Diane Birch's 2010 debut "Bible Belt" has been a mainstay of my playlists for quite a while now. So I jumped at the chance to watch her perform live in New York City at a venue I had never been to, but at the same time, knew would be perfect to showcase Diane's voice and her self-proclaimed "old soul".
She played most of "Bible Belt", but also some new tracks, including one with a particularly R-rated chorus where she sings about being more "unfucked".
Diane essentially played two shows back-to-back that night, once at 7:30pm and another at 9:30pm. These photos are from the earlier show, but luckily Joe's Pub was Livestreaming both, so I was able to catch the second show as well. If you get a chance to watch Diane Birch live (streaming or otherwise), definitely do it!
![Diane Birch singing Fire Escape at Joe's Pub](https://kennychung.net/photo/concerts/diane-birch-joes-pub-nyc/01-diane-birch-joes-pub-nyc.jpg)
Armed with just a grand piano, microphone, and endless talent, Diane Birch took the stage leading off with "Fire Escape".
![Diane Birch at Joe's Pub singing](https://kennychung.net/photo/concerts/diane-birch-joes-pub-nyc/02-diane-birch-joes-pub-public-theater-nyc.jpg)
Diane played most of the tracks from her debut album "Bible Belt", including my personal favorites "Nothing But A Miracle", "Rewind", "Ariel" and "Fools".
![Diane Birch announces new album](https://kennychung.net/photo/concerts/diane-birch-joes-pub-nyc/03-diane-birch-nyc-joes-pub-730-show.jpg)
Diane Birch also spoke about how 2011 was not a great year for her, citing many reasons to write breakup songs... but that she was doing great in 2012 and looking forward to a new full length album!
![Diane Birch at Joe's Pub](https://kennychung.net/photo/concerts/diane-birch-joes-pub-nyc/04-diane-birch-joes-pub-nyc-january-30-2012.jpg)
If most of these photos look similar, it's because Joe's Pub is a seated venue with dinner tables. Not your average concert space, but luckily the sound system was superb and did justice to Diane Birch's voice.
![Diane Birch at Joe's Pub, NYC](https://kennychung.net/photo/concerts/diane-birch-joes-pub-nyc/05-diane-birch-joes-pub-nyc-first-show.jpg)
Diane described the 7:30 pm crowd as "very well behaved", but I think everyone was just in awe of her spot-on vocals.
![Diane Birch at Joe's Pub, livestreaming.](https://kennychung.net/photo/concerts/diane-birch-joes-pub-nyc/06-diane-birch-joes-pub-nyc-730.jpg)
Attendees of the 9:30pm show were treated with an extra encore song, and a cover of Haddaway's "What Is Love". Good thing I was able to watch it on Livestream!