Show Reviews

The second day of Outside Lands returned in full force on Saturday. This was the first day of the event that sold out as a single-day event, and the massive crowds gathered to see the likes of Wallows, Flume and Childish Gambino were a testament to how hyped the Bay Area was about this day’s […]

Outside Lands returned to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park for the festival’s 12th edition. You couldn’t have asked for a better day to kick off the event, with afternoon temperatures hovering in the 70s under pristine blue skies. The crowd arrived early and in force, with massive audiences ultimately gathering for both the headliners (Twenty […]

On a perfect summer evening in Hollywood, legendary guitarist Buddy Guy headlined a stacked lineup of veteran bluesmen at one of the world’s most beautiful music venues. Guy, along with Jimmie Vaughan and Charlie Musselwhite, took over the historic Hollywood Bowl on August 7, 2019, to the cheering delight of thousands of fans. It was […]

‘Cala’ roughly translates to ‘creek’ or ‘inlet’ in Spanish. Despite his Irish roots, it’s not the first time Fionn Regan has shown an affinity for the southern reaches of Europe. Third album 100 Acres of Sycamore was written largely in Majorca, a place Regan described as “laced with magic” and “spliced with walking in the […]

During a time when most music festivals are either homogenous corporate machines with the same lineup all summer long or aimed more at appealing to our desire to post on Instagram than our musical tastes – or some combination of both (Coachella anyone?) – it takes a certain mix of elements to make for a […]

Newport Jazz Festival celebrated its 65th year with performances from jazz greats like Herbie Hancock and Ron Carter, modern draws in Kamasi Washington and Corinne Bailey Rae and performances from the likes of Common and Tank and the Bangas that said loud and clear that hip hop is the new jazz.  Both the Jazz and […]

Now in existence for nine years, the annual Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the Movies has on occasion functioned as a marketing tool for dead.net archival projects. For instance, the 2013 event featured the music documentary film Sunshine Daydream, subsequently released on CD, DVD and Blu-ray after the theatrical showings. Likewise, four years later, the Grateful […]

Old School funk filled the balmy night air to the delight of a packed house at the Greek Theatre in Hollywood on August 2, 2019. Legendary frontman George Clinton, the 78-year-old “Dr. Funkenstein” and ringmaster of the expansive Parliament-Funkadelic band, hosted the show, which was part of his farewell tour to celebrate the band’s storied […]

When the lights dimmed to black and the parade of folks lined to the horizon of the Red Rocks Amphitheater caught notice all eyes immediately bolted to the stage. The iconic venue staged amongst gorgeous fountain formation stone of red was home to two nights of My Morning Jacket, one of Louisville’s finest rock bands […]

British heavy metal rockers, Iron Maiden, descended upon the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts on August 1, to join forces with their legion of loyal fans for their Legacy of the Beast tour. And, for the performance tonight, Maiden has continued their tradition of opening their set each night by blasting their cover version of […]

The August 1st rescheduled show at Met Life stadium wasn’t the first of the American leg of the “No Filter” tour, but there was more than a hint of curiosity in the air. The last time the Stones played a stadium show in the area it was Giants Stadium back in 2006. Mick Jagger seemed […]

Between midday Thursday, July 18 and Sunday night, July 21, an epic musical gathering took place at Horning’s Hideout in North Plains, Oregon. The 18th annual Northwest String Summit featured an eclectic lineup that went well beyond string band music. 18 years of coming together makes for lots of close-knit friendships, both on and off […]

Rather than merely soldier on without their leader and namesake (taking the night off as his wife recently gave birth), Joe Russo’s Almost Dead gave an absolutely stellar performance to close out the Lake Champlain Maritime Festival on July 28th. Neither their energy nor their invention flagged over the course of two sets as the […]

When Hershey, Pennsylvania’s The Ocean Blue arrived with their self titled debut in 1989, and dead ringer British modern rock sound- perhaps they were a few years late to the party? Despite the polished formula on this debut that contained Echo and the Bunnymen references amongst standout songs -“Between Something And Nothing” and the sax-laden […]

When Beck, Cage the Elephant and Austin hometown heroes Spoon announced they’d be touring together this summer, we knew the Night Running Tour stop here would be a hot ticket. And we don’t mean the Texas heat, although it was a typically warm July evening when they came through on Friday the 26th. The bill […]

Despite all their best efforts, The Wood Brothers could not capture and hold the attention of the audience that gathered before them at Burlington’s Waterfront Park on July 25th- this first night of the annual Lake Champlain Maritime Festival. Yet the trio’s valiant and various attempts to establish more than just tenuous connection(s) with their […]

Progressive rock pioneers and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Yes are headlining this summer’s A Royal Affair, with Asia, John Lodge (of The Moody Blues) and Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy all traveling together for the first time. The Southern California stop of the tour hit the Five Point Amphitheater in Irvine on July […]

On Friday, July 26, blues music icon, Joe Bonamassa and his band delivered a two-plus hour clinic at the Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion. After the house music came to a hard stop, promptly at the scheduled start time of 8 o’clock, Joe Bonamassa made his way to the stage and after a quick wave to […]

For so many who attend Newport Folk Festival, the surprise Sunday evening set that closes things out is the reason to go. It’s what they’ll leave still talking about and what they’ll still be thinking about a week later. But the true reason to stick around all the way through till Sunday is the change […]

Gladys Knight, one of music’s all-time great voices, performed at the Borgata Event Center in Atlantic City on Friday 7/26. There is no doubt that with her seven Grammy wins( three with the Pips, four for her solo work) and her induction into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 that she has […]