Lake Street Dive // Live @ Brady Music Center // 7.14.24 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - July 20, 2024 Article and Photos by: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – Lake Street Dive is an eclectic band that is difficult to describe in a way that completely captures both their musical style and their stage presence. How do you best convey the popular appeal of a band comprised of a lead singer
Mike Campbell and The Dirty Knobs // Live @ The Taft Theater // 7.9.24 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - July 14, 2024 Article & Photos by: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – If you catch a Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs show this tour cycle, consider yourself quite fortunate. For the July leg of the tour, the band is playing nine cities in the Midwest, then moving on to Toronto for a single
New Kids On The Block // Live @ Riverbend Music Center // 6.21.24 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - June 28, 2024June 29, 2024 Article and Photos by: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – Quite an enthusiastic crowd showed up on a hot, muggy, but thankfully rain-free night to reminisce, smile, dance and cheer for New Kids On The Block (NKOTB) on their Magic Summer Tour 2024. The nearly all-female audience was ready to celebrate simpler,
Pixies and Modest Mouse // Live @ Brady Music Center // 6.5.24 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - June 10, 2024 Photos and Article by: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – Pixies, Modest Mouse and Cat Power are continuing their successful 2023 tour into 2024, featuring shows nearly daily throughout June. If this sellout show on a rainy Cincinnati Wednesday is any indication, this pairing of 1980s/1990s indie & alternative rock should perhaps
In Flames // Live @ House of Blues Houston // 5.25.24 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Ommar Ortuvia - May 31, 2024 Article and Photos by: Ommar Ortuvia Houston, TX -- Growling vocals. Low-tuned guitars. Fast riffs. Double bass pedals. Black...lots of black. These are the main ingredients that any death metal band requires, along with the typical visual elements that invoke the darkest parts of our imagination. All this and more were
Mammoth WVH // Live @ The NorVa // 5.8.24 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - May 22, 2024May 22, 2024 Article and photos by Wendy Podmenik Woodell NORFOLK, VA-- Americans in the 80's were enamored with adorable actress Valerie Bertinelli and mesmerized with incredible guitarist of Van Halen, Eddie Van Halen. The pair married in 1981 and had a son, Wolfgang Van Halen, known affectionately as “Wolfie”. Named after the famous
Amon Amarth // Live @ The Rose Music Center // 5.7.24 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - May 17, 2024 Article & Photos by: Linda Carlson Huber Heights, OH – It seemed only fitting that for a night of heavy death metal offerings, the southern Ohio skies were ripe for tornados and storms. The lineup of the Metal Crushes All Tour 2024 could not have been more at home with wind,
The Record Company // Live @ Visulite Theatre // 5.10.2024 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Jason Robey - May 16, 2024 Photos and review by: Jason Robey CHARLOTTE, NC -- The spirit of good time rock n roll was alive and well in Charlotte Friday night as The Record Company brought their Roll With It tour to a stop at Visulite Theatre. The room began filling up well before show time, with an
The Struts // Live @ Manchester Music Hall // 5.3.24 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - May 9, 2024 Article and Photos by: Linda Carlson Lexington, KY – As clouds overtook the skies, British rockers The Struts overtook the stage on this night at Manchester Music Hall in Lexington, KY to entertain a robust crowd of ardent fans. Formed in 2012 in Derby, Derbyshire, the band is Luke Spiller (lead vocals),
Squeaky Feet // Live @ The Rooster // 4.18.2024 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Jason Robey - April 21, 2024 Photos and review by: Jason Robey GASTONIA, NC -- The Rooster in Gastonia (about 20 miles outside of Charlotte, NC) was full of massively impressive musicianship and mesmerizing improvisation on Thursday night, as Colorado’s Squeaky Feet made a tour stop for a small but eager crowd. The evening kicked off with a set
