The book on sacred steel legend Robert Randolph has always been that his music is more on the secular side of the aisle than the religious, but on Brighter Days,
When it was announced that Sleater-Kinney would be recording their new album with producer St. Vincent (Annie Clark) fans expected some changes to the groups rocking sound. It is doubtful
The Grateful Dead’s embrace of serendipity often extended beyond the improvisation journeys they embarked upon while inhabiting the concert stage. Witness the conception and execution of the “Wall of Sound,”
Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes kicked off a new era of her musical career at Asheville, North Carolina’s Orange Peel on August 17th in support her solo debut Jamie, due
“Let me welcome you ladies and gentlemen, I would like to say hello. Are you ready for some entertainment? Are you ready for a show?” These words, most familiar to
Saturday night August 17th, 20,000 packed into the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida for a celebration of female-fronted rock and roll. The three acts each brought its own
Alice Cooper along with Halestorm and Motionless in White brought a hard rock caravan to BB&T Pavilion in Camden NJ on August 16th. Of the many highlights were the guitar
Iron Maiden performed for over 15,000 fans in attendance, on a muggy night on August 15th at the Riverbend Music Center during their Cincinnati stop on the Legacy of the Beast tour. The
During ‘An Evening with Dawes’ at Higher Ground on August 13th, the most striking of any number of memorable moments happened to be very straightforward, intimate ones. After frontman Taylor
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band played to a sold-out crowd at the Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia on August 14th. Starr, the drummer for one of the most famous
