Cahors Blues Festival
Photos by Laura Carbone Coverage by Iain Patience and Laura Carbone Cahors Blues Festival, in the southern midi-Pyrenean region of France, is now the country’s true premiere annual blues … Read more
Live Show Reviews
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Forest Hills Tennis Stadium
Photos by Ehud Lazin With final stops this past week in NYC and Philly, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have just wrapped up the East Coast leg of their 40th … Read more
April Verch at Brevard Summer Music Festival
The bold charisma of April Verch and her band enlightened the crowd at Brevard’s Summer Music Festival! This trio engaged the audience with a flair like no other in the … Read more
Briggs Farm Blues Festival 2017, Briggsville, PA
Photos by Mike Gendimenico By Jim Hynes “We don’t have any more room for parking,” said a staffer around 4 P.M. on Saturday afternoon as 7,000 plus fest-goers gathered at … Read more
Dustbowl Revival, City Winery, New York
Photos by Arnie Goodman There aren’t many groups that could cut into a precious four-day weekend, but Dustbowl Revival makes the short list. Though there’s only one female member in … Read more
Patti Smith throws a birthday party
Photos By Ehud Lazin Legends Patti Smith and Michael Stipe (R.E.M.) threw a little public party at New York City’s City Winery for Smith’s daughter, Jesse Paris Smith, who just … Read more
U2 at MetLife Stadium, NYC
The band faltered a bit a couple years ago, but playing Joshua Tree live, they’re as brilliant as ever. Photos by Ehud Lazin
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Photos by Chuck Gilmore It was an incredible show in a beautiful, open-air auditorium nestled in the woods outside of Brevard, NC. Ricky Skaggs fired up the mountain with his … Read more
BottleRock Festival, Napa, CA
Photos by Ana Gibert I’ve been covering music festivals for 14 years (Coachella, Bonnaroo, Americana, SXSW, etc.), but BottleRock goes the extra mile—or two. Wine, food and song got equal … Read more
Twenty One Pilots Headline Firefly
Let’s cut to the chase: Twenty One Pilots blew me away. Just before the band went on, I stepped asked a woman, “Can you see?” to which she replied, … Read more
