Music - Midbrow (Page 5)

100 Witches Curse The Crowd

Izzy at Sing Slavic Queen & Rook Game Cafe

Izzy True

4 Oct 2024 · 1 min read

His Name Is Alive — Haunting Riff-Rock from Motor City

His Name Is Alive The New Parish 1743 San Pablo Ave, Oakland September 22nd, 2024

Fred Noland

3 Oct 2024 · 1 min read

Lucinda Williams Knows A Thing Or Two About Fighting

Lucinda Williams Fox Theater 1807 Telegraph Ave, Oakland September 23rd, 2024

Fred Noland

2 Oct 2024 · 1 min read

Post-Punk Legends Bring Nostalgia, Rebirth

October opened with a one-two punch as the dreamy double bill of the Psychedelic Furs and The Jesus and Mary Chain turned College Street Music Hall into a post-punk version of heaven.

Karen Ponzio

2 Oct 2024 · 1 min read

Cornet-Piano Duo Frees Up The Space

Cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum smiled from the stage at Firehouse 12 Friday night, explaining how good it was to be back there

Brian Slattery

30 Sep 2024 · 2 min read

Yes, That’s A Harp in Downtown Hartford

I was not expecting to see a full-sized harp when I stopped by for the latest concert in the Old State House’s Summer Series.

Jamil Ragland

29 Sep 2024 · 3 min read

“Jass” As It Was Written

The Sanctuary — a dimly lit Chicago nightclub where jazz, blues, and poetry collided — was a pivotal place in the movie Love Jones, where a young poet named Darius Lovehall (Larenz Tate) attempts to woo Nina Mosley (Nia Long), an aspiring photographer.

Ryan Anderson

27 Sep 2024 · 3 min read

The Perks Of Being The Wallflowers

I don’t think “ordinary” is pejorative. Without at least some artists finding contentment as part of a greater tradition, what would happen to jazz or ballet or opera?

Becky Carman

26 Sep 2024 · 4 min read

Americana Pie

Anne Marie Menta Trio Audio Feed Connecticut Old State House Hartford Sept. 24, 2024 Summer is officially over, but the Summer Series continued at the Old State House with the

Jamil Ragland

25 Sep 2024 · 3 min read

XPN Hodge Podges Flawless Festival

XPoNential Music Festival Wiggins Waterfront Park 2 Riverside Dr. Camden, New Jersey Sept. 22, 2024 University of Pennsylvania’s radio station WXPN celebrated the 30th year of their fall music

Emily Cohen

25 Sep 2024 · 4 min read

Talk About A Bargain

Hartford’s Audio Feed concert series moved back indoors this week with The Bargain performing at the Old State House Food Court.

Jamil Ragland

25 Sep 2024 · 3 min read

Hip-Hop’s New Area Code

Hip Hop 918 Guthrie Green Tulsa Sept. 14, 2024 It’s been 23 years since Ludacris and the late Nate Dogg dropped their hit single “Area Codes.” 918 wasn’t

Ryan Anderson

23 Sep 2024 · 3 min read

The Accordion Can Get You Moving

Los Super Gs Old State House Summer Concert Series Connecticut Old State House Hartford September 20, 2024 The accordion may not be the first instrument you think of when you

Jamil Ragland

23 Sep 2024 · 2 min read

New Haven

“Unleash My High-School Angst”

Deerlady — a songwriting project of Abrego and Obomsawin, which started its tour in August in New Mexico and wound its way here in New Haven this past weekend — established itself

Brian Slattery

23 Sep 2024 · 1 min read

May We Interest You In Some Tasteful Trombone Sliding?

Tulsa Symphony Orchestra: Coleman, Ravel, and Tchaikovsky Tulsa Performing Arts Center Tulsa Sept. 14, 2024 I first heard the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra at the final concert of their 2023 – 2024

Yvonne Hazelton

20 Sep 2024 · 3 min read

The Fiddler Was Playing — & Praying

Austin Scelzo hit the two bottom strings of his violin, struck a couple higher notes, launched a high-lonesome lament that seemed to stretch back eight decades to rural Appalachia. Trouble

Paul Bass

20 Sep 2024 · 1 min read

Philadelphia

Sham! Bam! Thank You Ma’am!

Yung Sham PhilaMOCA 531 N 12th St. Philadelphia Sept. 18, 2024 Yung Sham stumbled between songs, searching for a lost paper. “I have the lyrics written down somewhere,” he told

Nora Grace-Flood

19 Sep 2024 · 2 min read

New Haven

Dance Yourself Clean

As 3 bands make room for pop at Cafe 9.

Brian Slattery

19 Sep 2024 · 1 min read