Son Volt, a band born like a phoenix from the ashes and dust of the band Uncle Tupelo, the great pioneers of the Americana genre.

Opening the show was a local North Carolina artist, Florence Dore, of Chapel Hill, who told the crowd that she had just started writing songs again after a 16 year hiatus.

It's been a while since Todd Snider brought the joy to Raleigh's Lincoln Theatre, 896 days to be exact, since that last show in March 2019, back when things were a bit less complicated. Of course he had planned to play here in May of last year, but you know, stuff happens, and we were instead blessed to have had Todd in our homes many Sundays during that period with his What It Is and The Get Together(s) live-streamed from The Purple Building in East Nashville.

Tedeschi Trucks delivered right away with a powerful version of "Anyhow." Feeding off the positive feedback from the crowd, Derek Trucks is cool and calm. His talent outshines most other guitarists who seemingly can't penetrate the soul of the audience with his wailing riffs and deeply driven solos as he does so effortlessly. He often delivers the kind of moment when you "feel" the guitar before you hear it. During the delivery of "Do I Look Worried," Susan's (Tedeschi) voice was elevated to angelic perfection in total harmony with Derek's smooth slide.