“I guess what everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved. And to know that you loved me for my singing is too much for me. Forgive me if I don’t have all the words. Maybe I can sing it and you’ll understand” –Ella Fitzgerald When asked to write a review on the… Continue reading Ella Fitzgerald’s Legend Lives On as “First Lady of Song” in Live at Montreux 1969 Album Release
Maynard James Keenan, the enigmatic lead singer of the heavy metal rock band Tool, brought his fascinating side project Puscifer, to perform the final live music event of the season at the beautiful Vina Robles Amphitheatre in Paso Robles, California. The concert on Sunday, October 16th, opened on a cool, clear evening with a set… Continue reading Puscifer | Vina Robles Amphitheatre | 10/16/22
Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom in Denver, Colorado got its spook on this Hallo-weekend by hosting the first ever “Oogie Boogie” with TAUK, Dopapod, and many more. The jam-packed two-night run featured several artists such as Many Colors, DJ Logic & Friends, Moon Hooch, Ethnos, Cycles, Dopapod and TAUK featuring Kanika Moore. October 28th started out strong… Continue reading Oogie Boogie 2022 | Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom
When I was in college in the early 1970s, a musician friend of mine and I went to a Cincinnati nightclub to see a band from Atlanta that wasn’t the Allman Brothers. (In fact, it was at a club where the band had actually played just a couple of years prior. So it wasn’t a… Continue reading New Allman Brothers’ Syria Mosque 1/17/71 Release Unearths Musical Gold
The time honored jam band tradition of covering other bands as a “Halloween costume” was unequivocally alive and well this past Halloween weekend. The highly creative quartet Pigeons Playing Ping Pong dressed up as the Who Fighters at College Street Music Hall in New Haven, CT on October 29, 2022. They mashed up songs from… Continue reading Pigeons Playing Ping Pong | College Street Music Hall | 10/29/2022
Now he walks in quiet solitude the forests and the streams Seeking grace in every step he takes His sight has turned inside himself to try and understand The serenity of a clear blue mountain lake And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high I’ve seen it rainin’ fire in the sky…” John Denver, the two-time… Continue reading John Denver’s Estate is Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Rocky Mountain High- Concert Special to Air on PBS in Spring 2023
The traditional present for a thirty year wedding anniversary is pearls, because they are something that is extra special and take time to grow. Zero, the San Francisco based prodigy of guitarist Steve Kimock and drummer Greg Anton, gave musical pearls in the form of a newly released album and a fun show for the… Continue reading Zero | Brooklyn Bowl | 10/27/2022
Trampled by Turtles, the American original Minnesota-based sextet, is back with a highly-anticipated new album, Alpenglow. Their tenth, and perhaps finest album yet, is produced by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, and will be released on October 28th. The album title refers to the rosy glow that washes over the mountains just between dusk and dawn,… Continue reading Trampled by Turtles Explores Liminal Spaces in Alpenglow, an Album That is Sure to Have Lasting Power
Bob Weir & Wolf Bros brought another affluent articulation of the extended Grateful Dead catalog to the architecturally and acoustically stunning Hult Center on Friday and Saturday nights in Eugene for back-to-back shows. [NIGHT TWO REVIEW] Weir emerged with his core Wolf Bros—Don Was (bass), Jay Lane (drums), and Jeff Chimenti (piano), along with accompanying… Continue reading Bob Weir & Wolf Bros | Hult Center | 10/22/2022
The Ogden Theatre is a 1600 capacity venue in the Capitol Hill district of Denver and although its surroundings leave much to be desired, the place still brings out the magic for those who enter its historic doors. Originally opened in 1917, it got it start as did many theaters of that era as a… Continue reading Oteil & Friends | Ogden Theatre | 10/20/22
