Show Reviews

North Mississippi Allstars rolled into Venice, California to headline a new club appropriately called “The Venice West” on February 2, 2022. The band led by the Dickinson Brothers  (Luther and Cody) had just released its thirteenth album Set Sail the prior Friday (1/28), so new music as well as tracks from their more than 22-year-old […]

Thirty years since forming celebrated indie rock band Built to Spill, Doug Martsch is still playing to eager ears, judging from the crowd that came out for a Sunday show at Portland, Oregon’s Wonder Ballroom on January 30th, the second of a two-night run in the Rose City. Built to Spill is touring as a […]

All Them Witches landed in Portland on a crisp winter Monday (January 31st), as the road dogs made the first of two area appearances on their current western tour, bringing along local favorites, Blackwater Holylight. The devoted faithful turned out for the sold-out event at the Wonder Ballroom, attendees lined up to enter the venue […]

For rock & roll fans, when they imagine what a country music concert must be like, it usually consists of lower-volumed music, lots of cowboy hats in the crowd, and a setlist full of twangy ballads about two-timing men and broken-hearted women. Obviously, they haven’t seen Travis Tritt. Yes, he has ballads and drinking songs, […]

Portland’s Mississippi Studios was in for a psychedelic treat on Thursday, Jan. 27, when a caravan of three bands arrived from Los Angeles on their current west coast tour.  Headliners L.A. WITCH brought along a couple of bands from their hometown, relatively new scenesters Tremours, as well as the laid-back power trio, Triptides.  The Portland […]

The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band was originally scheduled to play at Hard Rock Live in Orlando, Florida in February 2021, but due to COVID it was postponed to September 2021. As that date neared, a member of the band contracted COVID and it was postponed again. On January 28, 2022, a delighted Orlando crowd finally […]

On the surface, Cedric Burnside and Black Joe Lewis come from two different musical backgrounds, but listen to their music and it makes sense that they would tour together. Whereas Burnside is a bearer of the blues tradition, Black Joe Lewis takes forms of the blues and spins it in a funky rock and roll […]

Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons capped off their 4-night New Year run at Dante’s in downtown Portland, Oregon on Friday, December 31st. In addition to core Jackmormons Stevie James Wright (bass) and Steve Drizos (drums), honorary Jackmormons Jenny Conlee-Drizos (keys) and Eric Martinez (guitar) joined the band for all four nights. On New Year’s Eve, […]

Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons soldiered on as they kicked off the first of their four-show New Year’s Eve run at Dante’s in Portland, Oregon on Tuesday, December 28th.

For the 7th Annual John Henry’s Friends Benefit for the Keswell School Steve Earle and company raised the most money in the fundraiser’s history at a time when it is desperately needed. The all-star lineup was the reason why Town Hall easily sold out, leaving many fans hoping to buy tickets in the seasonably warm […]

Legendary punk band X brought their “X-Mas Re-Zoomed Tour!” to Revolution Hall in Portland, Oregon on Saturday, December 11th for a show with Soft Kill.

BLACKSTARKIDS Get the Party Started Early in the show on December 8th at Detroit’s Majestic Theatre, BLACKSTARKIDS’ singer Ty admitted he hadn’t gotten a good night’s sleep: “I’m literally dying up here, but it’s worth it for you guys.” The crowd was more than eager to bring their energy to the opening set. The group’s […]

Béla Fleck was joined by Jerry Douglas on dobro, Sam Bush on mandolin, Edgar Myer on bass, Fleck on banjo, Bryan Sutton on guitar, and Stuart Duncan on fiddle in Portland, Oregon on December 7th

Lindsey Buckingham’s live appearance at Tucson’s Fox Theatre was probably one of the more anticipated shows in the Old Pueblo a year and a half ago. Buckingham has been given much credit for Fleetwood Mac’s meteoric success upon his arrival in the band with then-girlfriend Stevie Nicks in 1975, based upon his distinct vocals, fingerpicking […]

The 19th installment of Alice Cooper’s Christmas Pudding was a relentless barrage of high-energy musical entertainment at Phoenix’s Celebrity Theater.. Two long years have passed since the previous Alice Cooper Christmas Pudding. That is a long time for an organization that depends on two events to fund Alice Cooper’s Solid Rock Teen Centers. The mission of […]

On Sunday, December 5th, folk troubadour John Craigie played the second of two nights at Portland’s Aladdin Theater as part of his Keep It Warm 2021 tour.

Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real (POTR) ended their fall tour at Portland, Oregon’s Crystal Ballroom on Monday, November 22nd.

British rock band Squid, supporting their new album Bright Green Field, came to Portland, Oregon for a show at the Doug Fir Lounge on November 22nd.

The melodic noise rock trio Dinosaur Jr. played to a receptive sold out crowd at Brooklyn Steel on Saturday night November 20th, delivering a strong set of guitar driven tunes from all eras of their long career.  Opening with the cantankerous “Bulbs of Passion” from their very first release Dinosaur, the group (J Mascis – […]

During his band introductions, Bob Dylan mentioned how nice it was to be back in the Big Apple and to see New York come back alive. The city that he fell in love with sixty years ago is slowly trying to return to normalcy while Dylan, amazingly, continues to evolve live on stage.  Pre-Covid installments […]