Looking back, the last large-scale events we attended last March sound other-worldly. Written By: Christa Lawler | ×
Matt McGrath (from left), Mare Winningham and Todd Almond perform a scene in “Girl from the North Country” which opened about a year ago on Broadway, but quickly closed down because of the pandemic. (Photo by Matthew Murphy)
It was a band that holds the metaphorical key to the city that played one of the last large-scale events in this region before everything was locked down in mid-March 2020.
Wilco’s concert was at Symphony Hall and, according to reviewer Tony Bennett, opened with “Bright Leaves,” featured a solo by Nils Cline “at times playing speedy jazz-rock runs … and at other times letting loose with atonal smears of color and behind the bridge squalls,” and had a guest appearance from Low’s Alan Sparhawk, known friend of the band.