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Live Music: The Jayhawks @ The Fillmore, February 4, 2012
I didn’t even know who the Jayhawks were in the ‘80s and most of the ‘90s, arguably the band’s defining years. I was a small town kid on the east coast and didn’t dig
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Live Music: The Budos Band and Afrolicious at Mezzanine, November 19, 2011
The funk tends to bring the fun, and Saturday night’s installment of San Francisco’s 10th annual Funk Festival lured the city’s dance party people out to help Afrolicious and the Budos Band transform the
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Live Music: Future Islands @ Bottom of the Hill, November 15, 2011
Straight out of Baltimore by way of Greenville, North Carolina, Future Islands brought their own brand of crazy to Bottom of the Hill on Tuesday night. The show, headlined by one of the Wham
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Live Music: The Felice Brothers @ Great American Music Hall, October 27, 2011
At San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall late last week, the Felice Brothers proved themselves a long way from the early busking days that broke them onto the music scene back in 2006. A
Read More »Live Music: Newport Folk Festival Lineup Announced
Last night, the lineup for the 2011 Newport Folk Festival was announced at a live event in Cambridge,
Read More »Turn-Ons: Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble — Once You Get It, You Can’t Forget It
You have no idea what you're missing. That's what Judd Marcello's here for. He says Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble is a rare musical experience you must not miss.
Read More »Live Music: The Weepies, Hiro Ballroom, New York, NY, 11/10/2010
Michael Parr reviews The Weepies' recent performance at the Hiro Ballroom in
Read More »Live Music: Jackson Browne and David Lindley in Cleveland, 9/19/10
“You know, he sounded JUST as good as he sounded when I saw him in the ’90s!” The comment, uttered by a fellow concertgoer as we were leaving Sunday night’s Jackson Browne concert at
Read More »Live Music: Caleb Hawley in New York City, 8/19/10
Michael Parr reviews Caleb Hawley at Rockwood Music Hall, in New York, NY,
Read More »Live Music: Newport Folk Festival 2010, Part Two
If anything, the final day of the 2010 Newport Folk Festival was even more beautiful than the day before, and Newport Harbor was at the height of its midsummer glory. Arriving early has its
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