Hartford Chill Vibes Is Hard Work I Anbassa Audio Feed Connecticut Old State House Hartford Sept. 9, 2024 “I’m working up a sweat up here,” I Anbassa said between songs at a performance at the Jamil Ragland 11 Sep 2024 · 2 min read
New Haven Mystery (Train) Revisited A subdued Mystery Train took off Tuesday from WNHH FM’s studio. Veteran blues performer Brandt Taylor offered that quiet, howling-at-the-moon, lament-evoking acoustic version of Paul Butterfield’s hard-driving electric Paul Bass 11 Sep 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Shapeshifters Cinema: Avant-Garde on the Edge of Town Housed in adjoining Victorians, The Shapeshifter’s trifecta—cinema, brewery, and cafe, occupies a stretch of 5th St…I have to admire the building surviving the one-two punch of urban renewal and imminent domain that razed countless other neighboring structures. Fred Noland 10 Sep 2024 · 1 min read
Philadelphia He Drew The Music “I Don’t Believe In Time Anymore“ Space 1026 844 N Broad St. Philadelphia Sept. 6, 2024 Andy Molholt scanned a wall of band posters crafted by his late friend Nora Grace-Flood 9 Sep 2024 · 4 min read
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
LA Keeping an Opa Mind LONG BEACH GREEK FOOD & MUSIC FESTIVAL Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Long Beach Aug. 31 – Sept. 2, 2024 In the Aquatic Capital of America™, it’s easy to A.J. Urquidi 6 Sep 2024 · 3 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
Tulsa “Latch Is Love”: Beloved Bar Cat Honored With Second Annual Bar Fest Latch Fest 2024 Whittier Bar Tulsa Aug. 9 & 10, 2024 Sitting side by side at Whittier Bar on a slow afternoon, Latch Fest organizers Laura Voth and Bradley Metcalf Mitch Gilliam 16 Aug 2024 · 4 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
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