Show Reviews

Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society and Boston’s BLS chapter were once again reunited for an explosive evening that proved to be an unforgiving assault on the senses. Black Label Society (Zakk Wylde/guitar/piano/vocals, John DeServio/bass, Jeff Fabb/drums and Dario Lorina/guitar, are currently touring behind the exceptional Grimmest Hits and celebrating the twentieth anniversary of their flagship […]

The quietest performance of Jimmie Vaughan’s two-hour-plus set at the Barre Opera House October 4th was, probably not coincidentally, one of the most extended ones as well. He introduced it as a ‘sexy, slow’ number and it came right after he invited the audience to fill the open floor area right in front of the […]

The last album Thurston Moore released, 2017’s Rock n Roll Consciousness, contained some of the most engaging and brightly psychedelic based tunes of his career. Now Moore follows his more experimental muse to an extreme, releasing Spirit Counsel, a three-CD Box Set on his Daydream Library Series record label. These instrumental numbers are not for […]

You could feel the energy in Zilker Park was different the minute you stepped on the grounds for the final day of weekend one of the Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL Fest) on Sunday, October 6. There was a buzz of expectation that hung over the park like electric fog in some unreal musical […]

Wannabe recently made his way to the Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival, which took place September 27-29 in Columbia, Missouri. This year’s lineup featured Maren Morris, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, John Prine, Mandolin Orange, Patty Griffin, The Mavericks, and many more. Note: Click each image for higher resolution. 

Fresh off the release of their acclaimed new album Forever Turned Around, Whitney headed to Brooklyn Steel for a two-night stand. Despite a dreary fall rain drizzling outside, the Chicago folk-rockers brought plenty of warm sounds from their discography. Dressed to the nines in matching suits, the band even wrangled in a string quartet for […]

Day one of the 2019 edition of Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL Fest) was stacked with incredible talent at Zilker Park. Tame Impala delivered another stellar performance while Guns n Roses played at the opposite end of the park. Thom Yorke (Radiohead) performed on the Miller Lite Stage as Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes. The Raconteurs […]

There was perhaps no better way to kick off the 18th year of Austin City Limits Music Festival on Thursday, October 3rd than with The Raconteurs featuring the incomparable Jack White and his partner-in-crime Brendon Benson. The pair led a crack band on a 75-minute excursion into rock n roll punctuated by mind-melting guitar solos, […]

Perhaps it gets to the point as a writer that you become too close to something, too wrapped up in the beauty of a thing that you cannot adequately, or objectively report on it? Sitting down and trying to review this year’s installment of the Lost Sierra Hoedown has been nearly impossible. So much so […]

The 2019/2020 Boston Lyric Opera’s opener Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci again brings an inventive staging and design to their products that promote a carnival-like atmosphere, that invigorates the storyline and engages the audience. Following the plot of a traveling troupe of performers, going from town to town, “Pagliacci” tells a short but intense story of “love, […]