Category Concert Reviews
Greg Garing and Friends @ Logue’s Black Raven Emporium / Nashville TN / May 14, 2014
In honor of last week’s 40th anniversary of Jon Landau’s famous quote about Bruce Springsteen, let me say that “I have seen country music future, and its name is Greg Garing.” Really, this is just wishful thinking on my part that country music would shed its current tired face and go back to its great lost traditional sound. While most of what plays on country radio today […]
Grant Lee Hitchcock @ The Basement / Nashville TN / February 12, 2014
The unusual artist billing for this show refers to the frequent musical pairing of two singer-songwriters: rootsy American, Grant Lee Phillips, and eccentric Brit, Robyn Hitchcock. With both now using Music City as a part-time hub around touring, some scattered appearances around town together led the two to make this formal scheduled appearance. The Basement’s […]
The Long Players revisit The Beatles’ 50th Anniversary on The Ed Sullivan Show @ Mercy Lounge / Nashville TN / February 8, 2014
I am old enough to have watched The Beatles make their live American television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show back on February 9, 1964. It was certainly a life-changer, and I will never forget the excitement the next morning when I joined my third-grade classmates to sing “She Loves You” on the schoolyard steps. […]
The Secret Sisters & John Oates: Record Store Day @ Grimey’s New and Preloved Music / Nashville, TN / April 19, 2014
Record Store Day has easily become my second favorite day of the year falling just behind Christmas. This year was no exception, and I spent the day at Grimey’s just like I did for the previous six years. I started my day by getting on line at 6 a.m. where I was 40th for their 10 a.m. […]
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band @ Bridgestone Arena / Nashville TN / April 17, 2014
Since seeing Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band play live for the first time in 1975 at New York City’s Bottom Line night club, he and the band have taken up significant space in my life. In addition to attending shows (tonight was #57), the space devoted in my study to Springsteen studio and […]
Kings of Leon @ Bridgestone Arena / Nashville TN / February 7, 2014
Back in the days when they played up close and personal at small clubs like the Exit/In, home town boys Kings of Leon developed a strong dedicated local fan base. Serious music fans hung with them even after they graduated to larger rooms like the Ryman. The Kings moved further up the venue ladder to […]
Laura Cantrell @ Grimeys New & Preloved Music / Nashville TN / February 7, 2014
I was first introduced to the music of Laura Cantrell by way of Elvis Costello. Costello was so taken by the pure country charm of her 2000 debut record, Not the Tremblin’ Kind, that he chose her to be the support act for his 2002 U.S. tour. After seeing several shows on that tour, I, […]
Television @ Exit/In / Nashville, TN / March 31, 2014
This past November, I travelled to Athens, GA to see Television, a band I once thought I would never get to see live. Well, lightning struck twice. I got to see them play again here in Music City after their appearance at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville. Just three days prior to the Nashville […]
Neutral Milk Hotel @ Ryman Auditorium / Nashville TN / February 4, 2014
In 1998 while I was apparently listening to a lot of other things instead, Athens, Georgia based Neutral Milk Hotel released their second album, In the Aeroplane over the Sea. A cult following developed around Aeroplane, and it wound up selling a lot of copies. Soon afterward, the band went on a long hiatus. They […]
Caitlin Rose @ Grand Ole Opry / Nashville, TN / March 21, 2014
My visiting relatives and I made a trip to see the always entertaining Grand Ole Opry out at the Grand Old Opry House. Can you believe that 40 years have passed since the Opry left the Ryman for their new bigger, modern home? Well, we had the pleasant surprise of seeing one of my favorite […]
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