One of my favorite shows this year took place in what I assume was September. It was at the Dakota Tavern and just featured two well known songwriters – Joe Pernice and Norman Blake. It was a quiet and intimate affair but at the same time, it was quite glorious. I’m excited to learn that the band that they formed, The New Mendicants, are releasing their debut album in January. It is called Into The Lime and methinks it’ll be quite good.
Appropriately enough, they have released a song just in time for Christmas. “A Very Sorry Christmas” is exactly what you would expect from a Pernice penned track, and features the same tenderness that many loved in Blake’s Teenage Fanclub days. Do check it out.
