NYC Not The Same As It Ever Was 2 genre-mashing bands invent the future out of the past in a Brooklyn dive bar. LINKS and Imaginary Tricks Gold Sounds Bar 44 Wilson Ave., Brooklyn Sept. 13, 2023 I’ K Hank Jost 18 Sep 2023 · 5 min read
LA A Fairycore Revelation Unfolds, Vocal On Top Of Layered Vocal Black Country, New Road with Little Wings Downtown Los Angeles August 31, 2023 Ushers and security guards corralled me inside the Regent before Black Country, New Road’s sold out Danielle Clough 14 Sep 2023 · 3 min read
Tulsa I Went To The Super Bowl of Classical Music Tulsa Symphony brings in a guest to shake up an old favorite. Tulsa Symphony Opening Night September 9, 2023 Tulsa Performing Arts Center Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 — the one Z.B. Reeves 14 Sep 2023 · 3 min read
NYC No One Stole The Show, But … In which a writer discovers why it might be worth showing up at an open mic even though neither he nor a friend is performing. Easy Paradise Open Mic The K Hank Jost 13 Sep 2023 · 5 min read
Reno Originals Trump Covers At Folkie Pignic By Karrie O’Neill’s own admittance, it was a weird night at Pignic Pub & Patio in Reno. At one point during her first set, her iPad with her Jose Davila IV 11 Sep 2023 · 3 min read
New Haven CT Folk Fest Sweetens The Heart Highway philosophers, bossa nova and a NYC harpist-singer-writer added new texture and kept the mood vibrant at New Haven’s 30th annual CT Folk Fest and Green Expo. Karen Ponzio 11 Sep 2023 · 1 min read
Hartford Bella’s Bartok Beats The Post-Pandemic Blues It was an interesting concert — and that was before Jack Skellington showed up. But allow me to take a few steps back. A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Jamil Ragland 8 Sep 2023 · 2 min read
New Haven Toad’s Place Rocks In Memory Of Rohn Lawrence Toad’s Place on York Street lit up as a cadre of jazz musicians gathered to pay homage to one of New Haven’s own axe men extraordinaire, Rohn Lawrence, Lisa Gray 7 Sep 2023 · 1 min read
Tulsa Tulsa, We Have A Situation: Revived Open Mic For Musicians Makes Magic The Situation August 28, 2023 Fassler Hall What’s The Situation? It’s an open mic night with a live band, but it’s so much more than that. It’ Ryan Anderson 7 Sep 2023 · 3 min read
Oakland Anemic Queer Femmes Rock Mommy Mommy, comprised of four UC Berkeley students, is all about spreading sad gurl rock: They’re queer, they’re loud, they’re sad, and they want you to know Sarah Bass 7 Sep 2023 · 3 min read
Tulsa Jazz Raises Monday Nights From The Dead I am a jazz simpleton. Everything about a live jazz performance is as astonishing to me as a no-look pass (and I am probably even worse at playing basketball than Becky Carman 6 Sep 2023 · 2 min read
New Haven Codefendants Take The Stand — To Launch “Crime Wave” Tour Sunday night was the hottest night of the week, literally and figuratively, as Space Ballroom hosted the first Northeast U.S. show featuring Codefendants, described as a “genre fluid musical Karen Ponzio 5 Sep 2023 · 1 min read
NW Arkansas Paging Lou Reed, In The City That Birthed Walmart At the Meteor Guitar Gallery, an up-and-coming music venue in Northwest Arkansas, I was hoping to see a Lou Reed tribute act. The act, a local band audaciously named Blew Mickey Mercier 4 Sep 2023 · 4 min read
Tulsa Branjae Manifests The Vibe When I think of Tulsa’s Branjae, I think of discipline, performance, energy. “Who’s a manifester?” she asked us, the sometimes awkward but incredibly enthusiastic crowd at Thelma’s Cassidy McCants 31 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
Boston Sofar Sounds So Good at Boston HQ The last time I went to a concert it was too loud, tall people stood in front of me the whole time, and canned beers cost $15. While there’s Sasha Patkin 31 Aug 2023 · 6 min read
Troy/Albany Delaney Silvernell Gives All Clear To Dance Pop musicians have a reputation for artificiality, but there was nothing manufactured about Delaney Silvernell’s show at Albany’s Fuze Box last Friday. The former contestant of The Voice RS Benedict 30 Aug 2023 · 2 min read
Hartford A Little Rain Can’t Ruin A Great Surprise At last, the summer heat seemed to have broken. That influenced my decision to take the bus to my latest review instead of an Uber. The heat had been so Jamil Ragland 28 Aug 2023 · 2 min read
New Haven Three Bands Bare Their Gritty Hearts On Wednesday three rock bands — Cabins, East!, Pyramid Rose Band, and headliner Laney Jones — brought loud guitars, driving drums, strong vocals, and a lot of heart to a rapturous audience Brian Slattery 25 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
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