The highlight of the night had to be his song “Nebraska.” This is where it all started for me. The same goes for “Love Is Gonna Find A Way” from Subtulito. “It’s the Nighttime,” off of his fifth album Nashville has always been a personal favorite of mine. More new music was played throughout the night, including “Women and the Whim,” and “There Was A Time.” The latter including more tales from the road, where “one drink, one pill, and one phone call wasn’t enough.” The man is honest if nothing else. Complete with galloping drums and airy synths, it’s a fresh sound and new look for this businessman. This becomes a theme on “Businessman,” as we find him singing about a career that has turned into a “24 hours a day” lifestyle, stripping valuable time from his family. New singles “Salton Sea,” and “Love in the Modern Age,” both showcase a mature Rouse, trying to navigate love, and life, in the modern age. Throughout the night we are treated to a handful of songs from 1972, including the title cut, where lead guitar player Xema Fuertes shines, with some timely fingerpicking and tasteful solos.Ī beautiful version of “Flight Attendant” is played along with the joyous jam that is “Slaveship,” which couldn’t be complete without drummer Marc Pisapia’s high pitched backing vocals, “YEAHHHHHH!” This band makes everything Josh does, just a little bit better. The crowd instantly knows what’s coming next, “Come Back,” from one of Rouse’s best albums 1972. Long time bass player James Haggerty leads us into the next song with a funky lick, straight out of the 70’s. He’s still living his dream, and you can feel the energy in the room.
Twelve albums in and Josh Rouse is still creating. It outros with a melodic jam that sets the stage for a night of fun. It’s an upbeat and bubbly song, that meanders through the mundane, everyday lives of two people. The opener is a new song, “Ordinary People, Ordinary Lives,” from his latest record Love In The Modern Age. Seeming happy and content, Rouse flashes another bright smile, and the band is off and running. He explains to us that he’s just released his 12th album, and jokes that one day he’ll be performing his new music for us in nursing homes. A grinning Rouse responds, “How’s everyone doing tonight?” The small, candlelit room is filled with applause. So, that counts, right?įlanked by his band, with shades drawn, a confident Josh Rouse takes the quaint stage in Evanston, Illinos.
He performed most of his new record in a venue called Space.
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