The Railbird Festival // Live @ Keeneland // 8.28-29.21 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED FESTIVALS MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - September 14, 2021September 15, 2021 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Lexington, KY--A "railbird" is a horse racing fan who perches on the rail that circumscribes a race track, hanging as close as possible to the action. I would be hanging at the edge of the stage for the Railbird Festival 2021. My Morning Jacket
Album Review: Yuki – Be Free ALBUM REVIEWS FEATURED by Charles Yamabe - May 8, 2020May 9, 2020 Article by: Charles Yamabe Chicago, IL -- It's not often I get sent an album that I immediately fall in love with, let alone a freshman album by an artist that, for all intents and purposes, is relatively unknown. The album Be Free by nineteen-year-old New Zealand native Yuki is
Machine Head // Live @ The Mercury Ballroom // 2.12.20 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - February 22, 2020 Article and Photos by Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY-- Machine Head put it all out there. This night’s show marked four months into the band's Burn My Eyes 25th Anniversary tour, celebrating the release of their debut album, 1994's, Burn My Eyes, an album roundly hailed as one landmark in metal history. To mark
Mannequin Pussy // Live @ Zanzabar // 12.17.19 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - December 31, 2019January 4, 2020 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY -- Don't think about it too hard. Once you get comfortable with this band's name it becomes easy to surrender to the raw energy, visual display, and fearless abandon that's at the core of Mannequin Pussy. If you walked into Zanzabar's performance space
GRiZ // Live @ Navy Pier // 10.5.19 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Charles Yamabe - October 12, 2019 Article and Photos by: Charles Yamabe Chicago, IL -- Grant Kwiecinski, better known as GRiZ, is a producer, DJ, songwriter, musician, and a seemingly all-around nice guy. Currently, GRiZ is touring across North America in promotion of his newest album Ride Waves. I was able to catch up with him at
The Bourbon & Beyond Festival // Live @ Highlands Festival Grounds // 9.20-22.19 CONCERT REVIEWS EDITOR'S PICKS FEATURED FESTIVALS MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - October 7, 2019 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY - Weather history would eventually reveal that this three day festival would be part of Louisville's hottest and driest September in recorded history. Hydrate, hydrate, take breaks in the shade whenever possible, use sunscreen, and most of all -- don't forget to...hydrate.
Phantogram // Live @ The Riviera Theater // 8.24.19 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Charles Yamabe - August 31, 2019September 5, 2019 Article and Photos by: Charles Yamabe Chicago, IL -- Phantogram brought their signature brand of sultry, dark, rock to the Riviera Theater on Saturday night. The American duo was joined on tour by Canadian electro-rock duo Bob Moses. Bob Moses, named after renowned New York architect Robert Moses, opened the night to
Tuxedo // Live @ Thalia Hall // 8.13.19 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED by Charles Yamabe - August 24, 2019 Article and Photos by: Charles Yamabe Chicago, IL -- This is Chicago and here in the big city, something spectacular can happen at the drop of a hat. What starts as a typical Tuesday can all of a sudden break into a massive dance party. The mundane can become magical. When
Forecastle Festival 2019 / Live @ Waterfront Park / 7.12-14.19 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED FESTIVALS MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - July 26, 2019 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright A summer music festival is a fairly simple, predictable recipe and the 17th Annual Forecastle Festival is no different. The most important ingredient is the weather, without which there can be nothing, as last year’s Bourbon and Beyond Festival, also in Louisville, overwhelmingly demonstrated
Mamby on the Beach 2019 Preview PREVIEW by Charles Yamabe - July 18, 2019July 18, 2019 Article and Photos by: Charles Yamabe Chicago, IL -- Returning August 23-24 Mamby is back for another year in Chicago! This year the festival takes place on a new beach (Montrose Beach) that has sweeping views of the Chicago skyline. While it may have a new location it's still the same
