Jam rock titans Phish kicked off their annual new years eve four day run at the famed Madison Square Garden in the heart of New York, NY for the first time in three years. This time honored tradition was rescheduled in 2021 and never scheduled in 2020 based on complications from the COVID-19 virus. This… Continue reading Phish | Madison Square Garden | 12/28/2022
A rollicking “Cumberland Blues,” the Appalachian-bluegrass-style Grateful Dead tune that opened the first of two shows at The Warfield in San Francisco on December 27, was a microcosm of the mighty capabilities of this formulation of Phil Lesh & Friends. Guided by a backbone of Grateful Dead co-founder Phil Lesh’s still-vigorous, blood-pumping bass delivery at… Continue reading Phil Lesh & Friends | The Warfield | 12/27/22
The week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve is always a quiet one in New York City, when tourists stay home and residents venture elsewhere to visit friends and family. But the typical seasonal slow-down was nonexistent inside the walls of Williamsburg’s Brooklyn Bowl on Wednesday night, where the crowd buzzed with anticipation for The… Continue reading The Felice Brothers | Brooklyn Bowl | 12/28/22
It was the right time to rock the night away, and Goose did just that for the second night of their ninth annual holiday themed Goosemas on December 17, 2022 at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, CO. The band continued the theme of drawing wishes written on green and red balls by audience members to… Continue reading Goosemas Night Two | 1stBank Center | 12/17/2022
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, especially at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, CO, who hosted Goose’s annual holiday themed Goosemas event. The first night was held on December 16, 2022, and included a huge display of red and green balls, along with copious sharpies. Fans used these items to write requests for… Continue reading Goosemas Night One | 1stBank Center | 12/16/2022
Performing at their improvisational best, Ghost Light stopped at Harlow’s in Sacramento on December 14, and their exploratory, psychedelic-tinged jams anchored within an passionate alt-rock fierceness and accentuated by plenty of instrumental peaks of intensity, highlighted the stretched-out nature of the symphonic selections bestowed on the visibly appreciative audience. The band’s Healing Tour, celebrating the… Continue reading Ghost Light | Harlow’s | 12/14/22
The architecturally iconic Kings Theatre hosted the genre defying EDM artists Thievery Corporation on December 8, 2022 in Brooklyn, NY. They are currently smack in the middle of their Winter 2022 tour, and were firing on all cylinders this evening. The show also included a notable appearance by founder Eric Hilton. Emancipator was on hand… Continue reading Thievery Corporation | Kings Theatre | 12/8/2022
It’s always a pleasure to see a Jorma Kaukonen play live. Seeing him play solo in the small 450 seat acoustically perfect theatre, it’s a memorable evening, rich with reflections of the past 45+ years seeing Jorma and living in the present. The Egg Center for the Performing Arts in Albany, NY is one of… Continue reading Jorma Kaukonen | The Egg Swyer Theatre | 12/13/22
Thievery Corporation kicked off their Winter 2022 Tour on December 3, 2022 in New Haven, CT’s College Street Music Hall to a crowd that was ready to dance. Known for their genre-defying electronic music, this Washington D.C. based squad’s fourteen night December run includes venues up and down the East coast. Alt pop artist Lucius… Continue reading Thievery Corporation | College Street Music Hall | 12/3/2022
Grandeur and a star-filled cast, along with soulful ballads, New Orleans-style funk, and plenty of raucous blues and rock abounded in the ornate, 2,800-capacity Fox Theater in Oakland, Calif., as a 29-song, three-plus-hour production of The Last Waltz Tour 2022 wrapped up its two-night residency on December 3. The show and tour, performed under an… Continue reading The Last Waltz | Fox Theater – Oakland | 12/3/22
