Here in the New England, we have no Bonnaroo, no Coachella, no Lollapalooza, no New Orleans Jazz Festival: summer music extravaganzas with lineups filled wit...

It was one of those most magical of evenings. Outside, 70 or so degrees, beside the ocean, sun about to set, your favorite concert buddies sitting alongside ...

Dawes seems to be doing everything the right way. They tour endlessly, they’ve played backup to the great Robbie Robertson, and they treat their fans like th...

The door has swung wide open for Grace Potter, and she is sprinting through it. It seemed to jar open suddenly late last year with her invitation to join Kat...

It’s clear that the musicians that play the Newport Folk Festival get it. Yes, it’s a beautiful scene, with its view from the stage looking beyond the crowd ...

Most times when you go to shows you pretty much know what to expect. Once in a while, though, you get surprised and wonder (in your best David Byrne impressi...

Sleeping after a concert is always difficult for me; the music from the show runs through my head, almost like reliving what I heard. So imagine what it’s li...

You have to make the most of Mondays, especially the dismal ones in April. Luckily for us, the Submarines came around just at the right time. If you’ve never...

Lake Street Dive just wants you to have fun. I could end my review right there and you would have enough information to get you to go see them the next time ...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/modernacoustic/sets/72157626231916537/ Grace Potter the band has arrived! This is the third time I’ve seen Grace and the Nocturn...

What should one expect from a Valentine’s Day Brawl? Love, roses,  a nice slow-dance sax solo, and of course some heartache because this ain’t no Hallmark ce...

When a CD release party is billed as an Extravaganza, you expect just a little bit more than a band onstage running through their new songs. And so it was th...

The second show of my weekend concert extravaganza was quite different than the first. Instead of the sold out large-theater setting of the House of Blues fo...

The Holiday Crush is upon us, so I’ll have to make this kind of quick. But because of the Crush it is important to take time out and enjoy the good things in...

Ever have one of those nights where plans seem to just magically work, no matter what they are? Last Saturday, as much as a month ago, was tagged as a “tough...

First, the bullet points for those in a hurry to hear the details: 1) I got this close to riding the tour bus from Portland to Northampton… damn those family...

“You guys are so rad. I’d forgotten just how rad you guys are!” That’s what Jackie Greene told the pumped-up crowd at the Paradise last weekend. His last vis...

We had read the stories: Singer Scott Weiland, numerous times in rehab, had fallen off the stage at a recent show. We had heard the rumors: He was lip-synchi...

The challenge for a music festival is striking the right balance in the acts, mixing new and old, loud and soft, energetic and laid back. Too much one way or...

Here’s my surefire remedy for temporary relief of serious back pain: Start with some exquisite acoustic guitar solos. Add some beautiful harmonies. And a das...