Gov’t Mule // Live @ the Iroquois Amphitheater // 8.27.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - September 7, 2017 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY- Following the sudden untimely passing of original Allman Brother Butch Trucks in January and the long-time-coming passing of Gregg Allman in May, Warren Haynes is as close to Southern Rock Royalty as we can come. Sunday night's Gov't Mule concert allowed Haynes
Chick Corea Elektric Band // Live @ the PNC Pavilion // 8.13.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - August 20, 2017August 23, 2017 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Cincinnati, OH. - This summer you could be attending a concert performance of the highest caliber every night of each week, provided you had the cash for today's high-priced tickets. So, it might have been easy to overlook an evening with the elusive Chick Corea
Dead Cross // Live @ Marquee Theatre // 08.12.17 CONCERT REVIEWS MUSIC by Jason Robey - August 14, 2017August 14, 2017 Article and Photos by: Jason Robey TEMPE, AZ — Veteran metal vocalist Mike Patton and ex-Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo brought their new hardcore supergroup, Dead Cross, to the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, on one of the first dates of their first tour. The four-piece also includes bassist Justin Pearson, of The
Young the Giant // Live @ The Palace // 8.2.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - August 7, 2017 Article and Photos by : Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY - I should have seen the signs. Although I recognized the name from their three top five alt rock chart singles, I was not familiar with Young the Giant’s music. But…I should have seen the signs. The under-twenty-one young women, with
Real Estate and The New Pornographers // The Forecastle Festival After-Parties @ Headliners // 7.14-15.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - July 27, 2017July 31, 2017 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY - Real Estate writes and plays music that's perfect if you're falling in love. It works if you're breaking up as well. If you're feeling lighthearted on a spring day it's absolutely appropriate. If you're really down in the dumps, wearing your tortured
In This Moment // Live @ The NorVa // 7.2.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - July 8, 2017July 8, 2017 Article by: Wendy Podmenik Darugar Photos by: Glenn Woodell and Wendy Podmenik Darugar NORFOLK, VA- An evening that offered a little something “different” from the norm- and nearly a sell out. Coming off the heels of a sold out show in Charlotte, NC, In This Moment's “Half God Half Devil” tour featured
Don Henley // Live @ The PNC Pavilion // 6.15.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - July 3, 2017July 3, 2017 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Cincinatti, OH -- After a gorgeous a cappella song that opened the show, Eagles cofounder Don Henley invited us to "relax." Any expectations we might have had were clarified. " We've got two hours to cover 42 years of music." The first time the
Sigur Ros // Live @ The Palace // 6.13.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - June 21, 2017June 21, 2017 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY- Ethereal is probably overused as a description for a sound or music or a band. Yet here is a band whose picture will, as they say, be in the dictionary if you lookup the word. Experimental, art rock, ambient music, minimalist, are all appropriate
Elephant Revival // Live @ Headliners // 4.14.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - April 24, 2017 Review and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY -- This show was a performance for those dedicated to stringed acoustic performances at the highest, most virtuous level. The folks who came to Headliners on this evening were passionate fans of Elephant Revival, an entity whose eclectic mix, both recorded and
Dance Gavin Dance & CHON // Live @ Starland Ballroom // 3.4.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Sophia Zucker - March 7, 2017March 7, 2017 Article & Photos by: Sophia Zucker SAYREVILLE, NJ – Sacramento-based post-hardcore outfit Dance Gavin Dance and San Diego-based shred darlings CHON brought their co-headlining tour, The Robot With Human Hair vs. Chonzilla Tour, to New Jersey’s Starland Ballroom on Saturday, with touring support from Eidola and Vasudeva. Doors opened later than the