Saturday November 20th, 1999

at The Whitney Chapel, Centenary College

 400 Jefferson St.

 Hackettstown, New Jersey.

 

Tickets $10.00 in advance, $12.00 at the door

Showtime at 8:00PM

 

Neal Casal is likely to confound fossil hunters. Someone unearthing the New Jersey singer-songwriter's fourth release, The Sun Rises Here,  or indeed any of his previous recordings, is likely to label it: "circa 1968-2028". The honest, unpretentious songs that inhabit this record might have come from any time in the past 30 years, and will likely stay fresh for another 30. Casal's secret to time-defiance is rather simple in principle, but rare in execution: good, literate, melodic songs with tasteful understated arrangements, sung by one of the most appealingly sincere voices you'll likely hear.