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Cara Austin performs Lay It Down, Club Passim

Melissa Chang — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:41:19 +0000

I recently posted Cara’s performance of Send Me at Club Passim, here’s the other song that she played that night – Lay It Down. Enjoy!

Cara Austin live at Club Passim

Melissa Chang — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:43:21 +0000

This video is one that I’ve been holding onto for way too long without sharing. This is from earlier this year when Cara played at Club Passim in Cambridge, MA. At the time, I provided some quotes and history about the venue, which are worth a read.

This was a really cool night watching Cara play, and although the videographer (me) wasn’t very good, the music was great. Enjoy!

Cara & Melissa at In A Pig’s Eye

Melissa Chang — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:41:10 +0000

Cara Austin live tonight – In A Pig’s Eye

Melissa Chang — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:36:46 +0000

Cara’s going to be playing tonight at In A Pig’s Eye in Salem, Mass. I’ll post pictures/video hopefully tomorrow! Hope to see you there!

Tonight – live at Kitty O’Shea’s

Melissa Chang — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:37:02 +0000

Cara’s playing tonight at Kitty O’Shea’s in Beverly, Mass. She’ll likely be on around 9:30 or so. Come on down and hear her play. 298 Cabot Street, 978-927-0300

Passim recap (Day 5 of the blog project)

Melissa Chang — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:00:41 +0000

So last night was the Club Passim show. First of all, it was packed. This place really is one of the most famous places in the northeast – if not the most famous place – for musicians to play. There were people there from Colorado, Germany, Connecticut, South Carolina…and each of them said how they couldn’t believe that they were finally playing there because it was so famous.

Cara had an amazing show. She did two songs – Send Me & Lay It Down. I got really good videos of both songs, so I’ll post those sometime in the coming weeks, so stay tuned.

The most surprising event of the night was that Jenny Chang showed up! Jenny is a friend of ours, she did the photography for the cover, as well as the layout and design. She had her camera with her – lucky for us – so hopefully I’ll be posting some amazing photos that she took soon, too.

Club Passim

Melissa Chang — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:00:34 +0000

Club Passim, before Cara’s set.

Club Passim History

Melissa Chang — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:58:45 +0000

This link has lots of interesting information about this venue, including the story about Joan Baez getting her start here, Bob Dylan playing between acts, and Bruce Springsteen getting turned down for a gig here. Yikes! I am definitely not going to show Cara this stuff before tonight – it’s even making me nervous.

A basement in Harvard Square

Melissa Chang — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:56:40 +0000

“It’s hard to believe that thousands of musicians consider playing in a room no larger than 30’ x 40’ that intimately seats 125 in a basement in Harvard Square as “making it.” But they do, because this brick-floored subterranean locale is Club Passim, one of the nation’s legendary cultural icons and epicenter of great folk and acoustic music. A place where musicians like Joan Baez, Tom Rush, Jackie Washington, Peter Wolf, Taj Mahal, Patty Larkin, Goeff & Maria Muldaur, Shawn Colvin, and Suzanne Vega cut their musical teeth before playing larger venues.”

— From the Club Passim Web site

Cara Austin – tonight at Club Passim

Melissa Chang — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:55:16 +0000

Cara’s going to be playing tonight at Club Passim in Cambridge, MA. Oddly, even though I went to college in Cambridge and spent many evenings across the street from Club Passim at The Border Cafe, I have never been to this music venue, so I’m personally very excited to check it out. My understanding is that it is a really intimite venue, and is where a lot of music legends got their start, so that makes it even cooler that Cara is playing there tonight.