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
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
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
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
Static X // Live @ the NorVa // 11.20.19 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - December 8, 2019December 8, 2019 Article and Photos by: Wendy Podmenik Darugar NORFOLK, VA: Where has this band been all my life? Nestled into a genre that's right up my alley, industrial/nu-metal band Static-X has rejoined the scene, with a twist and a purpose. Currently touring both as a memorial tribute to late lead singer Wayne
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
Dead and Company // Live @ Hampton Coliseum // 11.8.19 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - November 18, 2019November 19, 2019 Article and photos by: Wendy Podmenik Darugar HAMPTON, VA: Thirteen gleaming red and white semi trucks were parked in a meandering line in the back lot, humming in unison on a crisp fall night. The latest incarnation of the Grateful Dead had finally returned to the famed mothership, after twenty-seven long
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
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
Reignwolf // Live @ The Vogue // 8.17.19 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - August 24, 2019 Article and Photos by: Linda Carlson Indianapolis, IN – The crowd that assembled to see Reignwolf, a three-man rock band that formed in Seattle in 2012, came to experience the band’s bluesy rock as well as their intimate stage show. The night started off with J.J. Wilde, a female vocalist from Canada.
