Concert Previews
Mary Fahl Twenty years ago this fall, art-pop band October Project released the self-titled debut that launched singer Mary Fahl's acclaimed yet somewhat uneven career. And more than 15 years after Fahl left the group - just as it was dropped by its label
Mary Fahl
Twenty years ago this fall, art-pop band October Project released the self-titled debut that launched singer Mary Fahl's acclaimed yet somewhat uneven career. And more than 15 years after Fahl left the group - just as it was dropped by its label - she's still being marketed as its former lead singer, probably because more people heard her soaring, otherworldly alto during October Project's brief, major-label heyday than in the years since. That's a shame, too, because Fahl has done some incredible work since, including 2003's The Other Side of Time, which embraced pop, operatic, and Middle Eastern influences, as well as her recent reimagining of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. "Exiles (The Wolves of Midwinter)" - the first single from her album Love and Gravity, due out Feb. 11 - is getting some deserved attention as the audiobook theme for Anne Rice's The Wolves of Midwinter (which mentions the haunting, Fahl-fueled October Project tune "Take Me as I Am"). Performing solo with just a guitar, Fahl's goosebump-evoking vocals will undoubtedly be front and center Saturday, and fans can expect a mix of new material, a decade's worth of solo work, and some October Project classics.
- Nicole Pensiero