The Railbird Festival // Live @ Keeneland // 8.28-29.21 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED FESTIVALS MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - September 14, 2021September 15, 2021 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Lexington, KY--A "railbird" is a horse racing fan who perches on the rail that circumscribes a race track, hanging as close as possible to the action. I would be hanging at the edge of the stage for the Railbird Festival 2021. My Morning Jacket
Ribberfest with John Mayall // Live @ Madison, Indiana // 8.20.21 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED FESTIVALS MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - August 28, 2021 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Madison, IN -- When there’s a Summer festival boasting barbecue and blues you kinda figure that a few pigs are gonna get hurt. And as far as the blues, Well COVID has dealt out a mess of blues. Getting to hear live blues music
Ben Sollee and the Jesse Lees // Live @ Headliners // 6.13.21 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - June 21, 2021 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright I suppose we all make the mistake of presupposing that we know what expect when we go to see a cello concert. We would be wrong. Ben Sollee and The Jesse Lees layed out a set that wound through soul, hip-hop, and smokin' high energy
Machine Head // Live @ The Mercury Ballroom // 2.12.20 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - February 22, 2020 Article and Photos by Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY-- Machine Head put it all out there. This night’s show marked four months into the band's Burn My Eyes 25th Anniversary tour, celebrating the release of their debut album, 1994's, Burn My Eyes, an album roundly hailed as one landmark in metal history. To mark
Snoop Dogg // Live @ The Palace Theater // 1.25.20 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - February 9, 2020 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY - Two acts had slowly raised the temperature in the theater. Then, at the penultimate moment, before the mercury would have shattered the glass, just as planned, Snoop Dogg snuck onto the stage and exploded under a shimmering spotlight. Every seat at the Palace
Mannequin Pussy // Live @ Zanzabar // 12.17.19 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - December 31, 2019January 4, 2020 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY -- Don't think about it too hard. Once you get comfortable with this band's name it becomes easy to surrender to the raw energy, visual display, and fearless abandon that's at the core of Mannequin Pussy. If you walked into Zanzabar's performance space
Southern Culture on the Skids // Live @ Headliners // 10.19.19 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - November 2, 2019 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY - Think of every offensive, nasty, and downright unjust cliche you've ever heard about the South or Southerners and put it to music. Stir in a big dose of surfin' guitar and you will end up with something like Southern Culture on
The Bourbon & Beyond Festival // Live @ Highlands Festival Grounds // 9.20-22.19 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED FESTIVALS MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - October 7, 2019 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY - Weather history would eventually reveal that this three day festival would be part of Louisville's hottest and driest September in recorded history. Hydrate, hydrate, take breaks in the shade whenever possible, use sunscreen, and most of all -- don't forget to...hydrate.
Buddy Guy & Kenny Wayne Shepherd // Live @ Iroquois Amphitheater // 8.24.19 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC NEWS by Michael W. Bright - September 2, 2019 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY --The biggest question pertaining to Saturday night's Buddy Guy and Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band performance was always going to be, "who's on first?" Buddy Guy, at age 83, could still command a venue, fill plenty of seats, and hold us in the
Interpol // Live @ Old Forester’s Paristown Hall // 8.8.19 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - August 15, 2019August 15, 2019 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY -- Interpol was celebrating the first anniversary of the release of Maurader, their August 2018 album, and the tour that has filled most of their time for the past year. In addition, this was only the second show at Old Forester's Paristown Hall, a