{"id":692559,"date":"2010-03-17T12:37:52","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T16:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/blog\/?p=2137"},"modified":"2010-03-17T12:37:52","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T16:37:52","slug":"solo-unplugged-amazing-and-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/692559","title":{"rendered":"Solo, Unplugged, Amazing and Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A concert for those who can\u2019t make it to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XqtlC5QxIqY\" >SXSW<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2139\" title=\"SamCrain 700x700\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/SamCrain-700x7001-640x640.jpg?resize=118%2C118\" alt=\"SamCrain 700x700\" width=\"118\" height=\"118\" \/>[That&#8217;s South By Southwest, for the tragically unhip.]<\/p>\n<p>Samantha Crain, Choctaw, is a young singer-songwriter from Oklahoma who will\u00a0perform live Friday night\u00a0at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heard.org\/NU\" >Heard Museum<\/a>. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the concert starts at 7 p.m. Best of all its 100% FREE.<\/p>\n<p>Although still in her early 20&#8217;s, Samantha Crain\u2019s creative vision has led her to perform on several national tours and she has dozens of self-produced recordings to her credit.<\/p>\n<p>Her odd voice is refreshing and her song-writing is catchy, with out being too \u201cpoppy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But don\u2019t take my word for it \u2026<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2141\" title=\"Lolipop_Corn Maiden 9 300dpi\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Lolipop_Corn-Maiden-9-300dpi1-70x70.jpg?resize=70%2C70\" alt=\"Lolipop_Corn Maiden 9 300dpi\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" \/>\u201cMs. Crain \u2014 with turquoise tights screaming out from between a beige print dress and red cowboy boots \u2014 was captivating. Her pleading, slightly distant intonation recalled early-1990s Britpop, an accent atop a voice that traverses the space between Gillian Welch and Regina Spektor.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/03\/31\/arts\/music\/31crai.html\" >New York Times <\/a><\/p>\n<p>There will be a lounge area, cash bar, free parking, and small plates to-go from the Caf\u00e9, which will also offer sit-down service. Head over early to see new works for sale in the Berlin Gallery in the show Native Clay [see above].<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/DowntownPhoenixBlog\/~4\/jsVMT5SVGRY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A concert for those who can\u2019t make it to SXSW. [That&#8217;s South By Southwest, for the tragically unhip.] Samantha Crain, Choctaw, is a young singer-songwriter from Oklahoma who will\u00a0perform live Friday night\u00a0at the Heard Museum. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the concert starts at 7 p.m. Best of all its 100% FREE. Although still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3974,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-692559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2Uaj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3974"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}