Presented as the last in a series of albums tied to the release cycle of indie folk singer
Noah Kahan
's international breakthrough hit, 2022's
Stick Season
(which also included two expanded versions of the LP),
Live from Fenway Park
captures highlights from two sold-out shows in July 2024 at the over-30,000-capacity baseball stadium in Boston. A homecoming of sorts for the Vermont native, it's a crowd singalong from beginning to end, with the one exception of unreleased song "Pain Is Cold Water," this version made its way onto the Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart. Alongside plenty of gracious stage banter, also included on the nearly 90-minute album are an appearance from
Gracie Abrams
(on "Everywhere, Everything") and performances of Top 40 singles such as the lively set opener "Dial Drunk," the nuanced relationship tribute "Forever," and the encore-closing, COVID-, weed-, and booze-referencing "Stick Season," his hit single about the complexity of going home. ~ Marcy Donelson