Good Music

Last night I got to see two of my favorite artists perform, as well as a lot of new artists I had never heard of, but were really good.
First I went to Harvard Square for the Mountain Stage Newsong Songwriter's competition. There were 10 competitors and one of them was Chris Pureka, whose music I fell in love with a couple years ago and I have seen perform in Philly and at Haverford College a bunch of times. So each competitor played two songs and they were only allowed one accompanist. Chris went first and was awesome, and I found out that my friend's boyfriend is her upright bassist, so it was cool to watch him play too. Most of the other 9 singers were really good. Some of my favorites were Liz Stahler, Emilia Dahlin, Jason Spooner, and Reva Williams. They were all "folky", but all had pretty different sounds. It was really fun.
Then I went to Central Square to see my friend Annie's band perform. I had seen them one other time in February, and she is one of the few artists whose sound I instantly fell in love with. She sings lead and plays guitar and is accompanied by an upright bassist, a cellist, and a guy who plays mandolin or banjo (or sometimes saw). So I sat there in awe as they played 8 or so songs. Chris Pureka, who had played at the songwriters contest (possibly my favorite singer/guitarist) showed up at Annie's show to listen/watch. After the show she came up and told Annie she had no idea what to expect, but that she really liked it. It was like these two artists I liked so much were coming together into one amazing night and kept overlapping. That makes a lot more sense in my head, and not so much looking at it on a computer screen. Anyway, afterwards I talked to Annie for a few minutes and went home.
I couldn't have asked for a more perfect night. This music resonates so deeply in me, it's hard to describe. I can almost feel my soul sighing with contentment.