Show Reviews

On 6/16, at NYC’s Crash Mansion, a colorful New York cross-section of
religious Jews, Dead Heads, and diehard Allman Brothers fans came together to celebrate the wonderfully diverse sounds of guitar virtuosos, Oteil Burbridge and Yosi Piamenta.

Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden, Eric Clapton performed the second show of his three-night stand in support of his recent release, Me and Mr. Johnson, a tribute to the blues legend, Robert Johnson. The legendary guitarist, once called

For their final New York City stunt, Phish performed higher than ever before, playing a free mini-set on top of the Late Show with David Letterman

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Last Thursday, Phish kicked off the farewell tour in a Class A baseball park in the middle of Coney Island. It was a unique setting for the band, providing a circus-themed backdrop, which called to mind some of the more elaborate festivals the band has produced on their own.

For the third year in a row, a hazy 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee was metamorphosed from grass roots legend into the country

Borrowing the term eclectic to describe a David Byrne performance is perhaps clich

Charlotte Martin’s day will come. Her voice is too pure. Her piano playing is too chilling. Her songs are too damn catchy. Charlotte Martin is too good to
be opening a show in one of Portland’s smaller clubs. Her show would fit just as comfortably in front of thousands headlining Carnegie Hall.

Cyro Baptista and his Beat the Donkey take an art form that can easily grow tired from weeks on the road, and continually transform the stage into a lively circus atmosphere each night.

To the delight of her fans in Atlanta, Melissa let her emotions (and a little luck) get the best of her on this Thursday night performance. Her three-hour set rocked, and shook the small theater all night long, proving once again, that she is one of today

Unlike last year

The ever-rotating lineup of the Everyone Orchestra took its philosophy of improvisational-based collaborations with a diverse core of musicians, combined with a focus on social consciousness on both local and global issues for a small road trip through Oregon, and us north westerners are sure glad that they did.

Bursting onto the singer/songwriter scene with his album O, Rice, a native of Ireland, has quickly built a strong following in the United States with his emotional lyrics and steady radio play. And throughout his two-hour performance, you could argue that Rice will be able to stick around and build on his already strong foundation.

Playing to a sold-out Pageant crowd, Strokes’ lead singer Julian Casablancas

Just weeks before one of New England’s premier music venues shut its doors
permanently, Winooski, Vermont’s Higher Ground pronounced their last month standing would be a memorable run. Therefore, it was only fitting that two bands that have played some of the most memorable shows in the club were invited back to draw the Higher Ground curtain one final time – Amfibian and The Seth Yacavone Band.

Nickel Creek held true to their bluegrass roots throughout their two hour performance at the Pageant, covering and conquering the likes of Nirvana, Carrie Newcomer, Beck and Gillian Welch, while also cruising through traditional folk and country instrumentals within their growing catalog of original material.

Rashied Ali, who replaced Elvin Jones as John Coltrane

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Eastmountainsouth created an atmosphere in the Great American

The capacity crowd at the Marquee Theater was electric from the start, and Clyne