In Boston OK, lemme get this part out of the way: I was really, really excited to see the name “Gillian Welch” on the FleetBoston Pavilion marquee. You May Also Like: How Norah Jones Examined a Deep Hurt on ‘… Little Broken Hearts’ Norah Jones – ‘Pick Me Up OffRead More

To those Bruce Springsteen fans who decided to sit out this tour: You had no idea what you passed up.

At the Marquee Theater, Tempe, Arizona Somehow both Alissa and I entirely missed any announcements that Toad The Wet Sprocket’s ex-lead singer, Glen Phillips, was coming to the area, finding out about it only hours before the show. You May Also Like: Alestorm / Gloryhammer, September 11, 2018: Shows I’llRead More

Bela Fleck seemed surprised at not only the turnout, which was the biggest he said they’d ever had in Phoenix, but also the enthusiasm of the audience.

by Mark Saleski, in Manchester N.H. Leo Kottke brought his one-man encyclopedia of acoustic guitar to Manchester’s Palace Theatre that night. You May Also Like: Ward Davis, March 3, 2023: Shows I’ll Never Forget Billy Cobham’s Crosswinds Project, March 28, 2018: Shows I’ll Never Forget Captured! By Robots, March 28,Read More

A recent discussion around the water cooler at Something Else! Towers got me thinking about the development of my musical tastes. The topic was how the Internet has changed music consumption. One of the points raised was that the availability of music on the web has allowed people to sinkRead More

by Tom Johnson, at the San Diego Sports Arena We drove over to San Diego on a Sunday night, not really getting on the road until about 8 p.m. I had been hoping for more like 4 p.m., maybe 6 p.m. You May Also Like: Anti-Mortem / Scattered Hamlet, JulyRead More

by Mark Saleski, at Binghamton University, Vestal, N.Y. Oh dear, I was this close to feeling disappointed. I loved the Orchestrion concept and music so much that tickets were procured and a trip was planned (across southern New Hampshire, Vermont, and all the way out past Albany to Binghamton, NY)Read More

“Outlaw Pete” isn’t exactly my favorite Bruce Springsteen song, but in concert it took on new life.

NICK DERISO: Frank Sinatra, 10 years gone, would have been 93 this month. His mystery still lingers with me, as does the memory of a concert — one of Sinatra’s last — when he recaptured all of that complexity. Sinatra was both a pawn to his past and the kingRead More