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
The Sweetwater 420 Festival in Atlanta, Ga continued into the third day with a high octane line up and the largest crowd the festival has ever seen. It was difficult moving around at times given the huge crowd, though nonetheless very enjoyable and full of southern hospitality. The music was anchored by The Trey Anastasio… Continue reading Sweetwater 420 Festival Day 3 | Centennial Olympic Park | 4/30/2022
At a 2016 Security Project show in Cleveland’s Beachland Ballroom, someone in the small nightclub’s audience was reacting to the band’s adventurous interpretations of Peter Gabriel’s solo music with wild enthusiasm. His eager applause and thunderous shouts of approval between songs cut right through the rest of the audience’s cheering. And Project drummer Jerry Marotta… Continue reading Songs without Frontiers: Security Project Mapping Out East Coast Tour
The first set of Steve Hackett’s April 28 performance on the “Seconds Out + More” tour in Cincinnati, Ohio, was breathtakingly short. Thirty-six minutes and twenty-one seconds, to be exact. (Just kidding, but really not that far off.) And the British prog-rock guitarist took a moment after the first song to “apologize” to the audience… Continue reading Steve Hackett & Genesis Revisited, Jump Time With “Seconds Out” Performances in Ohio
“They say the Grateful Dead played here about 14 times, in the old days,” said percussionist Mickey Hart as he took the stage on May 1 at the Frost Amphitheater on the Stanford University campus. “Now, if any of you see some of my brain cells rolling around here, I want you to pick them… Continue reading Bob Weir & Wolf Bros + Mickey Hart & Planet Drum | Frost Amphitheater | 5/1/2022
The Sweetwater 420 Festival rolled on Friday, April 29th with another hot lineup and more delicious jams for day two. The weather cooperated perfectly, and the crowds were relatively calm for this session, though more intense than the day prior. Today’s festivities were led by The String Cheese Incident, Gary Clark Jr., and Lotus. All… Continue reading Sweetwater 420 Festival Day 2 | Centennial Olympic Park | 4/29/2022
