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Live Music: Folk Festival 50, Newport, R.I. (Day Two)
To be honest, I had my doubts about Day Two of Folk Festival 50. First of all, I was still tired from the day one. Next, it appeared that the lineup wasn’t quite as
Read More »Live Music: Tori Amos @ the Murat Theater in Indianapolis, 8/7/09
Last Friday, I saw my 25th Tori Amos show since 1996. Yes, I said 25th show. That may sound excessive, but believe me, that’s peanuts compared to the number of shows some of my
Read More »Live Music: Folk Festival 50, Newport, R.I. (Day One)
The Newport Folk Festival turned 50 over the weekend, and Popdose's Ken Shane was there. Read his recap of the festival's first day here
Read More »Live Music: XPoNential Music Festival, Camden, N.J.
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Read More »Live Music: Three Girls and Their Buddy @ the Greek Theatre in L.A., 6/24/09
It’s important to know what to expect from a show when the marquee lists four talents as formidable as Emmylou Harris, Shawn Colvin, Patty Griffin and Buddy Miller – and particularly when the ticket
Read More »Live Music: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, East Rutherford, N.J., 5/21/09
I admit it. I’m jaded. After seeing more than 50 Bruce Springsteen shows over the years, with and without the E Street Band, it’s gotten to theRead More »Live Music: David Byrne @ Prospect Park Bandshell in Brooklyn, 6/8/09
An overwhelming 27,000 people showed up to see David Byrne play a free show at the Prospect Park Bandshell in Brooklyn on Monday night. The show was the opening of the 2009 Celebrate Brooklyn
Read More »Live Music: NON-COMMvention, World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA
NON-COMMvention is the premier annual event for North America’s noncommercial Triple A radio stations. It was founded by Dan Reed in 2001, when he was at radio station WFPK in Louisville, which cosponsored the
Read More »Live Music: GAS @ Miller Theatre, 5/29/09
Save the massive excitement surrounding what was claimed to be his first and only show in the U.S. (though it seems he played Chicago three nights prior), everything about Wolfgang Voigt’s show at Columbia
Read More »Live Music: Pattern Is Movement and St. Vincent @ Webster Hall, 5/20/09
Pattern Is Movement have certainly lived up to the Movement part of their name, touring relentlessly since the release of their excellent fourth album, All Together. Seeing them for the third time since October,
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