Posts by Andrew Bruss

Tedeschi Trucks Band closed their sold-out three night run at Boston’s Orpheum Theatre on Saturday, December 3rd with two sets of tried and true American Rock ‘n’ Roll that established them as the official torchbearer of the genre. While plenty of acts ranging from Arcade Fire and Wilco to The Black Keys and My Morning […]

James Blake’s sold out set at Boston’s House of Blues on October 4th was a haunting digital deconstruction of electronic music’s most iconoclastic mind. The young Brit has established himself as an almost anti-dance icon whose music showcases a masterful semblance of groove and soul but without resorting to the drops and air horns lazy […]

Explosions In The Sky’s sold out set at Boston’s House of Blues proved that you don’t need to use words to tell a story. Over the course of an hour and a half, the group flowed through their multifaceted minimalist compositions and wove them into a singular narrative. Their dualistic sound managed to be both […]

Prophets of Rage bulldozed through Mansfield, Mass with the power of a triumphant guerilla army, serving up songs from multiple iconic discographies and showcasing members of three different acts of historic stature. It’s not a secret that while the guitarist, drummer and bassist from Rage Against The Machine wanted to keep up a productive pace, […]

Kamasi Washington opened the last day of Outside Lands on the Lands End Stage at high noon with a powerful set of neo-jazz that was more Bitches Brew than Kind of Blue and stuck around to sign autographs for his fans. And across the festival grounds as the sun began to set on the Sutro […]

Day Two of Outside Lands really saw the momentum build from Day One and it registered in the quality of the bands, the fluidity of the logistics and the increased crowd size. From the time gates opened until Radiohead brought the day to a close, the various options to stimulate literally every single sensory receptor […]

The first day of the 2016 incarnation of Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival was a strong start to a sold out weekend that offers a wide array of musical acts in addition to an even greater variety of cuisine, wine, craft beer and artisan chocolate. Apparently, August in San Francisco is notoriously cloudy and […]

Following two nights at New York City’s Madison Square Garden and a handful of festival dates, Radiohead brought their tour through Los Angeles to perform the first of two shows at The Shrine Auditorium, the only theater-sized venue they’re playing in North America this year and the smallest show they’ve performed West of the Rocky […]

Pink Talking Fish’s boat cruise around the Boston Harbor was the perfect opportunity to rage on the dance floor while enjoying a gorgeous Sunday evening on the sunny seas. The Pink Floyd/Talking Heads/Phish Tribute Act dished out a set that offered something for everyone, and if you didn’t enjoy yourself you should see your primary […]

Dead & Company’s two night run at Fenway Park made it perfectly clear that while John Mayer is in no way the heir to Jerry Garcia’s throne, the post-Jerry act may very well be the strongest Dead-related protect any of the surviving members have been apart of since Garcia’s passing over twenty years ago. Grateful […]

The fourth annual Levitate Music & Arts Festival went off without a hitch at the Fairgrounds in Marshfield Mass, a small seaside south of Boston, a few miles from where Susan Tedeschi grew up. Tedeschi Trucks Band topped a bill that included Los Lobos, North Mississippi Allstars, Lettuce and Twiddle and ensuring that the festival […]

As news of David Bowie’s passing spread throughout the globe, Jam Cruise 14 gradually crept closer back to shore following a five day adventure that neither photo galleries or daily recaps can fully encompass. Needless to say, hearing of the loss of the Starman first thing back to port was a hard way to rejoin […]

Pickup line of the night: “So how long have you been a Jedi?” Sometimes when you get too much sun, you pass out early. On Jam Cruise, when you finally come to about a quarter past midnight, things are just getting into full swing. After a day on the beaches of Cozumel, Mexico, the MSC […]

Covers sell: After a day on dry land in Costa Maya, Mexico, we once again set sail as the Infamous Stringdusters served their Pool Deck crowd a hearty serving of “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” by The Band. Later that evening, under a star-filled sky, Brownout Presents Brown Sabbath invited both Skerik and […]

2:18AM EST – Black and White Lounge, MSC Divina: The drums are getting tuned up, the bass levels seem to be feedback free and things in the Jam Room are about to kick off. There’s no scheduled end time but it’d be surprising if the house lights came back on any time before sunrise. What […]

Rocky waters ahead? Before embarking on the MSC Divina for Jam Cruise 14, a few updates to the event had many-a-Cruiser a little less optimistic about the trip to come. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the cruise line itself unilaterally ruled against our coveted port stop at Belize City in place of Costa Maya, Mexico (last […]

Thundercat has been the musical mastermind behind some of the most acclaimed albums of the past decade and during his sold-out performance at The Middle East, he showed his audience what happens when the man behind the curtain steps into the spotlight. The six-stringed bassist born Stephen Bruner has been laying down tracks for artists […]

Jamie xx just might be the single most tasteful DJ of the 21st Century and his sold out performance at Boston’s Royale night club made it obvious why. xx (born Jamie Smith) was the production wheel on British electro-pop trio The xx and after two albums he dropped his first  original solo studio album, In […]

For the past twenty years, Gathering of the Vibes has kept the spirit of the Grateful Dead pulsating through the veins of New England. The festival was started the Summer Jerry died as a way to celebrate the man and his legacy. Two decades later, on what would have been Captain Trips’ 73rd Birthday, Warren […]

Photos of Tedeschi Trucks Band with Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings w at Blue Hills Bank Pavillion, Boston, MA on 7/22/2015. Photos by Andrew Bruss. Edit this setlist | More Tedeschi Trucks Band setlists