Show Reviews

The Polish National Home, located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, has remained a staple of the Polish community for over a century and is now also home to one of New York City’s coolest concert venues, Warsaw. The eight-hundred person capacity ballroom is adorned with intricate plaster moldings, chandeliers, and two over-sized oil paintings which flank either side […]

When one visits the great city of Boston, Fenway Park is most often at the top of the To Do list. Whether it be a visit to watch a Red Sox game, an official tour, or even just to walk around Lansdowne Street to look up at the Green Monster from the outside. But, over […]

Like a pressure cooker, the buzz about The Struts has been building exponentially over the past couple of years and there’s good reason for it. After releasing their latest hook-filled full-length album Everybody Wants, relentlessly traveling the globe supporting bands like Motley Crue, joining festivals such as Lollapalooza or headlining their own tours across the […]

Day Two of Outside Lands really saw the momentum build from Day One and it registered in the quality of the bands, the fluidity of the logistics and the increased crowd size. From the time gates opened until Radiohead brought the day to a close, the various options to stimulate literally every single sensory receptor […]

The first day of the 2016 incarnation of Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival was a strong start to a sold out weekend that offers a wide array of musical acts in addition to an even greater variety of cuisine, wine, craft beer and artisan chocolate. Apparently, August in San Francisco is notoriously cloudy and […]

Rock music in the 90’s may be best known for combining many “non-rock” elements together and many times crossing genres. Artists like Beck, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Radiohead were so outside of traditional rock that they are truly Alternative. Where bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam took elements of heavy metal and created grunge, […]

The Carnival Of Madness tour bolted into New Orleans last week with fists raised and lips snarling, charging full steam ahead, and there was no time for laziness for all involved. This was a rock & roll show and good shows involve loud guitars, powerful vocals and some heavy duty pound time on the drums. […]

To call the period between August 1 and August 9 “The Days Between” seems a more than a little depressing. “Jerry Week” sounds like the celebration it truly is. With Dead and Company’s triumphant summer tour ending on Saturday, Warren Haynes’ orchestral Garcia tribute tour starting up, and a glut of official archival releases, it’s […]

The lines were long, the seats were packed and $40 t-shirts were flying off the shelves. GNR fans of all ages were ripe for this show, which brought Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan back onstage together after many, many years apart. Playing a venue the size of the Superdome in New Orleans might have […]

On the evening of July 26th, The Chris Robinson Brotherhood played two celestial sets at the Stone Pony, the legendary Asbury Park music club known for launching the long illustrious career of Bruce Springsteen. It was a performance that showcased most of the material off their new release Anyway You Love, We Know How You […]

Normally, attending a concert of a band from the 60’s and 70’s can be a pretty predictable experience. Most of their set lists on tour will be identical and will mostly be made up of the hits that they put out during their heyday with maybe a few songs from their new album sprinkled in. […]

Art and music are invariably reflective of the environment and setting in which they were created. Experienced artists know that understanding this cosmic relationship is essential to the growth and quality of their work, and Israel Nash is one example of such an artist. Nash not only acknowledges and accepts the immense influence of location, […]

Now in its second year in Detroit and in similar fashion, Mo Pop faced a chance of heavy delays on the last day of the festival. The tumultuous forecasted thunderstorms on Sunday only mildly stopped the start of the festivities for a half an hour, luckily hitting earlier than anticipated.  The fest on the riverfront […]

When String Cheese Incident took the stage at the Cuthbert Amphitheater in Eugene Oregon on Saturday, Michael Kang said that it felt like home to be back in this part of the country, and that since it was the end of this part of their summer tour, that we should all have some fun. And […]

Few things in life feel as uplifting as a smile from Willie Nelson, and at Edgefield just outside Portland on Sunday night the Red Headed Stranger was all smiles as he waved to ‘hello’ audience. It’s a remarkable feat that at the age of 83 Willie is still on the road all the time. Not […]

Modest Mouse is the type of band that generates both fair weather fans and obsessive fans. If you are one of the former than attending one of their shows can either be a great experience or an incredible disappointment. If you are one of the later, most shows are going to be the highlight of […]

After an opening night that featured a slew of cover songs, String Cheese Incident’s second night at the Cuthbert Amphitheater in Eugene, Oregon saw the band pull mostly from their own material. The first set did feature a cover of Peter Rowan’s “Midnight Moonlight” and ended strong with “Stop Drop Roll” jammed right through “Texas.” […]

Peace flowed freely out of Fort Adams for the final day of Newport Folk Festival, which began traditionally, with gospel music pouring off the Fort stage and out into the crowd. The Berkelee Gospel Choir eased festival-goers into the day after a long weekend, and the soothing sounds of folk singer Ian Fitzgerald (with Smith […]

On July 20th, the Wheels of Soul Tour featuring Tedeschi Trucks Band, Los Lobos and the North Mississippi All-Stars wowed the crowd at Bethel Woods, the site of the original Woodstock Music and Arts festival. Like previous dates of this summer trek, those who came out for the show got to hear and see collaboration-heavy […]

Christening Oregon as their home away from home, String Cheese Incident cut loose with a strong show in Eugene, Oregon to open their two-night run at the Cuthbert Amphitheater. The first set alone featured covers of the Allman Brothers (“Jessica”), Stevie Wonder (“Boogie On Reggae Woman”), Peter Rowan (“Sweet Melinda”), and Kool & The Gang […]