Dylan LeBlanc opened for Lucinda Williams tonight in Red Bank and offered evidence as to the pretentiousness of the folk revival movement.
With his wobbly tenor and competent guitar playing, he projected the image of a folkie without any of the necessary energy. It is not enough to have long hair and be able to finger pick. You still need to be interesting.
Consider him exhibit A for the prosecution in the case of the People v. the Folk Revival
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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.
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