Dan DeLuca’s 18 picks for your very Philly springtime playlist
Including Black Thought, Low Cut Connie, Lana Del Rey, Muna, Lucinda Williams & Bruce Springsteen, boygenius, and more
by Dan DeLuca | The Philadelphia Inquirer
Here’s a pop music playlist to close out April with a dozen and a half entries from rock and rappers, folk and country singers, and musical genre splicers.
Recommended viewing includes music documentaries on David Johansen and Jason Isbell, and suggested reading material includes Lucinda Williams’ captivating memoir.
These 18 what-I’ve-been-listening-to selections are arranged as an unranked playlist of spring season highlights, many by local artists or acts soon hitting the road and playing Philly venues in the coming weeks.
1. Low Cut Connie, ‘Are You Gonna Run?’
Art Dealers, South Philly band Low Cut Connie’s new album is due in September. It draws inspiration from years that piano man Adam Weiner spent in New York. The first single is a soul plea that finds Weiner in fine form. The busy band plays the Non-Commvention at World Cafe Live on May 2, is doing Downstage at the Mann with Philly rapper Chill Moody June 29, and will play the new Elkton Music Hall and the XPoNential Music Festival in September.