7/2/2023 0 Comments Sofar show![]() Garrett Keafer, the Nashville city director of Sofar, works full-time staging the shows, coordinating venues and selecting artists. The band commanded the room with their harmonies and groovy stripped-down style.īehind the mystery is a devoted crew of volunteers and Sofar staff working to create meaningful shows with talented musicians. ![]() Crammed shoulder to shoulder, excitement grew as Nashville band The Brook & The Bluff took the stage after Wall. The next performer, Lindsey Wall, flew in from California and wowed the audience with her unique style and songs from her unreleased upcoming album. The first artist, pop artist and songwriter Jeffrey James, played his set with the Nashville skyline behind him, but rain eventually herded the crowd into our host’s living room. When the music started, however, the crowd suddenly fell into a silent trance. We arrived to a house packed with noise and excitement. There are truly no expectations.Įager to see a show for ourselves, we bought tickets to a rooftop concert in East Nashville and attended our first Sofar show Sept. The crowd is silent, phones are put away, and artists are free to play anything from famous hits to songs they wrote that very day. There’s a mutual love of music and respect for the craft that creates an environment at Sofar like no other. ![]() “I would play Sofar shows for free,” Nichol said. Sofar also takes care of setting up, taking down and, most importantly, providing a room full of eager listeners. While Sofar has been criticized for underpaying artists, Nichol explained that for up and coming musicians like himself, that wage for a 25 minute performance is better pay than many venues in Nashville. Each concert consists of three artists, no headliners, with each performer being paid a flat rate of 100 dollars by the company. For him, the choice to play at Sofar is an easy one. Nichol has played nine Sofar shows over the years, with sets in Nashville, Lexington, Louisville, Cincinnati, DC and Baltimore. A Sofar show is different because you don’t know who’s gonna be there, you are going just because you want to discover new music.” “You go to a concert because you want to see an artist that you like. If you go to a coffee shop, most of the people there are there to work or get coffee,” he said. “If you go to a show at a bar, then half the people or more are there to drink. We got to speak with Sofar performer Sam Nichol who has been playing shows since 2017 to talk about his experience with the secretive organization. ![]() This is the key to Sofar’s success: it relies on the curiosity of the guests at the shows. Artists like Ed Sheeran, Bastille and Leon Bridges have played Sofar concerts, but there is no way to know who will perform at your show until you arrive. Now in over 400 cities, Sofar has grown into a global phenomenon with hundreds of “secret” shows each month. The Brook & The Bluff use a variety of sounds to bring originality to their music. After a successful show, he began hosting more and more musicians until eventually his friends in Paris caught on. A little frustrated, Offer invited the artist back to his apartment for a private concert. In 2009, Sofar’s ( SOngs From A Room) founder, Rafe Offer, was at a bar show with friends and couldn’t hear the music. The idea of a house concert is nothing new, but these secret shows have been taking the world by storm all because of one company: Sofar Sounds. Hushed whispers described cheap concerts in beautiful locations, but with one catch: both the artist and the venue are secret when you buy your ticket. Find out how to get them below.When we first heard of Sofar Sounds, it was as if we were learning of a secret society. And it gets even better, because we’ve got FREE tickets for our Sofar Sounds exclusively for INSIDERS. And you never know who’s going to turn up and perform – the likes of Lianne La Havas, Billie Eilish, Yebba, Leon Bridges, Andra Day and Khurangbin all played Sofar Sounds shows before they hit the big time – so you could be watching a superstar in the making. That’s the joy of the Sofar Sounds experience you can immerse yourself in the music and potentially discover your new favourite artist. ![]() It’s all about discovering new music, so Sofar shows have three diverse acts at each performance – you could end up seeing a jazz trio, a singer-songwriter, a spoken word artist, a rapper, a beatbox artist or even a comedian. Sofar Sounds hosts intimate gigs at unique and varied venues in 400 cities around the world, always with a line-up of that remains a mystery until the night. Calling all music fans! We’re teaming up with Sofar Sounds to host a very spesh live music experience at a secret Camden location this month. ![]()
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