Closing out The Commonwealth of Kentucky Party on a beautifully warm Saturday afternoon, Magnolia Boulevard lit up the outside stage of The Basement with their grooving and seriously catchy jam blues set. The tightness of this band really cannot be understated, as Maggie Noelle tore through the set with her uncompromisingly powerful voice.
There's a real vitality to this group that a lot of acts of this style fail to capture or quickly lose. It helps that they don't sacrifice melody for all-out improvisation, finding a confident and exciting balance that makes them an even more inticing prospect on record as well.