Anna Mieke at The Monarch Tavern in Toronto, Ontario CanadaNovember 8, 2023 Brooklyn-based Adelyn Strei is both talented and fearless as the opener. Mounting the stage with electric guitar, flute, clarinet and a sea of pedals, she literally manufactured music before our eyes. From her clear, angelic voice, she leaned forward, building loops from a […]
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Jeff Tweedy sits down in Milwaukee to talk about his World Within Song For most of us, music is a memory trigger. We associate songs with memories. Songs can transcend time and take us back to specific moments. In his latest book, “World Within a Song,” Jeff Tweedy flips that on its head, sort of, […]
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Hiss Golden Messenger Brings Their Jump for Joy Tour to Milwaukee An enthusiastic Milwaukee crowd warmly welcomed Durham, North Carolina band, Hiss Golden Messenger, to the iconic Turner Hall on an early November night as the band continued its tour supporting their newest release, Jump for Joy. Grammy-nominated Hiss Golden Messenger is the creation of […]
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The Band of Heathens at Solana Beach’s Belly Up Tavern with Watson Twins opening The Band of Heathens brought their long overdue West Coast tour to the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach. The crowd was eager and expectant and the night had an almost magical feel to it from the very start. The Band […]
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Bruce Hornsby at the Tower Theatre October 2023 I can think of few things finer than spending an October Sunday evening with Bruce Hornsby, and by golly that’s just what I did. This past Sunday in Oklahoma City, the Tower Theatre hosted an Evening with Bruce Hornsby, which just happened to coincide with the 25th […]
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Peter Gabriel show in Dallas Peter Gabriel brought his 2023 North American i/o tour to Dallas’ American Airlines Arena this past Thursday evening, his first stop in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area in well over a decade. Touring once again in support of his highly anticipated new album, i/o which officially releases on December 1st. Gabriel […]
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Pink’s Summer Carnival 2023 Tour came to San Diego and it did not disappoint. The concert,really more of a Las Vegas style spectacle, took place in the relatively new Snapdragon Stadium. The stadium is the perfect size for concerts. The sound was great and the weather was perfect. Before the concert and in between sets […]
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Turnpike Troubadours with Lucero and Reckless Kelly at the Anthem In July 1990, I attended a songwriters’ workshop and acoustic show that featured Guy Clark, Joe Ely, John Hiatt, and Mary Chapin Carpenter at Houston’s Tower Theater. The show was part of the Marlboro Music Festival, and the press kit included coupons and a […]
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Bobby Weir & the Wolf Brothers – Pier Six Pavilion in Baltimore 9/28/2023 The Pier Six Pavilion in the Baltimore Harbor hosted Bobby Weir & the Wolf Brothers last Thursday night. Cool breezes were coming off the water as the rows snaked forever around and back and forth in the parking lot. Nobody minded the […]
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Tyler Childers has made a career of only doing whatever the hell he wants. Whether it’s releasing a triple LP of gospel songs, opting not to move to Nashville when everyone says that he should, or releasing a video telling the story of two queer coal miners, he’s going to do his thing, and you […]
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