At a Jill Sobule Tribute Show in L.A., Tom Morello, Margaret Cho, Lisa Loeb, Kay Hanley and, Yes, Fabio Share the Love and Loss: Concert Review

In some ways, among musicians whose catalogs are not chock-full of universally recognizable hits, Jill Sobule‘s catalog is exceptionally well-suited for a tribute show. The late singer-songwriter’s songs are clever, but not clever in the kind of way you get an hour or a year later; each number is vivid, high-concept, direct, usually (but not always) funny and instantly relatable. It doesn’t matter whether you’re coming to a memorial concert for her as a Jill mega-fan or a plus-one — the songs hit you equally hard on the first listen or the 50th, she created such compelling scenarios in each three-minute sampling. She provided, to borrow a term, the supermodel of how to hook a listener in the first 30-45 seconds, and to let you feel like you’d had a full melodic and narrative meal by the end.Related Stories'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Sets Season 3 Release DateNot that she didn’t occasionally indulge in a bit of misdirection with a song title. “Mexican Wrestler,” one of her most emot...