Live Show Reviews

Seth Glier

Seth Glier

Seth Glier is a man of many parts and even more contradictions. His lyrics often rise from the social change or personal introspection tradition, but the music owes more to … Read more

Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams

Photos by Marc Millman From the minute that Larry Campbell walked onto the stage with his wife Teresa Williams and the band, you could sense the warmth emanating from each … Read more

Freda and the Firedogs

Regaling in glory days as hippies performing classic country music, Freda and the Firedogs also memorialized an old friend at the Broken Spoke in Austin March 22.The show culminated two … Read more

Marc Ribot & Emeline Michel

Marc Ribot & Emeline Michele

The famous quote describing the ubiquitous NYC composer George Gershwin was that he had one foot in the door of jazz and the other steeped in classical music. As far … Read more

Bleachers

Come one, come all, come alive! That was the mantra of the Bleachers show at Terminal 5. Kids in love, the heartbroken and purely platonic friends jumped and sang along to … Read more

Richard Bona

Richard Bona

Recently, phenomenal jazz and blues bassist Richard Bona dominated New York’s intimate Iridium and delighted the crowd with his unique genre-bending sound. Born and raised in Central Africa, Bona brings a fresh … Read more

Trigger Hippy

Photos by Mark J. Smith Trigger Hippy, Super Group? I think, yes. Their drummer and co-founder, Steve Gorman, refers to them as “a rock band that can jam.” I would … Read more

Nora Jane Struthers

Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line

In the wake of Nora Jane Struthers’ third album, Wake, she and her band, the Party Line, hit the stage at NYC’s Joe’s Pub. “Wow! I like it,” Struthers cried out. … Read more

Joe Newman

Alt-J

It is incredible what indie-rockers alt-J have been able to accomplish in just a few short years. They’ve released two LPs that have been both critically and commercially successful and … Read more