An abbreviated version of Oliver Swain’s Big Machine stopped by to play an intimate show at the Owl Acoustic Lounge, July 24 for an intimate audience.
Swain, who was accompanied by guitarist and keyboardist Glenna Garramone, began his second set by asking one chattering table to quiet down, just a little bit so they would enjoy the show more before setting a mellow mood by tenderly picking his banjo for the first half of his set.
He whispered his vocals and set the mellow mood.
Garramone added haunting vocal harmonies on a couple of tracks and sang lead vocals on a couple of songs as Swain switched to a bass ukulele to add some intricately picked bottom end.
“Big Machine” was a highlight of the second set.
— By Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor
