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| Poster used courtesy The Big Cats. |
There are many holiday traditions you may look forward to:
singing Christmas carols, candlelight services and potlucks, seeing family you
haven’t seen since last Christmas. One tradition that I look forward to all
year is The Big Cats’ annual holiday show at White Water Tavern.
Though The Big Cats have been a band for nearly 20 years,
for the last decade or more its members have been scattered across the country,
making the holidays, when they’re all back here to visit family and friends, the
only time during the year they can play together. This year’s show is extra
special, as it comes on the heels of the release of the band’s fourth album, The Ancient Art of Leaving, a 3-LP or
2-CD collection of 25 of the best power-pop songs I’ve heard this year.
Once again, they’re playing 2 sets: a 6 p.m. all-ages set,
with pop-punk youngsters Bad Years opening up, and a 10 p.m. adults-only set
with support from local treasure, Kevin Kerby. If you’ve not heard it yet,
Kevin Kerby’s new CD, Apostle’s Tongues,
is a thing of stubborn beauty.
You can hear music from The Big Cats at the band's BandCamp site.
Take a listen to "It's Not Needing What You Want, But Wanting What You Need," the single from Kevin Kerby's Apostle's Tongues.
Bad Years have just initiated their own BandCamp site with a recording of a recent live gig at Vino's.
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