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| Title: | Matt Dorrien | | Date: | 2/10/2019 (Sunday) | | Address: | Moroccan Lounge, 901 E. First St. | | Location: | Los Angeles, CA | | Hours: | 7:30pm | | Cost/Cover: | $10-$12 | | Contact Info: | see website for details |
| Details: | The essential elements to Matt Dorrien’s rollicking, Tin Pan Alley-inspired new record are as follows: piano, Nilsson, whiskey, heartbreak, a little more whiskey, Randy Newman, old phonographs, and New Orleans brass bands. A big, swinging pean to loneliness and the golden age of pop songwriting, In the Key of Grey is the sound of East Village piano bars long past closing, when the house musician has had a few too many, and the regulars are gathering ‘round to drown out their sorrows in song.
For all the heartache in its songs, the album was born in optimism: When Dorrien moved from San Francisco to Portland with his girlfriend, it was supposed to be the beginning of a new chapter. After two folky, ethereal, guitar-based records under the name Snowblind Traveler, Dorrien was looking forward to experimenting with writing songs on piano, the first instrument he ever learned to play. As luck would have it, his girlfriend owned a keyboard and that very practical fact, coupled with the promise of a tranquil domestic life in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, seemed like the perfect ingredients for a healthy creative life. |
| Event is: | One Day Only | | Audience: | All Welcome | | Category: | Special Events | | Submitted by: | contributed |
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