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The 31st annual South By Southwest Festival and Conference took place March 10-19 in Austin, Texas. The music portion of the festival featured over 1,000 artists and bands. Photos by Maggie Boyd. Check out our reviews of each day of SXSW: Day 1 Day 2 Day 3  Day 4 Day 5

Bryan Ferry cast a spell over New Orleans on Thursday night with his unmistakable musical incantations of love. In a world of sequins and tattered jeans, the 71 year old British gentleman still chooses to perform in couture-ish finery and an ambience of Sinatra elegance. Therefore playing in a theatre such as the Saenger as […]

Green Day brought their Revolution Radio tour to the east coast with a show at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA. The performance featured a mix of both old and new as Green Day continues to still remain relevant with their new material, even after 25 years. Photos by Marc Lacatell

Phantogram helped break in the recently renovated Palace Theatre in St. Paul, MN with the third performance in the new space. The theater, opened in 1916, closed in 1977, although several attempts were made over the next couple of decades to revive it. Photos by Billy Briggs.

Singer/songwriter Regina Spektor played to a sold out crowd at the Fillmore in Philadelphia. She is on a 18- date trek, touring in support of her newest album Remember Us to Life. She was greeted with thunderous applause the moment she walked out on stage and it pretty much set the tone for the rest of […]

Folky Americana outfit The Wood Brothers were joined by the luscious harmonies of The Shook Twins at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, OR on Friday March 10, 2017.   Photos by Greg Homolka.

Ohio based improvisational rockers The Werks have released four highly acclaimed studio albums over the past ten years – Synapse (2009), The Werks (2012), Mr. Smalls Sessions EP (2014), and Inside a Dream (2015) – performed well over one thousand shows (including launching their own multi-day music festival The Werk Out), and released countless live […]

Patti Smith visited Minnesota’s Northrop Auditorium on 3/8/17 for a night of classics and covers including a take on Prince’s “When Doves Cry.”  

The American West is releasing their debut album, The Soot Will Bring Us Back Again, on March 17th, 2017. The record built upon grit and heartbreak, desolation and soul. The bulk of the album was recorded live to two-inch tape in three days at The Hallowed Halls in Portland, with the help of engineer Jordan Richter […]

With songs truly meant to get into the roots of your heart, OK Sweetheart is a team of infectious songwriters and visionaries of their own time, building a relationship with their fans & community that goes beyond the speakers & stage. You can’t help but feel welcome in the presence of OK Sweetheart no matter […]