Margaret Glaspy: Unplugged at Stone Church

For the first time, Margaret Glaspy is presenting a solo acoustic show filled withsongs from her past and present. Freshly off the heels of her third full-lengthalbum, Echo The Diamond, the music emerged from a deliberate stripping-awayof artifice to reveal life for all its harsh truths and ineffable beauty. Like theprecious gem of its title, the result was an object of startling luminosity, onecapable of cutting through the most elaborately constructed façades. “Thatrecord came from trying to meet life on life’s terms, instead of looking for a happyending in everything,” says the New York-based musician...

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For the first time, Margaret Glaspy is presenting a solo acoustic show filled withsongs from her past and present. Freshly off the heels of her third full-lengthalbum, Echo The Diamond, the music emerged from a deliberate stripping-awayof artifice to reveal life for all its harsh truths and ineffable beauty. Like theprecious gem of its title, the result was an object of startling luminosity, onecapable of cutting through the most elaborately constructed façades. “Thatrecord came from trying to meet life on life’s terms, instead of looking for a happyending in everything,” says the New York-based musician. “The wholeexperience of creating it felt like effortless catharsis.” Glaspy will be bringing a re-imagination of these songs as well as those of her favorite songwriters to thestage with ‘Margaret Glaspy: Unplugged’.Originally from the Northern California town of Red Bluff, Glaspy first startedwriting songs at age 15 and soon began honing the potent balance of sensitivityand incisiveness that now imbues her music. In bringing Echo The Diamond tolife, she adhered to a songwriting process meant to preserve and amplify herunfettered expression (“If I sit down with a guitar and stay in the same spot forabout 15 minutes, I usually have a song at the end,” she notes). Drawing from aneclectic mix of inspirations—Sonic Youth, Vivienne Westwood’s punk-influencedapproach to fashion, Tom Waits’s music and turn as a jailbird DJ in JimJarmusch’s Down By Law, the 1985 Japanese Western film Tampopo—Glaspy’sinfluences show in her ability to turn a phrase with edge and humanity all in thesame gulp."a revelation of intimacy and confidence" - Paste Magazine“For anyone who enjoys a thoughtful singer-songwriter record with adept, minimalistinstrumental backing and a powerhouse vocalist, Echo the Diamond is a worthy listen"-Pitchfork"Echo the Diamond, Margaret Glaspy’s third full-length released last week, is defined bythe singer-songwriter’s unfussy view of reality, each tweaked guitar string and weary-yet-hopeful lyric steeped in the California native’s reality. “Get Back” is highlighted bythat uncompromising point of view: as she insists on returning to herself amidstimmense loss, Glaspy holds nothing back, each production blemish adding character toa rugged song that will get stuck in your head." - Billboard

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