When thieves set up a Westville art gallery Saturday night, customers kept filing through the door, happy to shell out $7 apiece.
The “thieves” comprise Caravan of Thieves, the area’s hottest gypsy-jazz-folk-pop acoustic act. (Think Django Reinhardt meets Queen.)
The foursome was the headliner of a three-act show at Jennifer Jane Gallery on West Rock Avenue, in the newish artists’ housing/studio/gallery complex across from Edgewood Park. It was the perfect space for an intimate, lively concert on a cool summer night.
The gallery was jammed with listeners enjoying ice-cold cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon and checking out the latest three-photographer show hanging on the walls. Featured: Sven Martson’s shots of Latin America, Robert Lisak’s Peru, Andrew Hogan’s Houston, San Francisco, and Chicago.
Caravan of Thieves has developed a growing following, including a group of teen girls Saturday night who sang along to the group’s offbeat originals and quirky covers of tunes ranging from Singin’ In The Rain to Bohemian Rhapsody. The combo features two acoustic guitars, and upright bass, and a fiddle; red-hot arrangements, tight harmonies, sizzlng solos and relentless good cheer. (Click here to watch a video and read a write-up of the group’s recent performance at Arts & Ideas.)
Opening for Caravan of Thieves Saturday night were Goodnight Blue Moon and Matt Wagner.