New Haven CT Folk Festival Bridges The Generations A flurry of rainstorms throughout the afternoon on Saturday didn’t keep the CT Folk Festival and Green Expo out of Edgerton Park — nor did it keep stalwart listeners away, Brian Slattery 9 Sep 2024 · 1 min read
Hartford Max Creek’s Jam Still Flowing After 53 Years Max Creek Old State House Hartford Aug. 5, 2024 Hartford Live’s latest concert at the Old State House was something of a homecoming for headliners Max Creek. The band, Jamil Ragland 6 Sep 2024 · 2 min read
Philadelphia From Pen To Reed Tom Moon with Ensemble Novo Time Restaurant and Whiskey Bar 1315 Sansom St. Philadelphia Sept. 4, 2024 Saxophonist Tom Moon forgot the melody of Cole Porter’s “I Love You” Nora Grace-Flood 5 Sep 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven Rocking Out While The Sun’s Still Out Turkey Vulture — a metal/punk duo of Milford-based couple Jessie May (vocals, guitar) and Jim Clegg (drums) — typically spend Sunday afternoons entertaining their two toddler sons. So when May growled Marisa Torrieri 30 Aug 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Three Albums Welcome The Young Guard Short chords from electric piano and synthesizer set the mood, contemplative but with a pulse. “Estoy aquí / ya estuve allá / ya fui feliz / y acaba mal,” Ene de Nadie croons Brian Slattery 27 Aug 2024 · 1 min read
Tulsa Misery Wrapped In A Pink Bow Charlotte Bumgarner: “Promise” EP Release Show LowDown Tulsa Aug. 16, 2024 For a singer-songwriter whose songs feature on a Spotify playlist named “broken love songs to feed your misery,” Charlotte Z.B. Reeves 25 Aug 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland A Breathtaking Sax Summit The café tables and booths at Geoffrey’s filled quickly at the 6 p.m. start time on a recent Sunday for what was billed as The Great Saxophone Summit, hosted by Faye, with Joe sharing house… Jeff Kaliss 25 Aug 2024 · 2 min read
Hartford Snack Time Ripe-ns With A Dance Party Ripe Hartford Live Old State House Aug. 22, 2024 I arrived seven minutes late to the area between the Old State House and the food court to see the band Jamil Ragland 25 Aug 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Next Gen Rocks Under-21 Open Mic Amplify: Under 21 Open Mic Hartford Aug. 20, 2024 One of the first events I covered this summer was the Under 21 open mic put on by the Hartford Business Jamil Ragland 22 Aug 2024 · 2 min read
LA I Would Do Anything For Indie Sleaze Amid all this talk about indie sleaze, there’s woefully little nostalgia for the exuberant indie pop of the late aughts and early 2010s. Think back: which bands played on Brittany Menjivar 20 Aug 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Love in the Laurel: “I Eat My Vegetables, I Eat My Fruit” Every August, eight blocks of Oakland’s Laurel District becomes the locus of eyes, ears, noses, mouths, and wandering feet for the annual Laurel Street Fair & World Music Festival. Agustín Maes 16 Aug 2024 · 4 min read
New Haven Snake Hill Blues Gets Gritty For the first time, WNHH’s Tuesdays @ the Mediterranea Cafe concert series featured a saxophone, a harmonica, and a golden trumpet — though the last wasn’t making any sound. That Dereen Shirnekhi 15 Aug 2024 · 1 min read
Hartford Tomorrow’s Jazz Stars Bring New Edge To Yesterday’s Music The Austin Phillips Trio The Hopgood/Lord Summer Music Series Bushnell Park Hartford Aug. 14, 2024 I may say something controversial here, but it was refreshing to see jazz music Jamil Ragland 15 Aug 2024 · 2 min read
Hartford Nothing To Be Ashamed Of Shameless Connecticut Pizza & Brew Fest Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater Bridgeport Aug. 11, 2024 Believe it or not, my trip down to the Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater was my first time in Jamil Ragland 12 Aug 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven At Weird Music Night, “It’s A Mixed Up, Muddled Up …” “Hellooo!” called out John O’Donnell, in an exaggerated, almost Cookie-Monster-like voice. “Hellooo!” called back the crowd, matching his energy and tone. It was weird, wacky, and wildly entertaining, setting Eleanor Polak 9 Aug 2024 · 1 min read
Tulsa Car Troubles, An Ill-Fated Tour & Not That Kind Of Swim Meet First Annual Swim Meet Chimera Tulsa July 27, 2024 I’m writing this at noon on a 95° Thursday from an Iron Skillet in Weatherford, Texas. AAA should be here Mitch Gilliam 6 Aug 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven Valauskas Experience Gets Ardent The background singers were back in Memphis. So were the bass and drums. Shellye Valauskas and Dean Falcone brought just their acoustic guitars to the WNHH FM studio, and poured Paul Bass 4 Aug 2024 · 1 min read
Hartford The Clarinet Speaks: Ragtime Endures Summer Concert Series: Elite Syncopation with Roy Wiseman Elizabeth Park Rose Garden West Hartford Aug. 1, 2024 After thunderstorms postponed a regularly scheduled Wednesday performance, I rang in August on Jamil Ragland 2 Aug 2024 · 2 min read
