I got a big treat tonight. I got to see Julia Nunes perform at a small local club, DC9, and it was wonderful. This place epitomized the term funky. You enter downstairs which appears to be a small, somewhat grungy, bar. The musical performing area was upstairs, in an area about three times as big as my apartment. The stage was an area in the corner raised a few inches relative to the rest of the floor. While there were some chairs and tables towards the back, out of the way, the audience primarily crowed around the stage, right next to the performers. The performers basically had to work their way through the crowd to get to the stage.
The show kicked off with a half hour warm up by Jessica Louise Dye, who did a nice solo set accompanied by guitar. She apparently is the lead vocalist of a local band Lightfoot. Julia came on soon after. She sang and played great, and the audience was very engaged. She seemed to enjoy the enthusiasm of the audience. She’s as friendly and engaging in person as she appears on her videos. She did about an hour set including a number of my favorites. She mentioned that she was rushing through it because I guess in DC minors have a curfew, and there were a few younger folks in the audience. It was very very enjoyable. During part of her set she was accompanied on guitar by her friend Mike. I’m glad I got to hear her perform a full set live, to follow up the one song performance I heard at YouTube live. I know she’s playing in Annapolis in a couple of days. I’d be tempted to see here again.