Show Reviews

Antibalas 7/18/2004: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA

Kenny Bohlin August 27, 2004 No Comments

If politics and music doesn

Barbara Cue 7/24/2004: State Botanical Gardens, Athens GA

David Eduardo August 26, 2004 No Comments

Featuring Widespread Panic’s Todd Nance on vocals and drums joined by vocalist and damn good Dobro player William Tonks, bassist and Athens scene stalwart Crumpy Edwards, guitarist and rural music mainstay Jon Mills, and pedal steel bad ass John Neff (Drive-By Trucker fans will recognize the sounds, if not his mug) the headlines will surely read, “Barbara Cue Rocks the Garden!”

Bottle Rockets & Lucinda Williams 7/20/2004: The Pageant, St. Louis, MO

Jason Gonulsen August 26, 2004 No Comments

For the Bottle Rockets and Lucinda Williams, their gig together at the Pageant had been a long time in the making. For past few years, whenever the Louisiana-born Williams rolled her bus into town, she has always taken a moment during her live performance to mention her love for a special band from Festus, Missouri. And every time she opened her mouth, the Bottle Rockets would be in attendance to hear her proclaim her admiration for their music. This time around, they would finally share the stage together in St. Louis.

Phish: Almost Coventry 8/12/04-8/14/04

Matt Montoya August 23, 2004 No Comments

As I pulled onto the southbound onramp, I had to keep an eye out for the streams of traffic heading south. Boy, this was going to be expensive to fix. As we passed under a bridge, a local was hanging a banner,

Derek Trucks Band 7/07/2004: Cain Park, Cleveland Heights, OH

Robert Massie August 20, 2004 No Comments

If music really is like boxing, the Derek Trucks Band would be like a prizefighter whose conditioning and stamina eventually prove that, in a situation reminiscent of the

Little Feat 6/19/2004: Northern Lights Theatre, Milwaukee, WI

Peter Kolesari August 19, 2004 No Comments

On July 19, the Northern Lights Theatre in Milwaukee, WI experienced exactly what makes Little Feat the legendary musical outfit they are.

Feeling Better than Everfine Festival 6/31/2004: Tower City Amphitheater, Cleveland, OH

Robert Massie August 18, 2004 No Comments

By offering such a special show to the dedicated Cleveland fans, Everfine Records and OAR have created one of the most ambitious and promising traditions to come along in the birthplace of Rock in quite some time.

Phish: Coventry, VT – August 14 & 15, 2004

Shane Handler August 18, 2004 No Comments

For twenty one years, Phish continually challenged our ears with their complex compositions and unpredictable musicianship. For their final shows – the multi-day “Coventry” festival in Coventry, Vermont – Phish challenged their fans to the physical extremes. Of course for others, the final shows put some fans through emotional extremes as well, as a chapter in not only the band