When danny flanigan and the rain chorus took their live show to the airwaves of one of the country’s most talked-about A-3 radio stations, no one was surprised. The band was already one of the most-requested acts in the station’s seven year history. Their polished, yet accessible, sound was well-documented on the band’s last studio album, Vernon’s Mud, which earned critical acclaim from legendary trade glossy Album Network and made an impressive debut on the Coalition of Independent Music Stores chart.
The devoted fans who traverse the Ohio Valley region for danny’s shows know that he and the rain chorus are always at their best in their legendary live performances. The Louisville-based sextet boasts an ardent regional following, earning monikers like “the Midwest’s Dave Matthews Band.”
Straddling a line between the secular and the spiritual, and easily blending folk, country, bluegrass and rock elements into an enlightened mix, the group has steadfastly avoided easy categorization while remaining warm and welcoming, contemplative and compelling.
A greatest-hits set (which also debuts three new songs) for the uninitiated, Live Lunch was recorded before a standing room only live studio audience as part of WFPK Radio Louisville’s popular Friday afternoon lunchtime concert series. The result shows a mature, focused band boasting the same personnel for the better part of a decade, plying a body of work that contains the kind of magic that only happens between accomplished musicians who know and trust one another and truly believe in the songs they perform. |
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