{"id":32797,"date":"2023-02-20T12:48:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T18:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/?p=32797"},"modified":"2023-02-19T13:01:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T19:01:48","slug":"larkin-poe-performance-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/larkin-poe-performance-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Larkin Poe Performance Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n

Larkin Poe put on a potent blues performance and blaze their way through Portland, Oregon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruben Mosqueda<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larkin Poe rolled into Portland, Oregon\u2019s McMenamins Crystal Ballroom February 4th, 2023. Originally scheduled to take place at The Wonder Ballroom, due to water damage sustained at the venue. Moving the show to The Crystal Ballroom was a huge upgrade, given its history, being aesthetically and sonically better. The show was close to being sold-out, if it wasn\u2019t by the time Larkin Poe hit the stage around 9:30 PM. The Vista Kicks opened, I didn\u2019t feel \u2018em. Nothing remarkable. They were an amalgamation of \u2018yacht rock\u2019 meets early 00s wave of indie rock of bands with \u2018the\u2019 in their name and \u2018forced\u2019 faux country twang. Runen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those that aren\u2019t aware, Larkin Poe are a sister duo consisting of Megan and Rebecca Lovell. The sisters were accompanied by their rhythm who provided a bombastic groove that paved the path for Megan\u2019s ferocious slide guitar and Rebecca\u2019s powerful, bluesy vocal and her monstrous riffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larkin Poe opened with \u201cStrike Gold\u201d from their latest album \u2018Blood Harmony\u2019 released in the fall of 2022. The new album was featured prominently with 8 songs from the album making the set for the Portland show. Once Larkin Poe got things going they gathered momentum and didn\u2019t miss a beat. The audience was engaged and energetic and their ages ranged from 7 to 70. Incredible. The set came to a close with \u201cDeep Stays Down,\u201d it wasn\u2019t until that point that they took a breath and thanked the audience and the house lights were raised. The band was spent and the crowd was exhausted. Larkin Poe\u2019s 90 minute 16-17 song set was a masterclass in Americana, southern rock and country-blues, it was flawless and electrifying. The standout performances for me were \u201cStrike Gold,\u201d \u201cKick The Blues,\u201d \u201cShe\u2019s A Self-Made Man,\u201d \u201cBleach Blonde Bottle Blues,\u201d and their cover of Son House\u2019s \u201cPreachin\u2019 Blues.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Larkin Poe\u2019s \u2018Blood Harmony Tour\u2019 of North America winds-down in Atlanta on April 1st. Larkin Poe then heads to Australia and New Zealand, they have summer festivals slated, then European dates, in short they\u2019ll be relatively active in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Larkin Poe put on a potent blues performance and blaze their way through Portland, Oregon. Ruben Mosqueda Larkin Poe rolled into Portland, Oregon\u2019s McMenamins Crystal Ballroom February 4th, 2023. Originally scheduled to take place at The Wonder Ballroom, due to water damage sustained at the venue. Moving the show to The Crystal Ballroom was a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-32797","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nws"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32797"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32837,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32797\/revisions\/32837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}