Show Reviews

One would be shocked if there was a complaint to be heard about this past Friday (July 29th) at the Xfinity Center (formerly known as and still called Great Woods among the die-hards) in Mansfield, Massachusetts. The weather was picture perfect, like a dream with a pink sky at sunset and tropical summer temperatures. And […]

On Saturday night July 30th, a packed Hard Rock Live in Orlando was the site of an evening of great pop music from three diverse acts. It was the second show of the Wrong Party Tour, which kicked off in Key West on Friday. Maggie Rose began the show with a set of soulful country […]

If Day 2 of Lollapalooza was unofficially the pop/electronica-centric day of the music festival, then Day 3 (7/30) proved to be the perfect antidote, at least for this reviewer anyway. Yes, after a day that was decidedly lacking on the live instrumentation front (at least the back half of Friday anyway), your humble narrator was […]

There was a time, long ago, when Lollapalooza essentially represented the very antithesis of mainstream popular music. Or at least that was the case in its inaugural year anyway, way back in 1991 when it originally started as a modest touring event showcasing generally subversive alternative acts like Rollins Band, Butthole Surfers, (a very young) […]

Summer in Chicago is almost always (safe for 2020 anyway) a uniquely celebratory time of year. The vibrancy and energy in the air are palpable, so after our notoriously long winters and stubbornly chilly/damp springs, the masses head outside in droves to soak in the balmy weather and all the beauty and liveliness the city […]

The latest incarnation of the Newport Folk Festival was a certifiable accomplishment that not only raised the sky-high bar they’d previously set but thoroughly debunks the widespread industry belief that music festivals need to program toward a Gen-Z audience to stay afloat.  Brandi Carlile, Sylvan Esso, Nathaniel Rateliff, and Courtney Barnett put on powerful sets […]

As was pointed out by both the bands and fans alike throughout the course of the evening, Nashville is in the South and it’s freaking hot. The simple act of lifting a can of cold beer to your lips can cause your body to sweat the same amount it would in a Bikram Yoga class. […]

For twenty years, Yonder Mountain String Band has brought thousands of fans to the bucolic setting of Horning’s Hideout in Oregon for the multi-day Northwest String Summit. The festival was always bluegrass-centered, but over the years it gradually expanded to include funk, rock and roll, folk and other music that might fit under the jam […]

The Joe Perry Project recently surprised the rock and roll world by announcing a fistful of dates with two in Brazil and three on the east coast. Glide caught up with Joe Perry’s most recent configuration of the band at Boston’s Leader Bank Pavillion on July 22. The band featured Buck Johnson on keyboards (Aerosmith, Doobie Brothers, Hollywood […]

A show that started out as an intimate guitar duet between talented blues rockers ended up as delightful friends and family affair in Venice, California. Duane Betts and Johnny Stachela have been playing together for some time and their gig on July 21, 2022 at The Venice West solidified their successful collaboration. Fans in the […]

Nothing breaks the mid-week slump like a good old-fashioned punk show, and the Circle Jerks’ show on Wednesday, July 20, was the perfect thing to celebrate being halfway through the work week and one step closer to the weekend. This stop at The Orange Peel in Asheville, NC – part of their 2022 tour with […]

Just under thirty minutes outside Portland, Oregon sits the small agricultural town of Canby. Though it may be close in proximity, spend any amount of time in Canby and you will see it is a world away from the twee hipness and liberal attitude of Oregon’s largest city. This factor also made Canby an ideal […]

This reviewer has spent a lot of time in this very space writing about the evolution of Dead & Company. Even before the final bow at 2015’s “Fare Thee Well” shows in Chicago in 2015, plans were already underway for the music (and everything that goes with bringing it on the road) of the Grateful […]

Fans of the outspoken, opinionated, and controversial royal rock and roll icon, Roger Waters, descended upon the TD Garden in Boston this past Tuesday, July 12. The close-to-sold-out show proved Waters can still draw quite a crowd despite a pandemic-maligned delay for his “This Is Not A Drill Tour”. It didn’t matter that there wasn’t […]

Dead & Company stopped by Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia this past Sunday, July 10th, to deliver a pair of standout sets that focused primarily on relatively early-era material from the Grateful Dead’s expansive catalog. Marking only their second trip to the cavernous home of the Philadelphia Phillies since their 2015 formation – the group […]

Though Pollyanna are a punk and multi-genre band from New Jersey, you’re just as likely to hear them playing in other states, since they’ve undertaken at least five tours so far, and have another coming up in the early autumn. But it made perfect sense for them to host a festive celebration for their new […]

After two pandemic-related postponements, Billy Joel finally made his long-awaited return to Detroit on July 9th. (In fact, while he’s played in the southeast Michigan area throughout the years, according to Setlist.fm, this was his first time playing in the city proper since 1986.) It was also the Piano Man’s first time playing the Detroit […]

There are not many bands that could pull off what the Tedeschi Trucks Band did at The Mann Center in Philadelphia on their Wheels of Soul tour on July 8.  That statement has several dimensions to it. As you likely know, the band has released two parts of their four-part project, I Am the Moon, […]

The 2022 Green River Festival was another resounding success. This 2 ½ day, 3 ½ stage festival, that takes place at the Franklin County Fairgrounds in Greenfield Massachusetts, has quietly become one of the best “small” festivals in the country. Every year, the festival does a great job booking some of the finest indie, folk, […]

The Playboy branding is gone but the “Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival” is rebranded, triumphantly returning with a new name after a two-year absence due to the pandemic. The stellar two-day celebration marked its 42nd year of revelry over June 25-26, driven by top artists in jazz and more and hosted by an admittedly baked Arsenio […]