Posts by Andrew Bruss

Newport Jazz Festival celebrated its 65th year with performances from jazz greats like Herbie Hancock and Ron Carter, modern draws in Kamasi Washington and Corinne Bailey Rae and performances from the likes of Common and Tank and the Bangas that said loud and clear that hip hop is the new jazz.  Both the Jazz and […]

If you never had the chance to see Prince live, then frankly, it sucks to be you. That said 4U: A Symphonic Celebration of Prince came through Lynn Memorial Auditorium, just outside of Boston, and it was an excellent opportunity to experience The Purple One’s back catalogue in in a way that paid homage to […]

After a six-year absence, Radiohead returned to Boston for two sold out shows at TD Garden that was their first ever show at the venue and their first indoor performance in the Boston-area in over twenty years. Radiohead fans are an enthusiastic bunch and since the band tours both globally and infrequently, every show they […]

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard just might be the hottest rock band on the road this summer and their anarchic set at Boston’s Royale Night Club on June 14th was the proof in the LSD-laced pudding. The Seven Man Psych Rock Act from the Great Down Under released five entirely different albums last year […]

The third and final day of Boston Calling was cold, windy, rainy and raw but it didn’t stop the festival’s best incarnation yet from ending on a high note. Field Report opened the Blue Stage strong with a strong set consisting entirely of material from their recently released Summertime Songs. After their set, Glide caught […]

The second day of Boston Calling featured a schedule overflowing with talent that made for unfortunate news on one front, but mostly didn’t disappoint. Although it was cloudy all day, the sky played ball and the rainy forecast never materialized. The Arena hosted a live recording of the popular podcast, Pod Save America, that used […]

Boston Calling is back for its 2018 incarnation and from what we saw on May 24th, the first day, everything is firing off on all cylinders. The move from City Hall Plaza to the Harvard Athletic Complex last year approximately tripled the size of the event, allowing much bigger names to make the bill, but […]

  “Forget what we said last December, cuz it’s been a hell of a year.” Susan Tedeschi belts those words out on “Let Me Get By” a Tedeschi Trucks Band song from an album of the same name. It’s hard to know what was going through her mind when she wrote the tune with her […]

Tedeschi Trucks Band’s sold out, three night run at Boston’s Orpheum Theater was an excellent bookend for a year that has been an emotional rollercoaster for the revue. 2017 saw the band continue to fill theaters for nights at a time and capped things off with another Grammy nomination. On the other side of the […]

It was a sight to behold. Kamasi Washington packed Boston’s Royale nightclub on November 20th with college-aged kids chomping at the bit to hear jazz music, and on a Monday night no less. We’re not talking about jazz-fusion, or Medeski, Martin and Wood-style jammy jazz. Kamasi Washington dished up ninety minutes of straight jazz that […]