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Billy Idol @ Ryman Auditorium / Nashville TN / September 18, 2015
What made me want to go see Billy Idol? Besides his handful of catchy hits that used to forever blare off my MTV, two things came to mind. First, his cameo in The Wedding Singer gave me the impression that he was a likable guy. But more so I focused on the fact that he […]
Rayland Baxter @ Grimeys New & Preloved Music / Nashville TN / August 31, 2015
Touring behind his latest release on ATO Records, Imaginary Man, Rayland Baxter gave a 6pm Monday in-store appearance at Grimey’s that wound up being almost as long as his Nashville Sunday Night set at Third & Lindsley the night before. At the moment, the stars sure seem to be lined up right for the Nashville […]
Music City Landmarks #11—Music City Walk of Fame Park
Location: Demonbruen Street between 4th and 5th Avenues South, Nashville, TN 37203 Music City’s equivalent of getting your star on Hollywood Boulevard is having your star in the Music City Walk of Fame Park. While the stars in the Park have yet to achieve the same notoriety as the ones in Hollywood, there is a […]
ON THE ROAD: Steve Moakler @ City Winery / New York, NY / August 16, 2015
Aware of his status as an unknown opening act for the ever-popular John Hiatt, young Steve Moakler reached out to the sold-out City Winery house with a sincere and humbling “I hope I don’t suck.” However, behind his apparently honest attempt at being modest, I can’t help but believe that the Pittsburgh-born and now Nashville-based […]
Elvis Costello & the Imposters: Ascend Amphitheater / Nashville TN / August 8, 2015
I guess it was fitting that my first concert at Nashville’s newest outdoor music venue would be my favorite artist and the one whose 1987 concert (with the Confederates at Vanderbilt) caused me to make my first visit to Music City. It was also somewhat strange since aside from a 2007 unscheduled slot as a […]
Josh Rouse @ Third & Lindsley / Nashville TN / June 20, 2015
Despite the fact that he now lives in Spain, Josh Rouse will forever be a Music City resident in our hearts. On the final night of a brief US tour to promote his latest release, The Embers of Time, Rouse returned home to the Third & Lindsley stage where he last appeared two years ago. […]
ON THE ROAD: Forecastle Photo Journal—Day Three / Louisville, KY / July 19, 2015
Simply put, it was a day unfit for watching live music outdoors. With a heat index of 103 and no cloud cover to speak of, standing with the sun beating down on my head was not much fun. So in between my retreats to the air conditioned VIP tent, I did manage to catch some […]
ON THE ROAD: Forecastle Photo Journal—Day Two / Louisville, KY / July 18, 2015
What started out being a very trying day due to the excessive heat, turned out rather well with some fine musical performances as the sun went down. An early afternoon storm threat also fortunately managed to miss us. Here’s my Day Two musical run down: A shady spot on a hill aside the WFPK Stage […]
ON THE ROAD: Forecastle Photo Journal—Day One / Louisville, KY / July 17, 2015
I was initially disappointed at the quality of this year’s lineup for the Forecastle Music Festival. None of the three headliners caught my fancy, and where in the past I had seen the likes of Bob Mould, Robert Plant and The Replacements, this year there were simply no bands specifically geared to my generation. However, […]
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