Kiss at Madison Square Garden
Photos by Carl Scheffel/MSG Photos** and Heidi Lenze* At one point during the hometown performance, guitarist Paul Stanley introduced a song with, “Here’s one from 1983,” and I turned to … Read more
Live Show Reviews
Thom Bresh at City Winery, Nashville
Photos : Kathy & Ronnie Wade The last time Thom Bresh appeared at the Nashville City Winery, he had a whole lot of help from 16 other astounding guitar slingers, there … Read more
Fleetwood Mac at MSG
Photos: Zack Lane/MSG Photos It’s rather ironic that Fleetwood Mac’s last tour was titled “On With the Show.” Three years after the triumphant return which finally reunited its five prime members, … Read more
Monkee Madness
If you were kid like me, growing up in the ’60s it was easy to be dismissive of The Monkees. Their name alone sounded like a cartoon. After all, we … Read more
Folk Alliance International, Day 2 in Montreal
Photos by Laura Carbone Larger-than-life Matt Andersen has the voice to match, and the talented songwriter gave us an insight into how he got so big—in every way. Andersen told … Read more
Folk Alliance International, Day One in Montreal
A good part of everyone’s first day at any Folk Alliance (Northeast, Southeast, etc., in this case Folk Alliance International, held this year in Montreal, Quebec, is just saying “Hello” … Read more
Tote that Barge—Blues on a Boat
Photos by Laura Carbone Imagine this vacation: A first-class blues cruise for three days and two nights from Oslo, Norway to Kiel, Germany and back again—on a first-class ship that … Read more
Mike Love’s Christmas party
Photos by Debra Rothenberg Four veteran artists got together to sing in the Christmas season, although at least one veteran could have been another’s grandson (Zac Hanson is 33, Mike … Read more
J. S. Ondara at the UMG Holiday party
Photos by Debra Rothenberg One of the perks of being a music writer is hearing new music, often in unexpected places. Such was the case when UMG/Verve/Forecast had a holiday … Read more
Lenny Bruce at The Cutting Room, NYC
“I’m Not A Comedian . . . I’m Lenny Bruce” LIVE on stage through December 30, 2018 When Pearl Jam opened for The Rolling Stones at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on … Read more
