U2 – MAY 12, 2017 – BC PLACE STADIUM, VANCOUVER, BC 30 YEARS LATER: THE JOSHUA TREE STANDS TALL AMONG DOUGLAS FIRS Released thirty years ago, The Joshua Tree sent U2’s status soaring. The band went on to become the world’s […]
U2 – MAY 12, 2017 – BC PLACE STADIUM, VANCOUVER, BC 30 YEARS LATER: THE JOSHUA TREE STANDS TALL AMONG DOUGLAS FIRS Released thirty years ago, The Joshua Tree sent U2’s status soaring. The band went on to become the world’s […]
I never imagined that I would enjoy the cello as much as I do now because I only heard it as part of a classical music orchestra. Meeting young musicians such as Mike Block has changed my perception of that […]
I would not have known the Brooklyn Folk Festival existed were it not for the publicist. I might have known if I lived in New York, but I do not. I am grateful to that publicist because I was introduced […]
Out of Kalamazoo, MI, have come winds of musical change and sonic transformation. Guys like Paul Hoffman take a mandolin and channel it like an instrument of telepathic immersion. Swimming in a third world where the spiritual erupts and slides […]
Saturday evening, the historic GAR Hall located on the doorstep to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Peninsula hosted The Steel Wheels with a SOLD OUT capacity crowd. The boys were finishing up their mini tour promoting the release of […]
If you could combine the elements of a house concert, a comedy show, a book reading and throw in a few history lessons, you’d have Eric Brace, Peter Cooper and Thomm Jutz and a hell of a good night. That’s […]
On a rainy Friday night in Raleigh, Greensky Bluegrass brought some heat to a nondescript, industrial looking space known as The Ritz. While their recordings are primarily acoustic affairs focusing on well-crafted songs, at their gigs, guitarist Dave Bruzza, mandolinist […]
Iconic. How else do you describe Ian Hunter? An artist who will soon turn 78 years young, Hunter is still creating new relevant albums as he tours behind Fingers Crossed released this past September. Growing up in the industrial Midwest, […]
Tom Rush World Cafe Live – Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pa 4/30/2017 Tom Rush came to The World Cafe Live in Philly the other night. He was introduced by his good friend Gene Shay, “The Grandfather of Philadelphia Folk Music”. Rush […]
It’s typically fruitless to search for signs of the Apocalypse, but I believe I spotted one last night in Seattle: A near-capacity crowd of more than a thousand people in the sanctuary city where I live singing along, at full […]
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