Posts by Richard Clarke

South African band, Kongos, is on their first major headlining American tour, and on February 12, along with supporting bands, Sir Sly and Colony House, they hit the Electric Factory stage in Philadelphia. The road trip, billed The Lunatic Tour, is in support of their breakthrough album of the same name. Nashville, Tennessee band, Colony […]

An arctic blast and bitter wind chill may have contributed to the quiet pre-show atmosphere when two British trios, headliner London Grammar and opening band Until The Ribbon Breaks, hit the iconic Philadelphia music venue, The Electric Factory on January 30. A small crowd had gathered to stake their claim to spots in front of […]

Interpol’s tour in support of their new album, El Pintor, came to a grinding halt when the mega snowstorm that dumped over seven feet of snow in the Buffalo, New York area left them, along with their crew, gear and supporting band, Hundred Waters, stranded on a highway for over fifty hours. Fans could follow […]

The basement of a nineteenth century church might seem like an odd place for The Dismemberment Plan’s mini tour of the Northeast to wind up on a Friday night, but it was a match made in heaven. Even the wrought iron lined worn path and stone steps leading down to the performance space added to […]

Minus the Bear’s tour in support of their latest release Lost Loves, a collection of unreleased material recorded during sessions for the Planet of Ice, Omni, and Infinity Overhead albums and the ten year anniversary of the They Make Beer Commercials Like This EP, made a stop at Philadelphia’s subterranean music venue aptly named Underground […]

The inaugural Hudson Project Music and Arts Festival was held at Winston Farms in Saugerties, NY, the site of the infamous Woodstock ’94 Music Festival that celebrated the 25th anniversary of the original 1969 iconic event. The first year of the festival had its glitches and mis-steps, like a tedious off-site parking with shuttle busses, […]

Although the Hudson Music Project got off to a great start on Friday and Saturday, Sunday was a wash-out and had to be cancelled.  Glide was on site with photos from Friday and Saturday and some from Sunday.  Photos by Richard Clarke

Red Frog Events third annual Firefly Music Festival kicked off Thursday, June 19th at the beautiful expanse of land known as The Woodlands at Dover Downs International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. An estimated 80,000 music fans of just about every demographic you can think of attended the event, up from 65,000 in attendance last year. […]

Crash Line Productions and Bowery Presents transformed Boston’s City Hall Plaza from a serious government complex, where officials, workers and tourists comingle, into a sprawling urban musical oasis this past Memorial Day weekend. The Boston Calling Festival’s third edition, and first of two City Hall Plaza occupations this year, attracted around 22,000 music fans each […]

The Boston Calling Festival kicks off this Memorial Day Weekend at City Hall Plaza in downtown Boston. Crash Line Productions, Bowery Boston and Aaron Dessner (composer/guitarist/keyboards) of The National have put together an outstanding line-up. The festival also features two stages, with no overlapping sets, allowing music fans the ability to catch every minute of […]

The Firefly Music Festival, “the East Coast’s premier live music experience”, is returning to The Woodlands at Dover Downs International Speedway in Dover, Delaware for the third year. Red Frog Events expanded the festival to four days, increased the venue space, and most significantly, added more artists. Big name headliners, critically acclaimed artists and emerging […]

Once again the folks at Terrapin Presents have upped the ante on keeping the spirit of the Grateful Dead alive by providing genre bending music that keeps the adventure of improvisation and collaboration alive.

The artists that formed The Stockholm Syndrome and released the CD Holy Happy Hour, Jerry Joseph and Dave Schools, finished their four-city Almost Acoustic mini-tour with a sold-out performance at Smith’s Olde Bar in Atlanta.

Stuart made an intimate show even more intimate.

The countdown started for me when the “Welcome Back Carter” theme came waltzing out of the PA system. It was noticeably louder than the stream of music lost in the pre-show chatter and buzz inside the auditorium, and I knew the show was about to begin. That, for me, was a more palpable countdown than another tick of the clock turning over another year like an invisible odometer. moe. entered the stage with cartoonish wigs in seventies big fro style and assembled for what I found out upon arriving, was to be an opening acoustic set. Well that solidified it, I thought, I had chosen wisely when I decided to make this show my New Year’s Eve destination.

Warren Haynes is Santa Claus, at least as far as I am concerned. Not only does he throw the best Christmas Party I have ever attended, but the eight hour-plus music event is for a great cause, Habitat for Humanity.

The band

The Al DiMeola Project threw caution to the wind, and despite the threat of Wilma looming in the Gulf of Mexico; (many touring acts canceled appearances due to the impending hurricane) the band tore the roof of the Carefree Theater before the storm got its chance.

Rarely, at least in my observation, does an artist make the successful transition from rock band to solo acoustic performer. Jerry Joseph is one of those rare artists.

Keegan Ales celebrated their second year of brewing fine ale by hosting a concert with two exceptional bands, in of all places, right in the brewery. The stage was set amongst the kegs, sacks of hops and barley, and other things, but the sound was surprisingly good considering the venue was essentially warehouse space with brewing equipment.