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Author: Michael W. Bright

Michael W. Bright enjoyed a 30 year career in rock radio, both on the air and most notably as Program Director of seminal Alternative Rock icon WFNX in Boston. His first concert experience was Jefferson Airplane in 1967 and he hasn't gotten live music out of his system yet. He currently lives on a small farm in pastoral Pewee Valley, outside of Louisville, Kentucky with his huge family.

Chick Corea Elektric Band // Live @ the PNC Pavilion // 8.13.17

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Article and Photos by:  Michael W. Bright   Cincinnati, OH. - This summer you could be attending a concert performance of the highest caliber every night of each week, provided you had the cash for today's high-priced tickets. So, it might have been easy to overlook an evening with the elusive Chick Corea

Young the Giant // Live @ The Palace // 8.2.17

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Article and Photos by : Michael W. Bright   Louisville, KY - I should have seen the signs. Although I recognized the name from their three top five alt rock chart singles, I was not familiar with Young the Giant’s music. But…I should have seen the signs. The under-twenty-one young women, with

Real Estate and The New Pornographers // The Forecastle Festival After-Parties @ Headliners // 7.14-15.17

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Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright   Louisville, KY - Real Estate writes and plays music that's perfect if you're falling in love. It works if you're breaking up as well. If you're feeling lighthearted on a spring day it's absolutely appropriate. If you're really down in the dumps, wearing your tortured

LA Guns // Live @ The Mercury Ballroom // 6.29.17

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Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright   Louisville, KY- Born of the legendary Sunset Strip hard rock scene of the eighties with bands like Poison, Motley Crue and Faster Pussycat, LA Guns is finally touring with the “classic” lineup, fronted by its co-founders, guitarist Tracii Guns and vocalist Phil Lewis in what

Don Henley // Live @ The PNC Pavilion // 6.15.17

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Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright   Cincinatti, OH --  After a gorgeous a cappella song that opened the show, Eagles cofounder Don Henley invited us to "relax." Any expectations we might have had were clarified. " We've got two hours to cover 42 years of music." The first time the

Sigur Ros // Live @ The Palace // 6.13.17

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Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright   Louisville, KY- Ethereal is probably overused as a description for a sound or music or a band. Yet here is a band whose picture will, as they say, be in the dictionary if you lookup the word. Experimental, art rock, ambient music, minimalist, are all appropriate

Elephant Revival // Live @ Headliners // 4.14.17

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Review and Photos by: Michael W. Bright   Louisville, KY -- This show was a performance for those dedicated to stringed acoustic performances at the highest, most virtuous level. The folks who came to Headliners on this evening were passionate fans of Elephant Revival, an entity whose eclectic mix, both recorded and

Tesla // Live @ The Palace Theatre // 2.12.17

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Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright   Louisville, KY -- Time-tested road warriors Tesla were celebrating thirty years together last night and the nearly sold out crowd at the Louisville Palace Theater were more than happy to raise the level of the celebration. Opening act, The Cringe, took a few tunes to

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