Show Reviews

Breakestra : Blue Cafe, Long Beach CA 12/30/2005

Jack Spilberg January 5, 2006 No Comments

Breakestra’s got the formula down when it comes to funky ass live performances.

STS9: The Tabernacle, Atlanta GA 12.29-12.31.05

Simon Cohn January 4, 2006 No Comments

For the past few years (since 2000, really), they

Benevento / Russo Duo with Mike Gordon : The State Theater, Falls Church, VA 12/27/2005

Joe Adler January 3, 2006 No Comments

This trio of musicians has gotten to know each other well quite well the past year and isn’t afraid to jump into uncharted waters at any time.

Steve Kimock Band 11/17/2005: W.O.W. Hall – Eugene, OR

Timothy Stout December 30, 2005 No Comments

The latest SKB incarnation seems to be rolling into shape just in time for the upcoming four-night run at the Great American Music Hall for New Year

Steve Kimock Band 11/16/2005: Crystal Ballroom – Portland, OR

Jason Gershuny December 28, 2005 No Comments

The Steve Kimock Band took stage at Portland Oregon

Warren Haynes 17th Annual Christmas Jam 11/17/2005: Asheville Civic Center, Asheville NC

Richard Clarke December 27, 2005 No Comments

Warren Haynes is Santa Claus, at least as far as I am concerned. Not only does he throw the best Christmas Party I have ever attended, but the eight hour-plus music event is for a great cause, Habitat for Humanity.

Low 11/10/2005: Sacred Heart Music Center, Duluth, MN

Lauree Guyer December 20, 2005 No Comments

On December 10, 2005, Low performed a Christmas concert in the Sacred Heart Music Center in Duluth, Minnesota, for a church full of appreciative music go-ers, to benefit the Maasai School Project in Kenya. Out of a perfectly satisfying seventeen song set, Low performed only one up-tempo song, “It Was Just Like Christmas.”

Assembly of Dust 10/23/2005: Mexicali Blues, Teaneck NJ

Richard Clarke December 19, 2005 No Comments

The band

Charlotte Martin 11/11/2005: Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR

Timothy Stout December 16, 2005 No Comments

The warm ambiance provided by Mississippi Studios, which acts like an elegant living room rather than a theater, is the perfect setting for a Charlotte Martin performance. The stunningly beautiful Martin, in her second Portland performance seemed excited, if not slightly overanxious, to make the eager audience feel as at home as the venue does. Martin, an up-and-coming pop singer with a well-disguised dark side, managed to do just that on this Sunday night as she turned in a rather talkative–Storytellers-esque

Matisyahu w/ Pigeon John 10/19/2005: The Odeon, Cleveland, OH

Teri Stevens And Robert Massie December 14, 2005 No Comments

On a typically cold November evening, a diverse crowd formed outside the legendary Cleveland Odeon and eagerly stepped inside the spiritual cipher for a night of sermon. By boldly beatboxing off the beaten path, Matisyahu has emerged as a new voice of his generation.