It’s been a busy couple of years for Milwaukee singer/songwriter Chris Porterfield and his band, Field Report. They released a second album, Marigolden, last year and have been touring in support of it pretty much non-stop.
Those tours were also in support of acts like Counting Crows and Aimee Mann, and their music has been praised by the likes of Richard Thompson and Blind Boys of Alabama.
Field Report comes home tonight with a lower level show at the Pabst Theatre. Porterfield says that as good as it is to be home, the months on the road were worth it.
"Some nights you’re treated with dignity and other nights you’re not," he laughs. "But it’s all part of the process and there’s no cheap way to come by being a good band, other than just getting out and doing it."