Mar
14

No Bjorn, No John, Just Peter

In Section: The SXSW Blog Posted By: Evan Rytlewski

I spent a good 14 hours wandering SXSW yesterday, dropping into various venues and tents when something caught my ear. Early in the day, I was enticed by one singer-songwriter with a particularly lovely voice. It turned out to be a familiar one. It belonged to Peter Moren, the Peter part of Peter, Bjorn and John.

He was plugging his upcoming solo album, performing somber songs with just an acoustic guitar and the Bob Dylan harmonica set up. The audience wasn’t really buying it---not that there was much of an audience. For much of his set, he played to barely a dozen people, and most of the ones that weren’t talking to each other were snapping pictures or writing in their notepads, arms folded when they weren’t. Tough crowd, especially for a guy who wrote one of last year’s biggest singles.

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Surprised to hear it.. every time I hear 'Young Folks', it's stuck in my head for a good week. That would be enough to make me stick around for at least a couple of his solo songs.
 
 
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