Show Reviews

Greensky Bluegrass welcomed Holly Bowling to the stage for their show in Portland, Oregon on November 18th.

Cory Wong and his band the Wongnotes hit the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood, CA on November 13 and were joined by vocalist Antwaun Stanley as well as surprise guest Dave Koz. Wong is a prolific songwriter, bandleader, and guitarist who released a shocking eight albums in 2020. He is best known for his work with […]

Billy Strings made his triumphant return to the Washington D.C. area this past weekend (Saturday 11/13) before a capacity crowd at The Anthem with a pair of rousing sets that covered a wide musical spectrum, featuring a healthy dose of original material from his previous pair of studio releases, Home & Renewal, as well as […]

Erika Wennerstrom has always translated her personal life journey and reflections into the music of the Heartless Bastards, the ever-evolving band she has fronted since 2003. Her latest release A Beautiful Life (REVIEW) finds her reaching for hope in a time where that is hard to come by, and musically it is a vast departure from the […]

On an unseasonably balmy November Friday night at Brooklyn’s Union Pool on November 12th, Silver Synthetic swept up from New Orleans to deliver a set of tight rock and roll for fans at Union Pool during their first New York City show.  Opening with the thumping “Anyway I Can” the four-piece, Chris Lyons, Lucas Bogner, […]

Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real (POTR) have not performed in Tucson since the band opened for B. B. King in 2009. Back 12 years ago there was no band introduction and they came out on stage and started playing. Those in attendance were scratching their heads because the voice was so familiar. We […]

From the opening notes of “Country Ghetto” through the end of their set over two hours later, JJ Grey & Mofro had what seemed like a welcome home party at Portland, Oregon’s Crystal Ballroom on Thursday, November 11th, although they were thousands of miles away from Grey’s north Florida residence. The crowd fell into the […]

Keith Jarrett’s Facing You celebrated the 50th anniversary of its recording date on November 10, 1971. The album was recorded in Oslo Norway ‘s Arne Bendiksen Studio and was one of the first produced by long-running ECM leader Manfred Eicher. This is a landmark recording that paved the way for a series of solo recordings […]

The third time was the charm for Tedeschi Trucks Band. After the first two attempts to play at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando were postponed by COVID, the band finally put on the show Wednesday night (11/10) and kicked of run of eight shows in the southeast.. “It took us […]

If you were one of the lucky attendees at the intimate Chevalier Theater in Medford, Massachusetts on November 5th, you can say that you witnessed a dynamic double bill featuring living blues legend Buddy Guy and legend in the making, Samantha Fish. At 85 years old, Buddy Guy has lived it just as he’s talked […]

When you tell someone you are going to a Drive-By Truckers show you get one of two responses. It is either, “cool, that should be an awesome show” or “they worth seeing live?” The answer to the second response is trickier than one would think. On the surface, they look like a southern rock band […]

For the second show of their three nights run at Williamsburg’s Brooklyn Bowl on November 5th the Drive-By Truckers delivered their workman-like rock and roll with the power and grace that makes them one of the most consistently great live bands in the land.  First Buffalo Nichols opened the night as the Austin, TX based […]

The worlds of Deer Tick and Delta Spirit have coalesced many times throughout the years, most notably in the Middle Brother folk-rock project that featured each of the band’s respective front men along with Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes. Each band also started around the same time and came up as part of a wave of […]

It’s been just over two years since Black Label Society visited the Bay State and the chill in the air certainly didn’t keep the band’s Massachusetts Chapter from reuniting once again for an evening that proved to be an unforgiving and glorious assault on the senses at Worcester’s Palladium on 11/4/21.  The band (Zakk Wylde/guitar/piano/vocals, John DeServio/bass, Jeff Fabb/drums and Dario Lorina/guitar) is currently doom trooping across the US ahead of the release of their new […]

For more than 30 years, JD Pinkus has been on the radar of every self-respecting punk, alt, and psychedelic music fan on the planet. From joining Austin punk legends Butthole Surfers in the mid-80s to his time with the Melvins in the late 2000s, not to mention various other projects including Honky, Daddy Longhead, and […]

We are very familiar with the actor, Kevin Costner. Costner has garnered two Academy Awards, two golden Globe Awards, a primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actor Guild Awards. He has starred in more than 60 movies, as well as several television miniseries. He is presently starring as John Dutton in Paramount’s very popular television […]

If you ever wanted to watch a MasterClass, where the best of the best show you how it’s done, then sitting in the audience at the recent Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen and John Jorgenson concert was exactly where you needed to be. When it comes to Mandolin, no one is better than Hillman; although Jorgenson […]

Spirits were soaring on the night before Halloween in Williamsburg as some fiery guitar players took different paths to deliver the six string goods at Brooklyn Bowl.  Jonathan Long opened the evening with a restrained acoustic set showcasing his blues/country/gospel influenced sound in a relaxed style. Long would save the electric blazing for later, opening […]

Dead & Company are wrapping up their 2021 tour with three shows at the historic Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA. The first of those performances took place on October 29th to set up a three night run that promised to cover almost all the vital parts of the iconic songbook. Drummer Bill Kreutzmann was […]

All of a sudden, Day 3 of Outside Lands arrived to close out the weekend’s festivities. Tons of artists and fans rocked creative costumes in celebration of Halloween. (Hello, Caroline Polachek as Marie Antoinette and Tame Impala as The Wiggles!) Another huge crowd turned out early and held strong on the main stage all the […]