Updated Concerts resumed the second half of 2021 as pandemic fears waned and life returned to a mandated normal. Some states enjoyed live shows sooner than others but by the end of summer people seemingly filled arenas and theaters across … Continue reading Best Concerts of 2021
Just finished one of the busiest weeks in listening yet! I continued the process of getting reacquainted with those albums I reviewed this year to determine the Top 10 Best of 2021 but the big push came with the long Thanksgiving road trip that began today. My wife chose 80s music for the drive thus the reason for the two of bands with similar members. Usually, she doesn’t like what I bring but this time she asks, after we’re already underway, where is Metallica? Motley Crue? Styx? REO Speedwagon? I didn’t bring any of those because she only likes a … Continue reading The Weekly Playlist – Nov. 14 to Nov. 20
Every now and then a concert leaves a lasting impression that persists for days thanks to a music performance you weren’t quite expecting nor ready to have end. Athey Music, a collective borne from a church, turned a modern … Continue reading Concert Review: Athey Music Celebrates New Album with Spirited Show
I’m not sure, but I may have just found a new favorite band. Twenty years late, like usual, but better late than never as Eclipse released their 10th album Wired today an 11 song 41-minute record that encapsulates all that … Continue reading Album Review: Eclipse – Wired
Toad the Wet Sprocket released Starting Now today, their seventh studio album and first in eight years, stepping a bit outside of their usual range but ultimately staying within the confines of comfortable rock songs that peaceably relax but sometimes … Continue reading Album Review: Toad the Wet Sprocket – Starting Now
The Encore Drive-In Nights concert experience continues as the coronavirus pandemic, though seemingly a light at the end of the tunnel flickers, keeps live shows on hold for a little while longer and brings in Bon Jovi as the latest … Continue reading Concert Review: Bon Jovi Hits Few High Notes During Encore Drive-In Performance
Every Christmas season, I brush the dust off one album that gets spun in its entirety at least once. I have kept this tradition alive since Merry Axemas – A Guitar Christmas was released in 1997 an album featuring 11 … Continue reading Album Review: Merry Axemas
What happened to Jon Bon Jovi’s voice? It sounds like him but it doesn’t sound like him. And that’s all I could focus on while listening to Bon Jovi’s 15th studio album 2020, out today, mostly a collection of soft … Continue reading Album Review: Bon Jovi – 2020
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