UPDATE: This show has been postponed.
Northern Ohio singer/guitarist Patrick Sweany's profile has risen considerably since he first started making stops in Greater Cincinnati nearly a decade ago, usually playing small acoustic shows in the area. While attention from the U.K. (courtesy of some high praise in the music press) and the United States (outside of his initial Midwest touring radius) has presented Sweany greater opportunities, Sweany hasn't changed his dynamic musical approach much. He's still taking his curiosity for and intuitive grasp of Blues and other forms of Roots music (gleaned early on from his dad's record collection during his upbringing) and putting his own compelling spin on it, but he's doing it on a wider canvas and with ever-sharpening skills. Impressive as Sweany is on his own, performing solo acoustic — as he will at MOTR Pub this Thursday — the versatile singer/songwriter spread his wings with the "electric" full-band-sound on That Old Southern Drag, which came out in early 2011 on Nine Mile Records to great reviews. Sweany is joined at MOTR by Brad Loans of The Sundresses, also performing a solo set of vital Americana tunes. The show is free.
