Concert Review: Jeremie Albino Is Your Local Troubadour

Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens would call Jeremie Albino an equal. Both men’s life were famously honored in Don McClean’s “American Pie;” their deaths being remarked as the day the music died. Yet, at Mercury Lounge, Albino’s performance showed legends never die. They live on and influence newer generations; with Albino feeling like a modern twenty-something born for the jukebox era.

There is a passionate nobility to how Albino plays his guitar and sings tracks like, “Hard Time” and “Storm.” He carries the “backroads burden;” slinking down his shoulders, keeling over his guitar, and rasping his voice like a poor man in love with a diamond. It makes him epically relatable like a folksy hero we all can claim we met: the Paul Revere of Cheers. More importantly, he reminds viewers, in style and swag, that music was not always about looking wealthy or having an elitist aura. From Muddy Waters to Leadbelly, as a vocalist, he knew how to summon that music, in its heart, is for the “everyday somebody.” Hence, he belted and roared his voice for the “average person” who feels love in extraordinarily.

Jeremie Albino – Hard Time (Unplugged Version)

From “Late Night” to “Lilac Way,” Albino’s voice could lay testimonials on the power of love. He is a walking baptist church asking you to wait in the water! Yet, the romance of Albino’s presence comes from his belief that everybody is somebody. From his smile to his inter-personality, he embodied the passing troubadour trying to remind the local town that as long as you are loved then you are somebody. If there is someone out there that misses you, then your life mattered. UGH! Is that not a BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT! While it was a brief set, it aligned Albino as a must-see smilier to Leon Bridges or Bruno Mars: both artists that go retro to feel fresh and futuristic. For More Information On Jeremie Albino Click Here.

Jeremie Albino – Storm (Official Music Video)