It’s special when a musician can keep his audience mesmerized for more than two hours simply through sitting together with them, facing each other, playing and singing.
However, Shawn Phillips made an art out of his constantly evolving single-figure act, and the 81-year-old concert in Toronto’s “Hugh’s Room” – currently a culture cathedral, rather than the aurally-focused restaurant of yore – found him creating wonders on the spot.
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