I was fortunate enough to see The Messthestics with James Brandon Lewis at City Winery in Boston the other week. That's not really my favorite space--I am not a big fan of either the jazz club vibe or the wine club vibe and the City...
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la santa cecilia sound bite photoshoot Ok..............I haven't done this (or really any blogging except grave/labor history posts) in five weeks because life has so gotten in the way with.
After sort of recovering from the exhaustion that Big Ears creates, I dragged myself to Boston to see the great rock band Wednesday, who I think is probably the most.
There's only one thing to talk about this week and that's Big Ears. Man, that was a lot. A few notes. In the last Music Notes, when I asked for thoughts about managing this year's festival, commenter MarkPalm wrote: Yet for the first time I...
I've just returned from Eugene, where I was visiting my dad. Now, when I am visiting Eugene, I don't often get to see a show because it's such an isolated.
I saw Jason Isbell at the Wang Theater in Boston last week--fancy! This was my 13th Isbell show, briefly putting him alone in 2nd for the most times I've seen.
I saw two shows last week, part of a very busy February after a long show drought in January. The one I was most excited about Marissa Nadler, who played a little club in Providence that usually has metal shows and is a kind of...
I've seen quite a bit of music this month. Some I will talk about this week, some in the next couple of these posts. The biggest thing I did was.
I saw Sudan Archives last week in Boston. I was curious what this would be like live. I am a big fan of her 2022 album Natural Brown Prom Queen,.
My first Music Notes of the year, after a bit of a holiday layoff, when I wasn't listening to a whole lot of new music or seeing shows. Let's get this off the ground for 2026. While flying to Asia at the end of December,...
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.
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.