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VIDEOS: Noah Gundersen Live at Cause A Scene

Cause A Scene —  August 8, 2014 — Leave a comment

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Earlier this spring, Cause A Scene was fortunate to welcome our friend Noah Gundersen back to Nashville for our second house show with him in the past year. The first show in East Nashville was one for the ages with more than 200 people nestled into a cozy backyard with a campfire flickering on a perfect fall night. Our second show with Noah, however, topped the first as it was back at Cause A Scene HQ with Noah’s sister, Abby, and Armon Jay accompanying him and bringing even more life to Noah’s charming, intimate performance.

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Our insanely talented friends at Back Down South Films, based in Birmingham, Alabama, were kind enough to come to Nashville for the week and chronicle the show. The results are simply mesmerizing, perfectly capturing the beauty of that night. Check out the exclusive videos of “Isaiah”, “Ledges” and an unplugged version of “Cigarettes” (in the middle of the packed house no less!) below.

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Ledges

Cigarettes

A huge thanks to Noah, Abby, Armon Jay, Erin Rae, the Cause A Scene volunteers, and for the incredible past-capacity crowd for making this night in April one that will stay in our memories for decades to come. An extra special thanks to the guys at Back Down South Films for filming the show and making sure we’ll be able to relive that night over and over again online. We look forward to many more of these once-in-a-lifetime type nights in the months and years to come with the Cause A Scene community.

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Show Review: Noah Gundersen Secret Show – 4/24

Cause A Scene —  May 7, 2014 — Leave a comment

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After an assortment of secret shows in Nashville, it was a fitting to end the week of intimate performances at the Cause A Scene HQ with Noah Gundersen. House shows offer artists the flexibility of making decisions that can alter the night in an incredible way making no two shows alike.

The night started off with Erin Rae filling the living room with delicate harmonies and music with a smooth, folksy Americana vibe.
Her soft-spoken demeanor and crisp vocals charmed the entire room. I always love when I attend a show to see the headliner and am delightfully surprised by the opening artist.

Armon Jay came up next, and folks, if you dig the sounds of Passenger and Joshua James, give this guy a listen. He will not disappoint.
He played most of the songs off his new album Everything’s Different, Nothing’s Changed which released earlier this year. He had an endearing quality of storytelling that came through when he explained his songs. He played a great set, and the fact that Noah Gundersen was not just in the room, but actually standing next to me, made it all the better. Can’t get that at the Bridgestone Arena.

The final performance of the night was none other than Noah Gundersen, accompanied by his sister Abby, with Armon Jay on the keys.
The chatter in the house fell silent within the first note of “Poor Man’s Son.” I love that he opened with this because it captivates and demands attention from the audience. Noah’s acapella intro transitioned from a single voice to a crowd of people during the chorus. At that moment I knew we were in for a special treat.

Noah is a one of a kind lyricist – only 24 and able to pinpoint and artfully express every possible human emotion within each of his songs. After playing “Isaiah,” his third track on his most recent album Ledges, he jokingly told the crowd “I don’t have any songs abut friendship, only sadness”.

The best moment of the night occurred halfway through the song “Nashville,” when Noah unplugged his guitar, made a b-line for the center of the room, and finished out his set. House shows FTW.

– Rachel Milligan

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All In The ‘Family’

LarryKloess —  February 6, 2012 — Leave a comment

Much is made these days of the ‘immediacy’ of an artist. Perhaps it’s the raw power of their voice. Maybe it’s the way their lyrics make you feel like you’re peering into their soul. Sometimes it’s the interplay between the various instruments that take repeat listens to unravel each nook and cranny of their sound. Rare is the artist who is able to bring all of these variables together and snatch your attention away from whatever you were working on at the moment.

Seattle, Washington’s Noah Gundersen is just that artist. His music surprises with each track on his most recent release, the ‘Family’ EP, moving seamlessly between a visceral earnestness as evidenced in the hard-charging “Fire” to an open letter to “the ones we love” on the ballad “Garden”. Where Gundersen really stands out is on the angst-ridden opening track of “David”, where he seems to plead for something more with the lyrics “I wanna hunt like David/I wanna kill me a giant man/I wanna slay my demons/But I’ve got lots of them, I’ve got lots of them.” The hauntingly beautiful track moves along at a locomotive’s pace, forcing the listener to find their inner David to go and slay the Goliaths of the world.

As you might imagine, Biblical imagery abound throughout the seven tracks of the EP. Gundersen takes you on a journey that reaches a fitting conclusion along the way that “heaven is where we make it.” And with sister Abby in tow throughout the album on violin and providing vocal harmonies, Noah’s description of the music being about how family “lives with us, for better or worse” seems to err on the side of this pairing being very much for the better.

Noah and Abby will be joining the fantastic William Fitzsimmons on the Southeast and Southwest legs of his tour, making a stop in Nashville’s very own 3rd and Lindsley on Tuesday, February 28. I’ll be there, and I highly recommend you attend as well. In the meantime check out the lead track, “David” below.

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