I had the same experience as one other reviewer. I went to hear a favorite performer of mine, and she was as lovely and talented as ever. However; the owner of this place was a bit overbearing and chose to use the performer's mic to publicly berate the audience; some of whom were talking more than he preferred during the performance. There were far better ways to get his point across than what he did. He should stay away from the mic.
While I understand and applaud the goal of a peaceful and respectful listening venue for talented musicians, this man ensured that it was not....including some trumpet player in attendance who decided to act as the owner's proxy in berating the audience as well.
So...instead of a relaxing and welcoming venue, I ended up feeling unwelcome and I left early. It ruined my listening experience. Ironic.
I can hear this lady sing in many local venues. I doubt I'll be back...
   Read moreI went to The Listening house aka The Peoples House on Saturday night, the host of the establishment is a very nice guy. We went to listen Sugarcane Jane. They were absolutely fabulous. That being said the only problem that we had was that the venue was booked solid, which is great, so the room was very heavily occupied and they put people right up to the stage. Unfortunately by doing that we couldn't see the performers. I was only able to catch a glimpse of his left hand playing the top of the guitar. I think if a little stage/platform so that it raises up the performers off the ground so that everybody in the venue could see and enjoy. This does not mean that I will never go back because I had a very very good night and appreciate the owner getting great talent for...
   Read moreI actually didn't review your establishment. I don't know why my Google account has me linked to this as I have never visited or searched the name of your business. The only way I even remembered the name to get me to this page is because someone just sent me this link regardind your reponse. I can only assume either someone else did this as a joke or there something with my new cell I don't understand. Im leaving toward a google glitch as I now see i have apparently reviewed six other places that i have never been and also assigned 1 star. Regardless it wasn't me who reviewed your business. Sorry to burst your "poppin'...
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