![]() The Summer Evening Tour helped promote a recent 10-CD box set that Merchant released covering her solo career since she left 10,000 Maniacs. Her distinctive voice sounded much like it did while Merchant was still in her twenties. And it was her amazing voice that mesmerized the listeners. ![]() Penna’s guitar work beautifully accompanied the songs, perfectly balancing and never intruding, allowing Merchant’s voice to shine. She often spoke to the audience, telling stories. But Merchant did not hesitate to stand up and move with the music. Throughout most of the show, Penna provided the only accompaniment. Merchant appeared on the stage before maybe a few hundred people, alone except for a piano behind her and her guitarist Erik Della Penna at her side. On a simple blue-lit stage accompanied only by one musician, she gave an intimate career-spanning show. I was lucky to catch her at Hudson Hall in Hudson, New York for the final performance of the tour on August 9, 2019. During it, she visited several Northeast states, including Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York. Natalie Merchant recently completed a short A Summer Evening With Natalie Merchant tour.
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