Live Show Reviews

AMA Highlights: Martin Sexton at City Winery

Martin Sexton more than made up for a somewhat lackluster Saturday night at the Americana Music Association’s Annual conference. Mightily armed with a guitar and his spectacular vocals, Sexton delivered … Read more

AC/DC

Photos by Ehud Lazin AC/DC’s “Rock Or Bust” Tour finally made it to Madison Square Garden after a bumpy year for the band. The gig was originally scheduled for early … Read more

High Voltage at the High Watt

Photos by Arnie Goodman Certainly among the most seasoned professionals at Americana Fest–or anywhere else for that matter–Bobby Rush could give youngsters very important lessons in crafting a show. Rush’s … Read more

The Marcus King Band

Photos by Lou Montesano The Marcus King Band is a six-headed musical monster led by Mr. Marcus King, a young guitarist and singer-songwriter from Greenville, South Carolina. King also happens … Read more

San Diego Blues Festival

On a grassy field tucked between San Diego’s Seaport Village and Convention Center, hundreds of blues fans lined up beneath a cloudless sky, listening to the music of Big Jon … Read more

Meltasia

I was the first and loudest to scoff at the enterprise of adult summer camps—no doubt a commercial ploy, meant to lure Millennials into living up to our least savory … Read more

Peter Wolf and the Midnight Travelers

Photos by Lou Montesano  Before Peter Wolf became the J. Geils Band’s jive-talking front man, he was a jive-talking radio disc jockey in Boston. In 1968, a year after hooking … Read more

3 Rivers Blues Festival

Photos by James St. Laurent 2016 marked the 8th annual Trois-Rivières en Blues Festival, picturesquely nestled in the Province of Quebec, slightly over an hour south of Quebec City. The popular blues … Read more

Zakk Wylde

Photos by Matt Stasi Earlier this month, Zakk Wylde took the stage at the historic Fonda Theatre in downtown Los Angeles with opening acts OTHERWISE and Jared James Nichols. The singer, who … Read more