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Gig of the Week? Adrienne Lenker may have played the gig of the year
The Minnesota-born songwriter was in sublime, spellbinding form in Dublin
Adrianne Lenker, Vicar Street, Dublin, April 21, rating: ****
The real deal. That’s the concise summation of Adrianne Lenker’s songwriting prowess in the immediate aftermath of her spellbinding set in Vicar Street. The US frontwoman of indie-folk stars Big Thief is in sublime form as she strips everything back to showcase her raw and intimate songs free of any artifice.
Flying defiantly solo, it’s just her onstage tonight, the sparse setup consisting of a guitar ...
