Posts by Cathy Poulton

Beats Antique brought their “Shadowbox” Tour to Philly’s Theater of Living Arts Monday night (10/17). The experimental world fusion collective known for their theatrical shows did not disappoint with creative lighting, shadow puppetry, belly dancing and other adventures of the avante garde.  

British sensation Tom Odell played Philly’s Johnny Brenda’s on October 3rd for the first stop on his U.S tour. Odell is touring in support of his album Wrong Crowd released in June of this year and judging from the photos “showmanship” comes first and second nature for the pianist/singer/songwriter. Photos by Cathy Poulton

A multitude of bands played over the course of two days  at Monster Energy Rock Allegiance Festival held September 17th and 18th at Talen Energy Stadium in Chester, PA. The long list of bands included many of today’s heavy hard rock/metal hitters which also included Chevy Metal, a self described “70’s dirt rock cover band” fronted […]

Glide’s Cathy Poulton was in in the pit for the Budweiser Made In America Festival at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 4th, 2016 in Philadelphia. Check out the up close photos of Bill Clinton, Coldplay, Chance the Rapper, Gary Clark Jr, FKA Twigs, DJ Khaled, Travi$ Scott and more.

Rival Sons is the main support for the entire run of Black Sabbath’s farewell world tour, appropriately named, “The End.” As rock’s young great hope to carry the legacy of 70’s style hard rockers- Rival Sons have opened for AC/DC, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Sammy Hagar, Judas Priest and, most recently, for Deep Purple in 2015. Rival Sons ripped through eight […]

Heart along with Cheap Trick and Joan Jett (not pictured) visited BB&T Pavilion in Camden, NJ on 7/31/16 as part of their lengthy “Rock Hall Three for All” tour. The trek is a nod to the legendary status of its participants, all of whom have received high honors from the Rock and Roll Hall of […]

The 2016 XPoNential Music Festival Sponsored by Subaru took place July 22-24, 2016 at BB&T Pavilion in Camden, NJ. Featured artists included White Denim,The Suffers,Colvin & Earle, Kurt Vile and the Violators, The Record Company, The Revivalists, The Felice Brothers, Preservation Hall Jazz band, Chicano Batman, Gary Clark, Jr., , Alabama Shakes, Low Cut Connie, The […]

Hollywood Vampires, featuring Johnny Depp, Alice Copper, Joe Perry, Robert DeLeo and Matt Sorum are legitimately a “Super Group.” The band visited the Borgata in Atlantic City on 7/3/16. Photos by Cathy Poulton

The Jayhawks made their way to the World Cafe in Philadelphia on 6/17/16 in support of their recent release Paging Mr. Proust. Opening  the show was called Folk Uke a duo comprised of Willie Nelson’s daughter Amy and Arlo Guthrie’s daughter Cathy. Photos by Cathy Poulton

Spanish indie rockers Hinds hit Philadelphia’s Union Transfer on 6/13/16 in support of their stellar 2016 LP Leave Me Alone. Photos by Cathy Poulton.  

Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats smashed a tambourine and then some during their high energy work out at the Fillmore in Philadelphia on 6/6/16. Photos by Cathy Poulton  

Explosions in the Sky paid a visit to the Fillmore in Philadelphia on 5/20/16 in support of their new album The Wilderness. Photos by Cathy Poulton \

Mac Demarco played at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia on May 12 and along with all his quirkiness, the man courageously offered some old school punk in the way of jumping from the second floor balcony. After being caught by the audience, they carried him back to the stage while Demarco smoked a cigarette. Not bad! […]

As the opener for M. Ward, Jenny Lewis delivered to fans with her new super-group NAF (Nice As Fuck) at Philadelphia’s Union Transfer. The Rilo Kiley frontwoman, the trio features Au Revoir Simone’s Erika Forster and The Like’s Tennessee Thomas.  Photos by Cathy Poulton

Pearl Jam played their 1991 debut Ten in its entirety and in order for the first time at a U.S. concert at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on 4/29/16.  

The Last Shadow Puppets consisting of Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys), Miles Kane (The Rascals, solo artist), producer and drummer James Ford (Simian Mobile Disco, Simian, producer), and Zach Dawes (Mini Mansions, session musician) kicked off their U.S. tour in support of their second album Everything You’ve Come to Expect  on 4/10/16 at the Union Transfer in Philadelphia, PA. Photos by Cathy Poulton  

Lucius brought their big sounding indie pop to Philadelphia’s Union Transfer on 4/3/16. Photos by Cathy Poulton.

Daughter visited Union Transfer in Philadelphia on 3/3/16 in support of their new album Not to Disappear. Photos by Cathy Poulton    

Jack’s Mannequin’s reunion tour hit Philadelphia’s Electric Factory on January 30th for the 10th Anniversary of Everything In Transit. Photos by Cathy Poulton

Ratatat played Philadelphia’s Electric Factory on 1/24/16 and brought their distinct brand of “rocktronica” to end the weekend. Photos by Cathy Poulton