Quannum Record's Honeycut opened for DJ Krush at Club Mighty, a San Franciscan after-hours Mecca, for a special pre-Halloween appearance. Krush has been touring the US supporting a new and highly acclaimed live DVD release, and gracing fans with rare appearances across the country.
On a dark and rain soaked evening in Portland Oregon, Lotus brought a fiery energy to the Hawthorne Theater that truly lit up the night. They were joined with the up and coming funk band the Bridge, and that one two punch was just what Portland needed to shake free from the gloomy grip of the raging storm outside.
De Novo Dhal rocked. Not just in the generic sense, but in the broken strings and drum sticks sense. They were powerful…and sweet. Second, they were down-to-earth.
Our intrepid reporter Sleepy Floyd probably can’t feel his face this morning…but he sent in this communication from the Vegoose festival this weekend.
Springsteen's true gift is how he is able to speak his mind without condescension, without judgment of his fellow man, and with a true message of hope. It is reasons like these that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band remains timeless after all these years.
's been almost two weeks since the Saturday Springsteen show in Philadelphia and it hasn't diminished in stature one bit. As the Magic tour moves on, the setlists will most certainly become more diverse and the performances increasingly stronger. But this was the first show of the tour when Bruce and the E Street Band turned things up a notch and occupied that space that only they can.
David Crosby and Graham Nash kicked off the opening night of their fall 2007 tour dubbed "An Evening with David Crosby and Graham Nash" on September 30th at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium in Asheville, North Carolina.
With only caffeine being the drug being still on the menu, Adams proved that you can take away the booze, speed balls, and nicotine (Adams quit smoking several days before the show), but can’t take away the crazy. That stays.
The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival finally confirmed for us there’s an East Coast bias. Last weekend’s three-day event drew anywhere between 300,000 and 500,000 people to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, trotting out some heavy hitters like Jeff Tweedy, Bela Fleck, John Prine and Emmylou Harris. Yet HSB still fell off the radar of just about everybody we know. Blogbuzz? Not even.
The Telluride Blues and Brews Festival, now in its 14th year, is an annual festival held beneath the magnificent backdrop of the San Juan Mountains. The festival is held in Telluride Town Park, and is organized with roominess in mind, as the open grassy area offers plenty of room for dropping down blankets and chairs with a great view of the single stage from anywhere within the park.
