Veteran Folklife Festival organizer and local musician at-large Patrick Cleary has finally done it. Done what you ask? Why, recorded his first album after a quarter century of notebooking, developing and backlogging both material and multi-instrumental skills. The result, soft-released in January and appropriately titled Finally is a lovely little rustic and bluesy homespun heater, filled with talented friends and fun creaky tunes that ramble around the horny brambles of observation and recollection. I liked the delightful, busted honky tonk of “Fickle Heart,” and the closing track “I Can’t Sing the Blues,” but the whole thing is quite fun, an honest home project that expands into the kind of group jams that make our local folk scene so special. You can come get in on the action at the official album release show at the Carlo Theatre tonight at 7:30
p.m. Advance tickets are going for $20, while the door price is $25, and the whole shebang is a fundraiser for Dell’Arte International, so it’s good fun for a good cause. Congrats, Pat. Let’s hope the next one don’t take half as long to hatch.
Music Tonight: Saturday, April 11
