Posts by Mary Andrews

Texas native, Carolyn Wonderland, has been a force of nature with her powerhouse vocals and her guitar-slinging. She has thrilled audiences worldwide with her Janis Joplin-like vocals and her Stevie Ray Vaughan caliber of shredding. The description sounds cliche until you experience Wonderland bringing the soul of Texas blues to life. Words are scarce that […]

If you look behind the fringe on the mask that Orville Peck wears during his performance, one can see a smile and a twinkle in his eyes. Peck has a lot to smile about these days. The masked crooner who plays honky-tonk music and sings with a deep baritone voice has an air of mystery […]

The third Innings Festival in Tempe held at the city’s Tempe Beach Park held over two days (February 29 and March 1st)  was a resounding success. Blending music and baseball’s spring training has been wildly accepted by Arizonans. The producers of Lollapalooza have a home run with this festival. The event had two stages dedicated […]

It’s always special when Lyle Lovett comes to town and he’s been to Tucson many times. Every show is different and that may account for the reason that many of his fans return repeatedly. This time at the Fox Theatre on February, 18th Lovett brought his Acoustic Group to the sold-out show. Lovett has been […]

Ani DiFranco has earned a long list of accomplishments that are described as a folk-punk-indie rock singer, one-woman show, poet, and feminist entrepreneur. She released her memoir, No Walls in a Recurring Dream, last May. The memoir covers how her career came to pass and how she helped launch a whole new generation of feminism […]

If you happen to be in New York City, check out an electronic leaning band called Princess Goes To The Butterfly Museum. You never know what venue they will be playing at. They released their first single along with the video, “Ketamine,” in December. They are releasing their second single on February 7 called “Come […]

Each year, as the night shows of the Tucson Jazz Festival (TJF) close, has everyone professing that this was the best jazz festival yet. The festival has introduced attendees to new up and coming talent as well as the legends of music. This is what we experienced during the second half of Tucson’s Jazz Festival […]

HSL Properties is in its sixth year sponsoring the Tucson Jazz Festival or ‘Jazz in January.’ The festival continues to host world-class jazz artists at multiple venues in the city.  The festival culminates on Martin Luther King Day with the Downtown Jazz Fiesta that is an all-day event encompassing four outside stages providing non-stop free […]

Alice Cooper’s Christmas Pudding has been a yearly affair in Phoenix for 18 years. The fund-raising event was started by Cooper and his wife as a way to get teenagers off the streets of Phoenix and into an environment that would teach them the arts. Cooper has spent his career ‘playing’ a teenager and it […]

Rocker, Joe Walsh, has generously sponsored his third annual VetsAid fundraising event commemorating and supporting American veterans. Many soldiers return to civilian life traumatized by their experiences and often forgotten by Americans at home. Post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD is a very common condition and it can cause the veteran to have difficulty blending back […]

Steve Hackett made a stop at Tucson’s Fox Theatre on October 16th with his Genesis Revisited tour showcasing the 1973 landmark album Selling England By The Pound in its entirety. The album contains some of Genesis’ most decorated and experimental songs that include Firth of Fifth,” “The Battle of Epping Forest” and “The Cinema Show.” […]

Farm Aid has hosted their yearly festival for 34 years and still counting. It is the granddaddy of fund-raising concerts and the event is much like a family reunion and this year the family consisted of 30,000 people. Many of those people have been returning to the event every year. The rain showers did not […]

Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul aka Steven Van Zandt and his very large band are celebrating the release of their first album of original material in 20 years with a tour of the same name, Summer of Sorcery. The new album was released in May and Steven’s tour that has covered Europe and […]

Maren Morris is distinguished as the most played female singer on country radio over the last two years. It’s a major accomplishment for a woman these days when country radio is dominated by ‘bro-country.’ Morris is on a roll as a solo artist with her monster hit songs “My Church,” “Girl,” and “I Could Use […]

John Mayer had an epic night in Phoenix as he mesmerized a near 18,000 crowd of fans at Phoenix’s Talking Stick Arena on September 10th. Mayer has shifted gears as an entertainer since his career-defining first album, Room For Squares. He has moved from pop to blues, to country and Americana and to the lead […]

Ringo Starr, the famed Beatles drummer and two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee returned to The Celebirity Theatre in Phoenix on August 26th with his All Starr Band – his first appearance at the theater in the round since a headlining show there in 2016. On this particular Monday, local Arizona night music […]

“Breathe deep the gathering gloom” is one of the memorable poetic phrases created by the Moody Blues in the heyday of their popularity. “Late Lament” was actually a poem at the beginning of the Moody Blues’ biggest hit, “Nights in White Satin.” The song was written and sung by Justin Hayward and after more than […]

James McMurtry is going on tour again and will make a welcome stop at Tucson’s Club Congress on Jul 28 for his “State of the Union” tour. McMurtry made Tucson his home during his college years. He has performed many times at Tucson’s Club Congress. McMurtry is the son of famed American novelist, screenwriter, essayist […]

Blue Oyster Cult (BOC) made a rare stop at Tucson’s Rialto Theatre on July 5th for a night of hard rock goodness. This is not just a ‘nostalgia’ band, unlike many bands still performing for more than 50 years. The band still maintains energy and electricity that could set an example for some of today’s […]

The Indigo Girls, the folk-rock duo of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, have attracted a large and loyal following over the last three-plus decades and they still continuously sell out shows. This broad, faithful appeal is remarkable since they don’t have mainstream radio play anymore, yet their loyal diverse fan base showed up with passion at […]