Corrie and I had booked tickets to see Hip Hop artist Joell Ortiz in London, but had passed them up in favour of hanging out with our friends… So we were more than happy when he announced he was performing at SOBs in New York during our stay…
We eventually got tickets online (the physical box office never seemed to be open – the door was unlocked but never staffed), paying all those annoying extra costs for the privilege…
SOBs is a 2 minute walk from our accommodation in Greenwich Village, so we walked down early and entered a tiny, empty venue…
The support acts (both billed and unbilled) kicked off early, but for the most part sucked (aside from opener Dan Johns who worked a crowd even with faulty sound, and Emilio Rojas who was good despite battling illness)…By the time Joell Ortiz had made it on stage, the venue was packed and the crowd were hyped for his set…
Joell smashed It, working his way through tracks from his brilliant ‘The Brick: Bodega Chronicles’ LP from last year, as well as treating the rowdy crowd to some brand new tracks and breaking between songs to chat with the audience…
A cracking show…
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