Show Reviews

King’s Day on January 6th marks the start of Carnival season, a special time in New Orleans featuring parades, revelry, and more. On January 8th, the Take Me To The River All-Stars traveled north to spread some Mardi Gras infused love in New York City at the gorgeous City Winery.   The sold-out show featured a […]

Not a few folks’ first NYE rock show happened with the Grateful Dead, a memorable gathering with a chosen tribe to revel to a beloved score. GD Music resonates with history and emotion on this holiday, and Santa Cruz’s The China Cats understand that and honored this tradition with an evening that’s hard to imagine […]

On December 30th, Gov’t Mule returned to New York City’s Beacon Theater to close out the year. Unlike in 2024, the upper deck was sold as seats rather than left empty. That’s a good sign, since these shows aren’t for everyone, but will hopefully continue. Q104.3’s Ken Dashow suggested as much when he came out […]

Few events in Portland, Oregon feel like as much of a holiday tradition as Jerry Joseph’s annual New Year’s Eve run. Typically taking place at two venues over four nights, the run finds this venerable rocker and his band the Jackmormons giving the Rose City a running party during a time when concerts slow down. […]

Finishing out ‘The Corporate Pudding’ Tour, Dogpark brought their tension-filled melodic rock formula to Brooklyn Bowl (Philadelphia, PA) on December 18th. Opening for Dogpark, Kids That Fly,a four-piece band that initially formed at the University of Connecticut, blended alternative rock with pop and synth elements. Members consist of Nick Smeriglio (lead vocals/guitar), Blake Henry (guitar/synth), […]

On a typical mid-December Friday night in Chicago, many folks are out gallivanting around town, merrily partaking in all the holiday festivities the city has to offer. Yes, whether it’s attending holiday parties, hitting up Christkindlmarket, ice skating, indulging in rampant, shameless consumerism, or maybe just some festive (albeit cringe) caroling, there’s no shortage of […]

It was almost six years ago to the day that Bela Fleck and the Flecktones played at the Flynn Center and, through their good-natured stage presence and keen collective musical instincts, conjured up all the convivial air of the holiday season.  Aided and abetted by some special guests on 12/9/2025, the band achieved that same […]

As 2025 comes to a close with numerous best-of-the-year lists piling up like dead leaves in the backyard, it’s become clear that it’s been a damn good one for Greg Freeman. The Vermont troubadour with a voice that defies pigeonholing has seemingly broken out, with his album Burnover landing major praise from the likes of […]

Walking out of a gloomy, wet Seattle December night into the music palace that is Benaroya Hall is something of a transcendent experience; howling wind laced with cold, wet drops is quickly replaced by a warm calm, a sense of something culturally rich about to unfold. One immediately feels a connection to the myriad other […]

Crammed into the basement of Philly’s First Unitarian Church on November 19th, Austin’s Die Spitz tore through just over a dozen songs, fusing the spirit of late-’70s Orange County hardcore with the sharpened political consciousness of Gen Z. The band — whose members were born decades after hardcore first blew open — managed to channel […]

Well, the tour’s over, folks, and if you didn’t get to catch any of the shows on ZZ Top’s Elevation tour, then you really missed out. Ending their months-long trek across the country in Biloxi, Mississippi – where their “My Head’s In Mississippi” could be declared the state song, judged by the reaction of the […]

Steve Hackett’s show at Revolution Hall on Saturday, November 22nd felt important. For starters, it was the final stop on a lengthy North American tour that had this Rock and Roll Hall of Famer criss-crossing the U.S. and Canada. It was also the final show for keyboardist Roger King, who has provided his masterful musicianship […]

The Band Camino visited The Fillmore in Philadelphia, PA, for their NeverAlways tour on November 16th, bringing their iconic alternative rock sound and a crowd eager to see them. For an opener, Almost Monday took the stage to a packed crowd anticipating Camino. This indie pop band from San Diego (CA) is composed of  Dawson […]

The atmosphere inside Boston’s MGM Music Hall was buzzing with excitement and a deep sense of historical significance on November 14th as rock and roll icon John Fogerty brought his Legacy Tour to a triumphant close. This run was in direct support of his latest recording, Legacy: The Creedence Clearwater Revival, a deeply personal project on […]

For its third consecutive year, Dreamy Draw Music Festival transformed Scottsdale Civic Center into a wild-west-inspired haven for folk and indie fans. The 2025 edition was headlined by The Lumineers (Friday, November 7) and Vampire Weekend (Saturday, November 8). While The Lumineers fit the festival’s folk-forward tradition, Vampire Weekend’s appearance underscored promoters Oh Wow Presents […]

Among the current crop of bands that traffic in 60s-influenced rock and roll sounds, Color Green is one of the very best you will hear. But don’t be mistaken in thinking this California band can be pigeon-holed into another throwback act rocking paisley and bellbottoms. Since releasing their self-titled debut EP in 2020, the quartet […]

At the intimate Shubert Theatre in Boston this past Thursday, November 6, one of the greatest rock and roll vocalists and musical icons, Robert Plant, graced the stage along with his current band Saving Grace, which featured ethereal vocalist Suzi Dian along with drummer Oli Jefferson, guitarist Tony Kelsey, banjo and string player Matt Worley, […]

What do you get when you cross Smell the Glove-era Spinal Tap with a load of 1975 Ted Nugent, a henry of early ‘70s Lemmy Kilmister, and an 8 ball of mid-‘80s Tommy Lee, then dress the band up in peak “Macho Man” Randy Savage garb, surround them with alluring ballerinas, and give them all […]

In a musical landscape where many bands tend to blend together, it’s refreshing to hear a vocalist whose voice instantly defines their band. That’s the case with Geese, whose frontman, Cameron Winter, sounds unmistakably like himself. Winter evokes an early echo of Patti Smith — lanky, sardonic, poetically dark, and effortlessly bridging punk energy with […]

For the second year in a row, Billy Strings transformed Baltimore’s CFG Bank Arena into his own personal haunted house. The bluegrass phenom brought his guest-laden multi-day extravaganza to Charm City these past Friday and Saturday evenings, delivering a quartet of marathon sets and a litany of musical surprises.  While we’re primarily going to focus on […]