Thao Knows Better in Atlanta, Nov. 9

Thao Nguyen returns to Atlanta soon to tour behind her sophomore studio album, Know Better, Learn Faster. We saw her at the Earl last time, and she signed a ticket stub for my daughter who really wanted to be there, but was too young.

I hope to grab a picture or a chat with Thao when she's here. She's academic-folk, I think, so maybe we can solve the health care, education, or mortgage crises together. Probably not, though.

Here's how I first fell in love with Thao's performance style in a little video of an NPR appearance.

And here's an article in Pitchfork, which is the best review I have seen so far of the new album. I can't get the opening line of one of the songs out of my head . . . "Everybody, please, put your clothes back on. We must see what the trouble was for."