Nearly every performer out there is touting some sort of Christmas or holiday album. Among those that came across my desk was a little gem called The Jewish Songbook: The Heart and Humor of a People (2008). It’s a CD compilation from Shout Factory and the Jewish Music Group put together by record producer, recording… Continue reading Jewish Music for the Season: The Jewish Songbook & Songs for Zeyde
Are you a Grateful Dead snob? An easy way to answer that question is to read through the following list of statements. If any describe you, then you might fit the bill. 1. You will only listen to soundboard recordings. 2. You measure a person based on how many shows they saw, regardless of their age.… Continue reading DSO | The Higher Ground | Burlington, VT | 12/2/2008
On a cold November Sunday night in Philadelphia not too many people were out and about. But at the World Café Live, near the Ivy League campus of the University of Pennsylvania, there was beautiful music happening with or without the crowds. Even the upstairs of venue has a special feel when it’s not overly… Continue reading Marco Benevento Trio Closes November Tour in Style
Branches on the tree of music will never stop growing. As soon as someone pioneers a new sound, five others have radiated from it, creating what they see as their own unique niche, slightly different form their predecessors. Unfortunately, such constant divergence creates an intricate web of music where nothing is original and no two… Continue reading Trampled By Turtles | Duluth | Review
Known for his hip-hop and reggae style, Jewish musician Matisyahu’s sold out show Sunday night at Boulder’s Fox Theatre proved to have attracted far beyond the religious folk of his faith. While a considerable amount of Jewish families with women in their head dresses and men in their customary yarmulke could be spotted from among… Continue reading Matisyahu & Friends-It doesn't have to be About the Religion to Appreciate the Music
Usually, I’m a rock and roll fan. Usually. But I like to mix it up now and then, see something I don’t usually get the opportunity to see, hear something I haven’t heard before. The club scene is rarely my scene, but last Wednesday night, I find myself in the middle of a DJ show… Continue reading deadmau5 Kills at the Fox
I hope the folks in Greensboro, NC and Florida got the same treatment we got from RatDog here in Philadelphia before ending their Fall Tour. Two weeks after our country rejoiced and welcomed a new sign of hope in the free world with the election of Barack Obama, Ratdog brought the house down. The stage was… Continue reading RatDog Waves That Flag on Saturday Night!
Many aspects of last Monday night’s show at The Flynn Space in downtown Burlington, Vermont felt as if they had been transplanted from past eras, even different locales. Nathan Moore, the opener of the festivities, was channeling the bravado and freedom of a Greenwich Village bohemian from 1962 and Marco Benevento, the band leader of… Continue reading Marco Benevento & Friends | Nathan Moore | The Flynn Space
For lovers of atypical instrumental rock derivatives, there may be no sweeter words than Toubab Krewe. What’s a Toubab Krewe, you ask? Good question! For starters, Toubab Krewe is a band, five guys who make some of the grooviest music you’ve ever (or maybe never) heard. The only term that really sticks with any consistency… Continue reading Four Sushi Restaurants and the Toubab Krewe
There is a certain feeling I get before a Phish or a Trey show that is unlike any other pre-show feeling. I don’t know why, but it almost feels like it’s my show that I’m preparing for. Everything has to be right. I have to be on time, in my spot, with everything that I… Continue reading Trey Anastasio | Electric Factory | Review
