The Black Crowes // Live @ Riverbend Music Center // 8.3.21 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - August 13, 2021 Article & Photos: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – Following a prolonged pandemic silence, Riverbend Music Center hosted an evening of rock 'n roll featuring the The Black Crowes. The crowd was ready for a night of musical revelry and escape. The Black Crowes reunited for this 30th anniversary tour (delayed by said pandemic
The Dead Daisies // Live @ Blue Note Harrison // 7.10.21 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - July 15, 2021 Article & Photos by: Linda Carlson Harrison, OH – The Dead Daisies offers a unique brand of rock ‘n roll that celebrates the raucous, decadent debauchery and divinely entertaining music that defined the 1970s and early 1980s. Fans of all ages gathered at Blue Note Harrison just outside Cincinnati, Ohio, to
Saving Abel // Live @ Blue Note Harrison // 6.11.21 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - June 19, 2021 Article & Photos: Linda Carlson Harrison, OH – Just a short jaunt west of Cincinnati off Interstate 74 lies Harrison, Ohio. Quiet and almost rural, it boasts a nature lover’s cornucopia of activities that includes hiking, boating and fishing in nearby Miami Whitewater Forest. But just a mile or so north
Here Come The Mummies // Live @ Riverfront Live // 5.22.21 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - May 27, 2021June 21, 2021 Article & Photos by: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – It’s sort of ironic, really. Live music is emerging from the ashes of the coronavirus pandemic, slowly but surely, and what better way to celebrate its return than with… mummies from the grave! Here Come The Mummies (HCTM) is an energetic and insanely
Damn you, Coronavirus… I Miss Live Concerts! FEATURED MUSIC THINK PIECE by Linda Carlson - May 28, 2020 Article & Photos by: Linda Carlson As a concert photographer, I regularly attend live performances, photographing nearly two hundred bands last year alone. I'd like to think that during my time within the music industry, I've learned a thing or two about the inner workings of it. From
Blacklite District // Live @ Riverfront Live // 1.30.20 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - February 9, 2020June 21, 2021 Article and Photos by: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – January can be a relatively sleepy time for touring. Tour schedules are often still being firmed up for the new year, and venue schedules can be a bit light. However, January 2020 ended strong at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Live, which hosted Blacklite District and Adelita’s Way to
DEEPFALL // Live @ Bogart’s // 11.15.19 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - November 22, 2019November 24, 2019 Article & Photos by: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – What an exciting night for Cincinnati rock and metal fans! Hellyeah was performing the second stop of their Celebration Of Life Tour to a large crowd of “Hellions” feeding their metal cravings since large scale touring took a break after drummer and
Icon For Hire // Live @ Top Cats // 11.5.19 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - November 13, 2019 Article & Photos by: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – On November 5, cozy Top Cats hosted a pair of female fronted bands that exuded positivity, liveliness and righteous dance-worthy fun. The evening started with Veridia, a Nashville-based alternative rock band, touring with headliner Icon For Hire on the East Coast portion of
William DuVall // Live @ Top Cats // 11.1.19 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 Article & Photos by: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – What a treat on the day after Halloween trickery. William DuVall, lead singer of Alice In Chains, is on tour promoting his solo album, One Alone (October 2019 release). The One Alone Tour made a stop at Top Cats for an intimate acoustic
Adema // Live @ Blue Note Harrison // 10.25.19 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - November 2, 2019 Article & Photos by: Linda Carlson Harrison, OH – Adema is currently supporting Powerman 5000’s The Days of Disorder 2019 Tour, and on this night performed at Blue Note Harrison just outside Cincinnati, Ohio. The venue is cozy, offering a very different atmosphere from larger, more cavernous venues that corral a