I had the opportunity to catch an amazing live music show Monday night at Mestizo coffee house in Salt Lake City.   The Reverend John DeLore (no the music isn’t religious) is on a nationwide tour, doing 40 shows in 50 days, and is doing most of the traveling between shows via Amtrak.  My boyfriend met him on the train ride from Green River to Salt Lake on Sunday night and they hit it off.  So, we decided to catch his show the following night at the coffee house.  I was blown away.  You can hear some of his music on his myspace page http://www.myspace.com/reverendjohndelore, and visit his website at johndelore.com.

His debut album, Ode to an American Urn, is available on his website.  He writes his own music and lyrics, sometimes in partnership with friends, and the energy of his live performance speaks to the soul that underlies it all.  He also surprised us with an incredible acapella rendering of Rudyard Kipling’s poem, If, a beautiful piece I was not familiar with.