Posted September 6, 2013 at 5:10 am | No comments
One of the nation’s stalwart summer tour favorites, The Doobie Brothers brought their extensive catalog of hits to the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Virginia, for an evening of feel good rock and roll that spans generations of fans.
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Posted September 5, 2013 at 5:35 am | 3 comments
The Cult’s Ian Astbury yelled from Roseland Ballroom’s stage, “Put down your cell phones, your 238 loser Facebook followers don’t want to see your blurry videos. This is a not social media event, this is live… this is rock n’ roll”. And that’s what fans got, two hours of hard driving, riff blazing rock n’ roll.
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Posted August 28, 2013 at 5:38 pm | One comment
Deeply rooted in the blues, songwriter-harp man Billy Rose offers a soul filled album of longing, down- and-out and rumble and tumble. On this release, Billy’s gathered up some fine musicians called simply, Blue Soul.
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Posted August 26, 2013 at 11:46 am | One comment
American hard rock icons KISS stormed their way into The Amway Center this past Friday, the first U.S. date on the band’s 2013 Monster tour. Taking no prisoners, KISS is prepared to rock the nation unlike ever before with a maelstrom of pyrotechnics, stage props and engaging onstage antics.
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Posted August 16, 2013 at 5:10 pm | No comments
Gigantour touched down in New York City at none other than the legendary Hammerstein Ballroom on August 7th. The opulent venue was originally constructed as an Opera House in 1906, but tonight’s show would be a much different type of music than it was a designed for, a music that will rock the old ballroom off its foundation and possibly level it.
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Posted August 12, 2013 at 4:22 pm | No comments
Boston based guitarist, Gerry Beaudoin, has had a long and distinguished career as a jazz artist.
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Posted August 7, 2013 at 9:16 pm | No comments
Lollapalooza 2013 didn’t have a whole lot to offer for metal fans outside of Queens of the Stone Age and Nine Inch Nails on Friday night, but Savannah, GA’s Baroness made Saturday a lot heavier when they threw down at the Petrillo Stage.
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Posted August 7, 2013 at 8:45 pm | No comments
At Lollapalooza 2013, the Postal Service played their second to last show ever, with the last being a Lollapalooza after party the next day. You’d think this would make everybody sad, to be losing such an iconic band, but we really lost the Postal Service years ago. The recent tour, culminating in these two nights at Lollapalooza 2013, has just been a bonus that no one expected.
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Posted August 7, 2013 at 8:24 pm | No comments
I walked up to the Mowgli’s set at Lollapalooza 2013 in a normal mood, not knowing who the heck they were. A friend told me to check them out, so I decided I’d give ‘em a shot. By the time the Mowgli’s were done with me, I was giddy, practically skipping to the next act on my schedule.
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Posted August 6, 2013 at 8:41 am | No comments
Guitar virtuoso Peter Frampton hits the stage and delivers a set list comprised of his greatest hits and fan favorite deep tracks with Peter Frampton – Live In Detroit . The hailed classic rocker made his debut as a member of the group Humble Pie before branching out on his own as a solo artist, and in the process of doing so created over two dozen records and a plethora of heavily circulated anthems.
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