Less Than Jake // Live @ The Mercury Ballroom // 7.7.23 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - July 14, 2023 Article & Photos by: Linda Carlson Louisville KY – So, who’s ready for a party? Upbeat, brimming with vitality and positivity? Pretty much everyone, I suspect. Well, head on over to a Less Than Jake concert and immerse yourself in an evening of music, laughter, some playful moshing, and general merriment,
Eric Johnson // Live @ Mercury Ballroom // 10.12.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - October 23, 2018November 5, 2018 Photos and Article by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY--As I've said in this space before: guitars and their players, that's my thing. Electric, acoustic, steel string, steel body, folk, rock, jazz, blues, it doesn't matter. For me, the skill is the thrill. So when you become familiar with a guy like
The Wailers // Live @ The Mercury Ballroom // 7.13.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - July 20, 2018 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY - It was Friday, July 13th, the first day of the Forecastle Festival weekend and the Wailers were playing a late night after-party. The lady at the door pointed to my Bob Marley and the Wailers tour t-shirt and asked me if
Parkway Drive // Live @ The Mercury Ballroom // 5.10.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - May 17, 2018August 28, 2018 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY -- The very large guy standing next to me wearing a black Parkway Drive tour t-shirt looked at me and said,"Hold on!" He didn't mean "stop," he literally meant "hold on," to something, anything that would brace me against the impending onslaught.
The Velcro Pygmies // Live @ The Mercury Ballroom // 3.24.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - March 28, 2018 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY— Being on the road is tough work for any band, no doubt about it. When you’ve been on the road for more than 20 years, the work has got to be something you love, something with rewards. The Velcro Pygmies are a
