Hot Gig Alert (Tonight!): Tracy Bonham debuts her new album Lift
(photo credit: David Young)
In a sea of shows happening in Boston/Camberville, one that shouldn’t be missed is coming to town tonight. Tracy Bonham will be gracing Sonia’s, formerly known as TT’s. A lot has changed since TT’s was around, as well as for Bonham. As well as playing a show tomorrow, Bonham will be releasing her new record, Lift (11/13, via American Laundromat), a reimagining of her debut album, The Burdens of Being Upright, which is marking its 30th anniversary this year. That album dropped today and is concurrent with her show tonight. Bonham is no stranger to the area, especially as of recently. While she is Brooklyn-based, Bonham attended Berklee School of Music. She also had a sold-out spring residency at the gem of a venue, The Burren in Somerville.
That residency was on purpose an all-ages show every time, to encourage an opportunity for young women to hear what it sounds like when a woman embraces her own power. A power that Bonham took back with this reimagining of her famed debut album, one that first came to fruition in her twenties, and Bonham re-recorded each track over again. Obviously from a perspective that has given her thirty years of life and learning since. For example, “I’m Not A Waif,” waif being slang for back in the day, the idea of having to be sickly thin, feeling like there’s pressure not to eat. And now, fully embracing your health and being a woman.
In the past thirty years since that first album was released, Bonham has become a legendary act for grrl rock and punk aesthetic. A role model for the new class of women that have come behind her in rock, and her effect is still seen today. Lucky for Boston, we’ll be able to see Bonham’s brand new album come to life. With local fellow favorite, Abbie Barrett, opening, very limited tickets can be found here! Doors are at 7:30 pm, with Barrett kicking things off likely around 8:30 pm or so. For our New York neighbors, Bonham will be in town tomorrow night. Tickets for that can be grabbed here!
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You can find her new video for the reimagined “I’m Not A Waif” here!
