Pearl and the Beard

I was only a kid when Ani DiFranco first exploded onto the indie folk scene, but by the time I was in high school, she was as relevant and powerful as ever to me as a budding female guitarist and singer. Recently, when I heard that she would be touring through a nearby city, I jumped at the opportunity to see her live for the first time. Opening for her September 27th performance at Durham’s Carolina Theater was Pearl and the Beard, a three-piece indie folk band based out of Brooklyn.