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Concert Review: Greg Freeman, October 11, Danforth Music Hall

Posted on
12 Oct 2025
by
Paul

On Saturday night, Vermont-based alt-country artist Greg Freeman took to the stage at the Danforth Music Hall as the opener for indie legends Grandaddy. And though the room was still filling in as he began, it didn’t take long for his quiet intensity to command attention.

I first saw Freeman just over a year ago and was struck at the time by the obvious Jason Molina-isms in his songwriting. That brooding, introspective Molina vibe is still strong, but on this second encounter, I detected different influences coming to the forefront as well. If last year felt rooted in Songs: Ohia-style melancholy, this time around the influence of Neil Young was more noticeable. Opening number “Point and Shoot” in particular felt like what might happen if Neil had ever decided to cover Pavement.

Freeman is currently touring behind his latest release, Burnover, and much of the set leaned into its material. The band sounded great throughout, with songs like “Salesman” and the aforementioned “Point and Shoot” standing out as particular highlights, and the use of pedal steel and saxophone added a rich, haunting quality to the arrangements.

The set closed with “Palms,” a moody, slow-burning number that swelled into something almost cinematic – part post-rock sprawl, part slowcore dirge. It was a fitting finale, leaving the stage set for Grandaddy and ending things off on a suitably “big” note.

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