Presenting Jon E. Edwards
Last Saturday I got to catch my friend Jon E. Edwards perform at Joe's Pub. It was pretty sublime. He is a consummate entertainer, his baritone voice in great form, not a move out of place or unnecessary, his energy that of a man who has lived in this world for a while and picked up all of its hidden rhythms. He's been performing since the early Eighties, first with the Uptown Atomics, then with his own bicoastal band, the Internationals—and knows how to dole out in just the right dose his particular brand of music—music created in the fulcrum of punk rock and soul There's a documentary about him called "Jon E. Edwards Is In Love." And he truly must be in love, with making music, and in many ways, life in general, even as challenging and unyielding as life can be. I don't think I'd ever be able to create anything while taking care of an ailing mother, while at the same time working my tail off to pay the bills. Yet he does create. More importantly he belie...