Marie Knight
On the heels of her release earlier that same year, 2007, gospel great Marie Knight gave an amazing performance at the Church Street Center in North Adams, MA. For this … Read more
Posted in March, 2018
Jimmie Vaughan at the Iridium
Photos by Arnie Goodman Jimmie Vaughan is such a good guitarist that he headlined the venerable Iridium (long the home of electric guitar inventor Les Paul and his signature Gibson … Read more
Dixie Dregs at Town Hall, NYC
Photos by Arnie Goodman Like buying a Payday candy bar and receiving instead a winning Megamillions ticket—a payday by anyone’s standards—anyone attending a concert by the Dixie Dregs expecting to … Read more
Exclusive: The Hit Men’s Jimmy Ryan, on bus tours
We asked Hit Men guitarist Jimmy Ryan about his early days of touring with the Critters (“Mr Dieingly Sad,” “Younger Girl” ), and discovered he made a very interesting travel arrangement for … Read more
NRBQ
Eclectic, daring and utterly unique, NRBQ gleefully colored outside the lines on a thrilling self-titled 1969 debut album of frenzied rock ‘n’ roll fun that sounds as fresh and uninhibited … Read more
Bruce Katz Band at Black Eyed Sally’s, Hartford, CT
Photos by John DaDalt The Bruce Katz Band’s return to Black Eyed Sally’s after an absence of many years filled the club with an enthusiastic audience. Outstanding on both piano and … Read more
Marie Knight
Well, well well. What can be said about this one? Simply superb release, recorded back in 2007 but only now coming to light. Sadly, Marie Knight has left us, passing … Read more
Joan Baez
Joan Baez is one of several musicians with roots in the ’60s who have recently announced intentions to cease touring or recording. Ms. Baez is among the senior-most of her … Read more
The Weight Band
Save the last waltz for The Weight Band, who admirably carry on the legacy of The Band on World Gone Mad, a sunny record dedicated to the dearly departed souls … Read more
The Bad Plus
Laying to rest any concerns about upsetting band chemistry, new pianist Orrin Evans has assimilated the experimental, uniquely creative culture of The Bad Plus with ease. His deft inside-out runs, … Read more
