{"id":782,"date":"2026-06-06T00:57:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T00:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/?p=782"},"modified":"2026-06-06T02:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T02:59:14","slug":"elisa-smith-at-plough-and-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/elisa-smith-at-plough-and-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Elisa Smith &#8211; At Plough and Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>Cambridge, MA<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>3\/14\/25<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Got a late start tonight but fortunately for me, the Plough and Stars is one place that&#8217;s happening just about anytime of day or night. I\u2019m lucky enough to catch the last set by Elisa Smith.&nbsp; She cranks out a mix of originals and eclectic, fun covers like \u201cJambalaya (on the Bayou)\u201d by Hank Williams to \u201cA Bar Song (Tipsy)\u201d by Shaboozy. She has an authentic, modern country sound held solidly together by Matt \u201cSteady\u201d Ricetti on drums and Erin Bonnie on fiddle.&nbsp; The drinks keep rolling in and so do the songs, as Elisa and her crew lay down some seriously tight jams laced with bluegrass and bourbon. Elisa shares with the crowd that she\u2019s raising money to help finance her new album \u201cPerfume\u201d which she is recording down in Nashville, TN. She cuts into a country version of Bob Seger\u2019s \u201cNight Moves\u201d which has the whole crowd singing along. Another stand out tune is \u201cHitch A Ride\u201d from one of Elisa\u2019s bandcamp EPs. The chorus, \u201cGonna hitch a ride on your tailgate baby\u201d is one of those powerfully catchy songs that gets stuck in your head after one listen.&nbsp; The show ends with a soft duet between Elisa on acoustic guitar and Erin on fiddle both harmonizing eloquently. It&#8217;s a great way to end a fun night. (Kier Byrnes)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cambridge, MA 3\/14\/25 Got a late start tonight but fortunately for me, the Plough and Stars is one place that&#8217;s happening just about anytime of day or night. I\u2019m lucky enough to catch the last set by Elisa Smith.&nbsp; She cranks out a mix of originals and eclectic, fun covers like \u201cJambalaya (on the Bayou)\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,10],"class_list":["post-782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-reviews","tag-spring-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":783,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions\/783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}