Live Show Reviews

Rock in Rio USA, Weekend 1

  photos by Ana Gibert The first weekend of Rock in Rio USA revved up the volume on the Vegas Strip with a hard-hitting rock n’ roll line-up that burned … Read more

Joel Rafael feat. Graham Nash

photos by Leland Gorlin Singer/songwriter and soft-core activist Joel Rafael made a rare and welcome stop at the City Winery to showcase his ninth and newest album, Baladista, and do … Read more

Arlo Guthrie & Dweezil Zappa albums

Zappa Plays Zappa

I was laughing well before Dweezil Zappa plugged in his walnut Gibson SG. Between the unfettered commercialism taking place behind a souvenir stand (75 bucks for an Apostrophe (‘) hoodie!) … Read more

Richard Thompson

Everyone owes themselves at least one Richard Thompson concert, preferably in an intimate setting such as Club Helsinki Hudson. Thompson’s one of the great guitarists of our time, a unique … Read more

Bruce Robinson & Kelly Willis

Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis

Photos by Donna Marie Miller Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis sang nostalgically from their combined hit song catalogs at what seemed more like a backyard neighborhood barbecue than a music … Read more

Shakey Graves

Star quality. We saw Shakey Graves’ version of that elusive factor a few years ago in a small, dank basement in his hometown of Austin, Texas, and we saw it … Read more

Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea

“You know the old saying,” Chick Corea said, “’How do you get to Carnegie Hall?’” The sold out crowd at Orchestra Hall in Chicago Symphony Space replied in unison: “Practice!” … Read more