Desert Daze 2018
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats’ performance was Friday’s highlight. Absolutely spectacular projections by Lance, The Mad Alchemist Liquid Show, the best I have seen. It started raining but...
Live Report
“Sweetheart of the Rodeo” 50th Anniversary Concert: Featuring Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives @ Ace Hotel, Los Angeles – July 24, 2018
Though technically not billed as a Byrds reunion concert, I’m of the opinion that when a minimum of two founding members of The Byrds congregate to play classic...
Los Lobos @ The Libbey Bowl, Ojai, CA., June 22
On a lovely post-Summer Solstice Friday night in Ojai, CA., Los Lobos took the Libbey Bowl stage to celebratory cheers from an admiring audience which had packed the...
Billy Cobham’s Crosswinds Project at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle, Friday March 9, 2018
Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle, Friday March 9, 2018 Highly influential drummer and jazz fusion pioneer Billy Cobham brought his Crosswinds Project to Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley in Seattle to...
Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen, & John Jorgenson
( l to r: John Jorgenson, Chris Hillman) © Pam Baumgardner Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen, & John Jorgenson @ The Lobero Theatre,Santa Barbara, CA., February 16 Chris Hillman,...
Werner Herzog: Sound & Vision
Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht--screening and Q & A Hollywood Berlin: Exiles and Immigrants @ UCSB Pollock Theater Visionary German director Werner Herzog was present at UCSB’s Pollock Theater...
Eric Burdon & the Animals @ The Libbey Bowl. Saturday, May 6, 2017
Photo by Sean Mageean Eric Burdon Generates Animal Magnetism at Libbey Bowl Birthday Bash The best concerts are those where a much-beloved artist or band takes it to an...
Goodness Live Performance at Seattle’s Easy Street Records Sunday 12 November
Goodness began in Seattle in 1994, during the height of the grunge explosion. Led by former Hammerbox vocalist Carrie Akre, they released three studio albums between 1995-99. In...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Hudson at the Moore Theater in Seattle Thursday October 19
Supporting their new album Hudson, named for the Hudson Valley in New York State, the band under the same name made a stop at Seattle’s Moore Theater on...
Al Di Meola at The Neptune in Seattle September 12
A native of New Jersey, guitarist Al Di Meola began his recording career at the age of 19 while studying at Berkeley School of Music. The story goes...