Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Richard Buckner brought his spare, literary songcraft to Mobile’s Satori Coffee House on Wednesday, December 5, 2012, for an intimate solo engagement presented with the Independent Music Collective. Doors opened at 7:30 p.m. with the show starting at 8 and no opening act on the bill.
Bargain Admission for USA Students
Admission was free for University of South Alabama students with a valid ID and just $5 for everyone else — a striking bargain to see an artist whose catalog had earned national critical praise.
The New York-born, Kingston-based songwriter had long been a critics’ favorite. NPR called him “an immensely gifted artist,” while The New York Times found him “riveting” and lamented his “unjustly modest reception.” Pitchfork scored his latest album, Our Blood, an 8 out of 10, writing that Buckner was “one of the most intriguing songwriters working,” with a style more likely to appear in anthologies of 20th-century literature than in typical indie-rock liner notes.