Posted in June, 2015

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Al Di Meola

Photos By Stanley Abraham   Al Di Meola, acclaimed jazz fusion and Latin jazz guitarist and composer, brought his high-energy music to a sold-out B.B. King’s on a beautiful Sunday … Read more

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Vince Gill and Lyle Lovett

  I thought we’d be seeing Lyle Lovett open for Vince Gill, and I expected two great shows. What we got was something completely different and much, much better: two … Read more

Summer Camp Music Festival

  In the minds of most, Memorial Day signifies the official beginning of summer and all of the festivals and festivities that come with the sun. At the 15th Annual … Read more

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New Music Seminar

The key takeaways from this seminar on the changing nature of the music business involved success: achieving success, and the very definition of success. Both are more complex than ever. … Read more

Goodbye: Chris Squire (1948-2015)

  Before Geddy Lee, Mike Rutherford and Les Claypool all turned the bass guitar into the creative virtuoso’s instrument of choice, there was Chris Squire. The Fish. The man who, … Read more

Amy Black, The Muscle Shoals Sessions

Amy Black

What’s with all of these Muscle Shoals albums lately? Just this month alone we have a bluegrass band, a blues rock band, not to mention several others that have preceded … Read more

Firefly Music Festival

  Firefly’s 154 acres boasted seven stages, and a complicated schedule from noon to 12:30 AM that allowed attendees to see at least part of almost every act. Frankly, I … Read more

Firefly Music Festival

Firefly: The Festival Experience

In Firefly’s fourth year, my knowledge still remained sketchy, so I arrived with few expectations, unprepared to have my mind blown by the scale, and the execution. The music site … Read more