Bluish Barn

Next Thursday January 25th 9pm is your chance to hear one song by almost every single performer at last Summer’s Madisonfest. (One person declined to be filmed and the footage of two others was ruined somehow.) Local filmmaker Shawn Wernette was there with his camera during the entire local music festival, and he’s premiering his finished work here at the Bluish Barn.

Of course, if you missed the Madisonfest, this is your chance to get a sense of what happened. But what I like about the format is that it performs a sort of leveling to what can be a confusing and seemingly impenetrable local music scene for people who might not have ever heard of Madisonfest. You don’t have to be part of the scene to know about some obscure house show where one of these artists is playing. You don’t have to stay up late in a smoky bar or sit awkwardly among a bunch of reverent scenesters. And you don’t have to be assaulted with reminders about merch for sale or feel weird about leaving to go to the bathroom - or just leaving. People ignorant of the local “folk” scene - or whatever it’s called - can judge the performers alongside each other onscreen, one song at a time.

It’s incredibly mediated, but incredibly convenient, like many modern pleasures. Come get to know a huge chunk of Ann Arbor’s local music scene in 2 hours in the comfort of the Bluish Barn parlor room.

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