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...Noam Weinstein '99 opened the night with a diverse collage of six original songs. An unremarkable-looking college kid on his soapbox in a T-shirt and sneakers--no rage, no angst, no gimmick--Weinstein had nothing to sell him but a voice and a talent. But once he started, he transported the audience in the packed cafe to another musical plateau where his expansive skill and solid music flooded...
...consummate storyteller and musician, Weinstein's gift is a quick poetic sharpness. And this is not let down by his original melodies, or a voice with a winningly odd way of talking the music while slipping four notes into a single word. Whether it was an amusing imaginary song like "Twelve Last Words" and "Maximum Security Life" or a gentle musing like "People Watching," Weinstein always displayed complete mastery of his music and slid effortlessly between sensitivity and soft comedic entertainment...
...real show-stopper of the night was Jessica Tardy '99, with her smoking brand of funk rock and blues. Accompanied by Tyler Wood '01 (Keyboard), Andy Eggers '99 (drums), John Cappelo (bass), and Noam Weinstein (guitar)--who were all excellent in their own right--Tardy rocked the house with a voice and presence that Passim was straining to contain. Beginning with a borrowed song from Weinstein, Tardy poured out on the audience a voice like a steaming bath--spiked with scotch...
There is no recruitment for songwriters. Which makes Weinstein, Filip and Tardy's precociousness in finding gigs and putting their sound out to be heard all the more admirable. All three represent a part of Harvard's population that will not follow the path well-paved and oft-traveled. Despite the difficulty of making a living that way, Weinstein and Tardy have made that brave decision to go where few others would go, and that is in the wake of the flight of their dreams. Already, Tardy is making an 8-track promotional CD (loosely entitled Jessica Tardy Live--Please...
...Weinstein shares the ambition of going professional but is still too overwhelmed by life's possibilities to come up with any more refined life plan than, "I'd like to go into songwriting professionally, but I'll probably end up doing something else during the day, like armed robbery...