Larkin Poe // Live @ Bogart’s // 10.7.21 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - October 17, 2021October 22, 2021 Review & Photos: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – It’s a common theme at concerts these days … appreciation and joy. These feelings are evident on both sides of the stage. Fans are eager to congregate and revel in the live music experience, and performers are excited to be touring again, bringing
Candlebox // Live @ The Vogue // 9.21.21 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - September 28, 2021 Article & photos: Linda Carlson Indianapolis, IN – Rain. Then, more rain. It was that kind of evening. Enough to dampen the ground but certainly not the spirits at The Vogue. Fans are thirsting for live music after a long draught and silent stages, and on this night, the venue was
Festival on the Lake // Live @ AJ Jolly Park // 8.7.21 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED FESTIVALS MUSIC by Linda Carlson - August 16, 2021 Article & Photos: Linda Carlson Alexandria, KY – It was a typical warm, humid summer day in northern Kentucky. But there was also magic in the air. A full afternoon and evening filled with live music on the open-air Stapleton stage, which is situated on scenic A.J. Jolly Lake, awaited the
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
Getting to Know: Matt James, Blacktop Mojo FEATURED Interviews MUSIC by Linda Carlson - November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 Article & Photos: Linda Carlson If you don’t know Blacktop Mojo, get yourself out from under that rock! This East Texas band, formed in 2012 by lead singer Matt James and drummer Nathan Gillis, fills an underserved rock niche that infuses classic southern rock with metal and grunge overtones, sprinkled with
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
American Authors & Magic Giant // Live @ Bogart’s // 2.20.20 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - February 26, 2020June 21, 2021 Article & Photos by: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – When bands tour together as co-headliners, there’s typically a synergy of musical styles. Touring together makes sense - it brings fans of each band together, exposing them to more music of a similar genre. From a concert perspective, though, the formula is
