Cheap Trick Greek Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) On a cool and comfortable night under the stars at this beautiful venue, Cheap Trick rocked their 1979 Dream Police album in its entirety in a two-hour-plus set that also included both the classics and deep gems from their 38-year career. Lead singer Robin Zander was in [...]
Hurricane Irene decimated the east coast. Particularly hard-hit was the upstate-New York town of New Paltz, where many farms and homes were destroyed. The area is home to many performing artists, so it was no surprise that music would play a major role in healing the wounds the storm left behind. The result was Flood [...]
Stony Plain Records recording artist Duke Robillard took the stage at NYC’s Iridium Jazz Club earlier this week and Elmore photographer Arnie Goodman snapped some great shots of the blues guitarist in action. Check out the full slideshow here.
The Philadelphia Folk Festival was born in 1962 in Paoli, Pennsylvania, conceived as a fundraiser for the folklore program at the University of Philadelphia. The first year the festival attracted only 400 patrons, but 50 years later, the Philly Folk Festival has moved to a farm to accommodate the four days, six stages, 92 [...]
“Back in the day, I’d climb the shit out of this place,” Vedder said, surveying the Beacon Theatre from the stage. Marking 20 years since his onset with Pearl Jam, he’s created some damn good jams—but when it comes to his solo career, the man has reached a new plateau. Supporting his new album, Ukulele [...]
From saving oceans to his native lands, you’d think this Aussie rocker has no time to save roots music—but he does. John Butler for president? I think so. JBT pulled threads from its ever-evolving discography, weaving together a set of jam band eclecticism. Opener “One Way Road” set the mood of the night with that [...]
As the smell of fried fish circulated Springfield Park, the Queens field bustled with amateur vendors selling desserts and nutcrackers (modern moonshine) anticipating a big turnout. They had good reason; Grammy winner Chrisette Michele was gracing the stage. Warmed up by the July humidity and 1980’s hit-makers the Force MDs (“Tender Love”), 5,000 plus were [...]
New York City (pop. eight million plus) doesn’t have a single country radio station. There are no real country venues in Manhattan, either, but Eric Church sold out the Bowery Ballroom two weeks before his CD release party. Church, an amiable outlaw, had pre-released the album to fans the day before, and by showtime the [...]
No disrespect intended, but venerable guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli played to a packed House of God at a midtown gig and, sitting just below the altar, the performance was nothing short of Heavenly. Spare and modern, St. Peter’s’ acoustics rival Carnegie Hall, and even Pizzarelli’s and Laub’s softest fingerings could be heard in the cheap pews. [...]
ASCAP Songwriter Residency @ America SCORES Philly-based band, The Great Unknown, along with America SCORES kids from various cities across the United States, are releasing Other Voices, Other Rooms as part of the ASCAP Songwriter Residency @ America SCORES program. Funded by the ASCAP Foundation, students were able to learn and create music with an actual [...]
