Three last shows for 2025: I FINALLY saw Tyshawn Sorey, with his superb trio that includes Aaron Diehl on piano and Harish Raghavan on bass, I say it that way because Sorey played like 9 sets at Big Ears last year and I never saw...
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Ron Carter at UC Berkeley Jazz Festival, 5/25/80 w/McCoy Tyner © Brian McMillen www.brianmcmillenphotography.com It's been 3 weeks since I got one of these up and there's been a lot.
My big musical event in the last two weeks was seeing Richard Thompson at the Jane Pickens Theater in Newport, Rhode Island. This was my first time in that space,.
I saw S.G. Goodman play in Cambridge last week. This is the second time I've seen her, the first being at Newport Folk Festival this year, so I was excited to see her play her full set. It was excellent. She's such a masterful songwriter...
Last Friday, I saw the duo of Brandon Ross and Stomu Takeishi at Firehouse 12 in New Haven. I frequently make the trek down there these days to see interesting.
I was very happy to see Big Thief at the MGM at Fenway in Boston this week. I had seen Adrienne Lenker twice before solo, once totally by herself at.
I was super pumped to see Tropical Fuck Storm play in Somerville, Massachusetts recently. They are an Australian band that I guess splits the difference between punk and hard rock with a lot of noise in between. These are Australian punk veterans with Gareth Liddiard...
I've seen two shows recently. I'm going to talk about one this week and one next week. I saw The Tubs play at Deep Cuts in Medford, Massachusetts on September.
OK, sure, this was the 8th time I've seen Mary Halvorson play and this was the 3rd of those times that it was her Amaryllis band. Does that mean I.
I saw Leon Bridges with Charley Crockett and Reyna Tropical opening at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland last weekend. This was a pretty random show--I was in DC for a conference and contacted some friends and they asked if I wanted to go and...
I was supposed to see John Moreland last week. But he cancelled for some reason at the last second. I was very sad. I hope he's alright. However, I did.
A couple of weeks ago, I saw my 33rd Drive By Truckers show in New Haven, with Deer Tick and Thelma and the Sleaze opening. A bit about all three.