On The Border Tonight: Ellen West and Tracy Morrow
Anybody looking for a relaxing night out needs look no further than UB's Allen Hall. WBFO's free weekly concert series continues tonight with a performance by Ellen West and Tracy Morrow and the Magi Chippie.
Ellen West is also known as Michele Buono, singer and guitarist for The Missing Planes, a more upbeat indie band. Buono had a few songs she wrote that didn't quite fit the tone of the band and she plays them out under the moniker “Ellen West,” a reference to a song by Throwing Muses. The acoustic tracks found on her 6 song album Preparing To Be Forgotten have a twinge of regret and sadness to them. Her vocals are almost ghostly – you don't just hear what she's singing, but feel why she's singing it.
Buono said that tonight's concert, and the concert series in general, is a family friendly event. “It's not in a bar. It's in a theatre space on a college campus.”
Tracy Morrow and the Magi Chippe will kick the show off, however. The bands music, like that of Ellen West's, is on the morose-yet-tame side. The soft guitar tones, easy pace and smooth vocals found on the band's CD Someday You Will Find A Home complement the reflective nature of the lyrics and music well.
“He's one of my favorites,” Buono said of Tracy Morrow. “An amazing lyricist.”
Tracy Morrow and the Magi Chippe take hit the stage at 8PM, with Ellen West following up at 8:30PM. UB's Allen Hall Theatre is located at 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214 on the South Campus, and is “a building with a lot of windows.” The event is free to attend, and you can also listen on the radio at 88.7FM, or on your computer at www.wbfo.org/listen. More information about the performers and samples of their music can be found at http://www.myspace.com/ellenwest and http://www.myspace.com/tracymorrow
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