The second leg of A Bowie Celebration, the David Bowie Alumni tour made its way to the Majestic Ventura Theater in Ventura, California, for a 22-song marathon concert of David Bowie classics. The show featured a core band of Bowie collaborators including, keyboardist Mike Garson who was Bowie’s longest and most frequent band member. Garson… Continue reading A Bowie Celebration | Ventura Theater | 9/26/18
It was the second to last weekend in September which meant it was also time for the 2nd annual Bourbon and Beyond Festival to come to Champions Park in Louisville, Kentucky. Unfortunately, it also accounts for unpredictable weather, as last year’s festival had relentless sun and heat. This year was the opposite, pouring rains made… Continue reading Bourbon and Beyond Festival 2018 | Review
New York got a taste of Alabama soul music this week when eight-piece band St. Paul and the Broken Bones took the stage at New York’s Brooklyn Steel. After selling out two shows at one of New York’s most well-known music venues, this band did not disappoint. Opening up for St. Paul and the Broken… Continue reading St. Paul & the Broken Bones | Brooklyn Steel | 10/4/18
The English rock band The The brought their melancholy music to Hollywood California during their first U.S. tour in 18 years, the Comeback Special Tour. The group, which was the brainchild of Matt Johnson was one of the first English post-punk rock bands to emerge from the New Wave Movement. The 57-year-old Johnson grew up… Continue reading The The | Hollywood Palladium | 9/25/18
Formula 5 have announced additional dates on their 2018 Fall Tour. The tour stretches from the Northeast to the Rocky Mountains with a swing through the South, performing their ‘Widespread’s Dead’ set at select shows. The band will close out festival season with appearances at The Heap Music Festival (October 12) and Mustang Rock and… Continue reading Formula 5 Announces Additional Fall Tour Dates featuring sets of ‘Widespread’s Dead’
The arrival of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s 50th anniversary brings an unprecedented celebration of everything the band contributed in their short but startlingly epochal time together (1968 – 1972). To commemorate this milestone, Craft Recordings is releasing a deluxe box set comprising the band’s complete seven-album studio output: Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bayou Country, Green River, Willy… Continue reading Creedence Clearwater Revival 7-LP deluxe box set out 11/30
The Phish Summer 2018 charity signed poster auction is now live. The auction features posters from Dicks, Merriweather, Alpharetta, etc. Every poster is numbered as well as signed by Trey, Mike, Page, and Jon. The auction is scheduled to end October 23. http://www.mimifishman.org/auction/browse/featured
This past Saturday, the Williamsburg area in downtown New York City returned with one of its most anticipated musical events of the year, Brooklyn Comes Alive. Across three music venues, The Brooklyn Bowl, Rough Trade, and Music Hall of Williamsburg, over fifty musicians jammed, sang, and tributed together in fifteen sets of unique, supergroup type… Continue reading Brooklyn Comes Alive 2018 | Review
This past Monday evening, Brooklyn-native Cory Henry began his one-month residency at the Blue Note jazz club located in the heart of Manhattan. The residency is a part of his fall tour promoting his most recent EP, Art of Love, which is available now and features his band The Funk Apostles. The Blue Note welcomed… Continue reading Cory Henry | The Blue Note | 10/1/18
On January 1, 1976 Stephen Holden of Rolling Stone magazine called the debut album by West Virginian prog-rock pioneers Crack The Sky “…one of year’s most impressive debuts.” Today, some 40 years later, Rolling Stone Magazine is calling them “…the Best U.S. Prog Band You’ve Never Heard,” and the band is cracking the charts with… Continue reading Crack The Sky's Highest Chart Debut In 40 Years
