An ne’er before seen and heard assemblage of Phil Lesh & Friends came together at the Frost Amphitheater on the Stanford University campus for a dandy of a show on June 4. The two-set, 3 ½-hour extravaganza of sound gelled consistently, featured three guitarists, hit all the right notes, and delivered splendid, soul-nourishing exploratory… Continue reading Phil Lesh & Friends | Frost Amphitheater | 6/4/22
With a love for the Grateful Dead and impressive body of photography work that has continued for almost 50 years, Bob Minkin’s new coffee-table book, “Just Bobby,” is a definitive comprehensive compendium of Bob Weir imagery. A follow-up to Minkin’s popular, “Just Jerry,” a photographic profile of the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia, “Just Bobby” gives… Continue reading ‘Just Bobby’ by Photography by Bob Minkin | Review
Goose brought another tight performance to the always delightful former tennis stadium turned music venue Westville Music Bowl, in New Haven, CT, despite seemingly ominous skies to kick off the night on May 28th, 2022. The band was on fire night two of the Dripfield tour to promote the upcoming album release with the same… Continue reading Goose | Westville Music Bowl | 5/28/2022
Memorial Day weekend is upon us, and the jam rock quintet Goose ushered in the summer concert season with a heater at the Westville Music Bowl in New Haven, CT last night on the first of a two night stand. This feel good “hometown state” show, as described by multi-instrumentalist Peter Anspach, included a mix… Continue reading Goose | Westville Music Bowl | 5/27/2022
The Infamous Stringdusters have a long storied career as a band spanning sixteen years of musical magic. You can say they are traditional folk musicians with bluegrass roots and style, or you can simply say they are the masters of jam improvisation and all things in-between, and wherever the music lands on your soul is… Continue reading Infamous Stringdusters | Red Rocks Amphitheatre | 5/26/22
Andy Frasco generates incredible energy at his live shows and that same off-the-chart energy explodes in his songwriting with his new album, Wash, Rinse, Repeat. If Carol King was a songwriter that conveyed a conversational women’s confession songwriting style, then Andy Frasco has that same kind of conversational confession songwriting for those of us that… Continue reading Wash, Rinse, Repeat | Andy Frasco Album Review
This past weekend’s historic performance by The Who at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati was much more than a typical stop on one of their U.S. tours. Besides being the first concert event to take place at the nearly-brand-new soccer stadium, it marked the band’s first appearance in Cincinnati since the tragic events that happened more… Continue reading The Who's Emotional Return to Cincinnati 43 Years After Tragedy | 5/15/22
The electronica jamband Lotus kicked off a blazing two night run at Union Transfer in Philadelphia, Pa last Friday night. These shows were rescheduled from December 2021 because of complications with covid-19, and were originally part of their year end run. The Philadelphia based squad brought a clever mix of new and old songs, as… Continue reading Lotus | Union Transfer | 5/13/2022
The first time I heard the words Billy and Strings in the same sentence I was bit confused. My friend Michelle told me Billy Strings was playing at the Mishawaka Amphitheatre in Fort Collins, Colorado. I said ‘Boy, with a name like that this cat better be good, that’s a lot of pressure!’ Well, several… Continue reading Billy Strings | Red Rocks Amphitheatre| 5/13/2022
The Sweetwater 420 Music Festival continued into day four, which had an equally impressive line up to the prior days. The weather continued to cooperate and made for a beautiful day at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Ga. The music was anchored by Oysterhead, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead and Thievery Corporation. Thievery Corporation kicked things… Continue reading Sweetwater 420 Festival Day 4 | Centennial Olympic Park | 5/1/2022
