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Melodic Death Metal band The Black Dahlia Murder released their latest album, Verminous, via Metal Blade Records in April of 2020, and naturally would have been on tour this year under other circumstances considering they are large scale touring and festival mainstays. To channel some of that energy and give fans a live introduction to […]

Amazon Music hosted three short concerts as ‘Holiday Plays’ streaming on Amazon Music and their Twitch Channel on Tuesday nights at 8pm Eastern. The first featured Kiana Lede, the second Miley Cyrus, and the third, on December 15th, presented Lil Nas X hosting The Foo Fighters, with even more overt holiday decorations and themes. While […]

Metalcore band Atreyu played two big livestream shows worldwide on November 20th and December 4th 2020, under the virtual tour title Carry the Fire. While the first concert focused on their greatest hits through the years since their 1998 inception, the second focused on their biggest album in terms of band history, Lead Sails Paper […]

Seattle musical innovators Alice In Chains were honored by the Museum of Pop Culture with their Founders Award for contributions to the local community and beyond on December 1st. The event is usually held at the museum, which has a full performance space, but this year went virtual and welcomed a host of musical greats […]

The Jayhawks held a live stream event performance on November 29th from Slamhammer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, featuring a full play-through of the band’s 1997 album Sound of Lies. The performance was the second in a three-show series, with an October show featuring their 2020 album XOXO, and one more show coming up on January 10th, […]

 moe. finished up their run of drive-in performances this past Saturday (11/7/20) at Showtime At The Drive-In in Frederick, Maryland with a rousing pair of celebratory sets that repeatedly referenced the historic presidential election which had (thankfully) been called in favor of Democratic nominee Joe Biden earlier that afternoon.  The overwhelming feeling of relief and […]

Trey Anastasio kicked off The Beacon Jams, his eight-week livestream residency at New York’s legendary Beacon Theatre, this Friday evening (10/9/20) with a stellar performance consisting of a single two-and-a-half-hour set that featured both electric & acoustic arrangements of a few Phish classics as well as Trey’s solo material, including several live debuts from his […]

Bluegrass maven Billy Strings wrapped up the opening weekend of his Meet Me At The Drive-In Tour this past Sunday (9/13/20) at the Mohegan Sun Arena (rather, in the adjacent parking lot) in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania with a pair of captivating sets that encompassed myriad genres, from Bill Monroe to Phish.  The freshly coifed musical mastermind […]

On Saturday, September 12th, a group of friends braved adverse conditions and came together outside of Portland, Oregon to celebrate the birthday of a longtime fan of Jerry Joseph. Joseph brought along his band, The Jackmormons, as well as a couple of guest musicians to play two full sets of music. Poor air quality and […]

Considering the absolutely unadulterated insanity that is 2020, it seemed appropriate that the long-awaited return to live music would occur in a gravel parking lot located in the South Philadelphia Sports Complex that typically plays host to the Phillies, Eagles & Sixers. And so, last Friday evening on September 4th, thousands of adventurous fans of […]

Sitting on the lawn of a beautiful vineyard and listening to the smooth jazz-swing music of Rachael &Vilray was the perfect way to spend a hot summer afternoon, one made only better by the fact that the show was the first live music that many of us had experienced since the COVID-19  lockdown in early […]

Billy Strings kicked off his Streaming Strings tour – a nine-show run of crowd-free virtual performances at various Nashville venues – from the Brooklyn Bowl Nashville last night. The two-set performance, Strings’ first public appearance since March 1st, featured material that ran the gamut from traditional to progressive and included a brief guest appearance from […]

As one of the premier jazz festivals in the world, the Montreal Jazz Festival has taken the impact of their festival’s cancellation this year and turned it into a musical happening that celebrates Canadian multiculturalism. As Canada celebrates the inclusivity of all ethnic groups inside their border, Canada Multiculturalism Day is celebrated on June 27th. […]

Unbeknownst to the (approximately) 1,500 fans enjoying a sold-out Dashboard Confessional show on 3/11, the crowd was witnessing one of the last major concerts in NYC for the foreseeable future. The very next day, New York governor Andrew Cuomo enacted a moratorium on all “gatherings with 500 people or more” due to the increasing threat […]

Amidst the backdrop and burgeoning panic of a worldwide pandemic, Tool defiantly pushed on their world tour with a sold out show at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon on Wednesday, March 11th. This tour finds the heavy rockers supporting Fear Inoculum, their first new album since 2008, which Glide hailed as a “masterpiece”. Opening with the […]

If you look behind the fringe on the mask that Orville Peck wears during his performance, one can see a smile and a twinkle in his eyes. Peck has a lot to smile about these days. The masked crooner who plays honky-tonk music and sings with a deep baritone voice has an air of mystery […]

When “The Brothers” show was first announced to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Allman Brothers Band, it seemed like a surprise. The band played its last show in 2014 and both Gregg Allman and Butch Trucks have sadly passed on since then. Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, and Oteil Burbridge have all been touring steadily […]

It’s been a week like none other in the music industry with the constant C-word taking over people’s lives, fears and concerns and causing cancellations including this week’s SXSW. But it was business as usual for Phoenix’s M3F Festival which took place in downtown Phoenix March 6-8, 2020 at Margaret Hance Park.  The festival has […]

The second and final day of the Gasparilla Music Festival in Tampa, Florida had a good mix of local and global acts all joining together to promote youth music education and inspire a future generation of musicians. After a freakishly cold day on Saturday, Sunday’s event had perfect Florida weather, with constant cloud cover blocking […]

On an unusually cold day in Tampa, Florida, a record crowd gathered for the ninth annual Gasparilla Music Festival. The event is part of a series of festivals and parades in the city, including the  Gasparilla Pirate Festival in January and the Gasparilla Film Festival that begins March 17, all named after a mythical pirate […]