Ray LaMontagne Tickets
Overall Rating
3.2
By Slash22
ray was just okay
He didn’t play anything we knew - was definitely a different style. Wasn’t that great of a show but beautiful venue.
By Pflat
Didn’t Play a single big hit!!
There were a couple of songs that I recognized, but her didn’t play a single song that 95% of the audience was there to here. Will never go see him again.
By 3Mice
Ray LaMontagne was incredible!
I loved this concert. Ray’s music soared through the theater bringing meaning and passion to his lyrics. The perfect quality of his music is uplifting and beautiful to behold.
By Robz112
Terrible Setlist
So I understand this guy is an artist and I like to hear songs not commonly heard but in reality, the guy only has two songs that put him on the map and those two songs brought most of the people to the concert that night. How arrogant of him not to play either song. Again I get that he is an artist who is probably sick of playing those two songs but he is also being paid to entertain so he should have sucked it up and played the two songs people showed up to hear. Never going to waste money on Ray again. On the other hand Neko Case wasn’t too bad.
By Dom333
Disappointing
I was so looking forward to seeing Ray in person but it was very disappointing. They performed like they were in the studio playing to work out the kinks on the songs, long drawn out solos. When there were lyrics they were difficult to hear. It would have been ok to watch Ray on the jumbos but they kept playing psychedelic video images over the artists faces. Waste of time and money.
By G7music
Ray LaMontagne Shredded My Face Off
Love this man, love his voice, love his songwriting, love all his talents. I was expecting a lot more of his older, acoustic stuff, but it was noticeably left behind. Ray is clearly in love with his electric guitar right now and I was TOTALLY digging it. Plus, Neko Case is always, always a great choice for an opener. I was a little disappointed they didn't play any songs together, though. And Breese Stevens is such a weird venue....they rarely sell out VIP spots, so there's always this weird gap between the VIP section and the GA area. My suggestion would be to upgrade some GA tickets to be VIP the day of the concert in order to fill that section in; from a performer's standpoint that is an awkward gap to have.
By MarleeMae
Best. Show. Ever.
This was the first time I have seen Ray Lamontagne live, and it was pretty much the best thing that’s ever happened to me. The venue was incredible, the music was epic, and the show was just unbelievable. I’d give 6 stars if I could! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
By kmbak
Great Show
I liked how he played his new music. Great singer and songwriter!
By PeachyHerb
Unfortunately a Disappointment
Ray Lamontagne's music is great. His voice is so unique. And what you hear on his recordings is matched in live performance. It's great. I understand that an artist has every right to play whatever music he'd care to. But it's still a disappointment to me and to many other fans when Ray does not play a single song from his first four records. Not one. It's like going to see The Stones and they play nothing older than Steel Wheels. Absurd. No matter how much you like "the new stuff," (and I do, Ray, I do. It's great.) I adore so many of those early songs that many (most?) of his fans also feel a connection to.
By Kelly7768
I love Ray, but he didn’t play many of his popular songs. A lot of the music was off his new album, which is understandable and is still very good, but if I would have known he wouldn’t be playing songs like Trouble, or Hold You In My Arms, I maybe wouldn’t have purchased a ticket. He didn’t really engage with the audience much, so it wasn’t as intimate as I thought it would be. He still had a beautiful voice, but it just wasn’t what I thought it was going to be.
Bio
Ray Lamontagne is no stranger to the world Folk music. His fourth album, "God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise," released in 2010, won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk album, and he subsequently embarked on the 2011 Pariah Dogs Summer Tour, so named after his new band The Pariah Dogs. With a soulful upper register and a breathless falsetto that adds hints of R&B to otherwise straightforward folk arrangements, LaMontagne's voice is always at the center of his performances. The typically reticent singer keeps banter to a minimum at his concerts, pouring his concentration into the songs, at times even singing with his eyes closed.
LaMontagne's journey to the spotlight has been anything but conventional. Though he released his debut album "Trouble" in September 2004, it didn't receive popular attention until nearly two years later, when it made a top five entry in the UK charts and eventually went on to sell over 250,000 units in the US alone. By the time of his second release, 2006's "Til the Sun Turns Black," LaMontagne was fast becoming a household ticket, his songs appearing in television shows like "Rescue Me," "Grey's Anatomy," and "Bones." Once again teaming with producer Ethan Johns, LaMontagne's critically-acclaimed third album "Gossip in the Grain" entered the Billboard charts at No. 3, his highest entry to date, entering the Billboard charts at No. 3.
Though not a radical departure from his earlier output, God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise marked a subtle changes to LaMontagne's sound and recording process. He opted to self-produce the album at his home in Massachusetts, and it marked the first collaborative release with his band the Pariah Dogs. While a few songs venture into slightly more aggressive territory (bookends “Repo Man” and “Devil's in the Jukebox”), the album is otherwise characterized by hazy Americana instrumentation and LaMontagne's yearning vocals.