Tonight the North Lawrence Midnight Singers will be pulling into The Station for a night of folk and Americana of yesteryear. The Midnight Singers are a well-oiled harmonizing machine both live and on record, producing sauntering ballads that go great with a Southern sunset and a stiff cocktail. Each song for these folk chameleons highlights a different influence from Presley and Petty to contemporaries like Vetiver and Magnolia Electric Co. Last year they released the well-received Last Great Saturday Night, which was one of Philadelphia Inquirer’s Dan DeLuca’s Top 10 Local Releases for 2010. Carrying on the folk with strings tradition is opener On The Water, the impressive side project of Da Comrade’s Fletcher Van Vliet. On The Water has a wonderful contrast to it akin to John Denver and The Muppets’ Rocky Mountain Holiday. Songstress Julia Rainer rounds out the bill. There is no better cure for the rainy day blues then rainy night folk. The Station, 1550 McKean St., 9pm, $5, 21+ (Fletcher Van Vliet Photo by Stephanie Ricci) – Adam G.
