Pearl Charles is Joshua Tree’s latest folk-pop sensation. Her expansive sound stretches across moments of spacey and bubbly Grateful Dead-esque jams (“Step Too Far”), funktastic ’70s disco (“Only for Tonight”) and heart-wrenching acoustic ballads (“Just What It Is”). The high desert phenom’s expressive musical style keeps people coming back for more. The country-disco songstress is set to perform at Pappy and Harriet’s at 9:30 p.m., Saturday, June 28. For tickets and more information, visit pappyandharriets.com.
What was the first concert you attended?
Spice Girls.
What was the first album you owned?
Eagles, Their Greatest Hits.
What bands are you listening to right now?
American Flyer, Thin Lizzy, Airwaves, and Splinter.
What artist, genre or musical trend does everyone love, but you don’t get?
Overtly literal lyrics. I long for the days when lyrics still had some mystery and poetry!
What musical act, current or defunct, would you most like to see perform live?
Steely Dan.
What’s your favorite musical guilty pleasure?
Shania Twain.
What’s your favorite music venue?
Pappy and Harriet’s.
What’s the one song lyric you can’t get out of your head?
“Looking through some photographs I found inside a drawer / I was taken by a photograph of you / There were one or two I know that you would have liked a little more / But they didn’t show your spirit quite as true,” Fountain of Sorrow,” Jackson Browne.
What band or artist changed your life? How?
Discovering Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris absolutely changed the course of my life, from being inspired by their fusion of country and rock ’n’ roll, to moving out to the Joshua Tree desert!
You have one question to ask one musician. What’s the question, and who are you asking?
I’ve always wanted to ask Bob Dylan if “Went to See the Gypsy” was about Elvis, but I know he’d never tell.
What song would you like played at your funeral?
“I Must Be in a Good Place Now” by Bobby Charles.
Figurative gun to your head, what is your favorite album of all time?
Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk.
What song should everyone listen to right now?
“Midnight Moonlight” by The Rowans.
