Show Reviews

The 5th Annual Jammy Awards 3/26/2005: Theater at Madison Square Garden, NY, NY

Chad Berndtson May 5, 2005 No Comments

How best to go about discussing the Jammy Awards? In a sense, they

Steve Earle and The Dukes 3/07/2005: The Pageant – St. Louis, MO

Jason Gonulsen May 3, 2005 No Comments

Throughout Steve Earle’s two-hour performance, which began with a stomping version of

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals/Rachael Yamagata 3/28/2005: Higher Ground – South Burlington, VT

Shane Handler May 2, 2005 No Comments

What this Ryan Adams show lacked in professionalism, was made up for in raw, live spontaneity. It proved Adams is a rare artist who can get away with letting his mouth run and even throwing a few darts at his paying fans. With unlimited potential and boundless talent, he

Allman Brothers Band: Beacon Theatre, NY, NY 3/19-21/2005

Ross Warner April 29, 2005 No Comments

Having witnessed every spring Beacon stand since 1994 (countless guests, breakout tunes and mammoth jams included) I naively thought I had seen all the Allman Brothers Band could do inside the walls of this Manhattan landmark.

Everyone Orchestra & Butler, Fishman, Travis, Janover Drum Workshop: Crystal Ballroom, Portland OR

Jason Gershuny April 28, 2005 No Comments

What an incredible weekend of celebration, improvisation, and jubilation as the Everyone Orchestra took over Portland Oregon

Dogs Die In Hot Cars/Phoenix 3/05/2005: Irving Plaza, New York, NY

Jennifer Harmon April 27, 2005 No Comments

When the lights went down at Irving Plaza, fans of the French rock band Phoenix were in for a treat when opening act Dogs Die In Hot Cars, took to the stage first. The playful five-piece from Scotland won over the crowd with its colorful mix of new wave pop tunes reminiscent of the Talking Heads.

Bob Dylan & Merle Haggard 3/19/2005: NJPAC, Newark, NJ

Shawn Donohue April 26, 2005 No Comments

Recently, a pair of legends rolled into a city that has seen some pretty hard times, and is trying to redo its image. The most beautiful day so far of 2005, with an 80-degree evening, lent itself to some adventure, so after a short train ride from the Big Apple I entered Newark, NJ and headed for the magnificent NJPAC.

Black Crowes: Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC, NY 3/22, 3/30/2005

Ross Warner April 25, 2005 No Comments

After a week

moe. / Railroad Earth 3/08/2005: Crystal Ballroom, Portland OR

Jason Gershuny April 22, 2005 No Comments

After a long absence from the Pacific Northwest, moe. made a triumphant return to Portland Oregon

M83 3/17/2005: Club Metronome – Burlington, VT

Shane Handler April 21, 2005 No Comments

You half expect M83, a French band named after a distant galaxy, to be R2D2
and C3PO dabbling in electronica. And I imagine the band felt the same way
landing in rural Burlington, Vermont. Playing on the heels of its third album, Before the Dawn Heals Us, which is making a considerable dent on the charts and having sold out two nights at New York City