Music Blog
Concert Review – The Glorious Sons (Newport)
THE GLORIOUS SONS AT THE NEWPORT MUSIC HALL Band(s) - Heartland/Alternative Rock/Southern Rock The Worn Flints (opener) Brother Elsey (opener) The Glorious Sons (headliner) Date, Venue. Dec. 11, 2021 at Newport Music Hall Atmosphere. Indoor show. The age range of the crowd spanned from elementary kiddos to the golden years, but the vast majority were in their 30-40's. This was the type of crowd that [...]
Concert Review – Midland (Express Live)
MIDLAND AT EXPRESS LIVE Band(s) - Neotraditional Country / Texas Country Wyatt McCubbin (opener) Hailey Whitters (opener) Midland (headliner) Date, Venue. Nov. 18, 2021 at Express Live Atmosphere. Indoor show. It's too cold in November for the lawn, so we resign to the indoor capacity of Express Live. It's no matter that we were indoors though. There were plenty of hats, and boots 'honky-stomping' the [...]
Concert Review – Twenty One Pilots (Nationwide Arena)
TWENTY ONE PILOTS AT NATIONWIDE ARENA Out of 5 4.80 Band(s) - Alternative Rock / Alternative Hip Hop / Indie Pop /et al Half Alive (opener) Twenty One Pilots (headliner) Date, Venue. Oct. 28, 2021 at Nationwide Arena Atmosphere. Indoor arena show. High energy and the Skeleton Clique (the official fan group) were out in force. A predominantly younger crowd, but there were some older [...]
Concert Review – Crowder (The Palace Theater)
CROWDER AT THE PALACE Out of 5 4.50 Band(s) - Christian Rock / Modern Worship / Folktronica / Bluegrass / Gospel / R&B Sean Curran (opener) Crowder (headliner) Date, Venue. Oct. 20, 2021 at The Palace Theater Atmosphere. Indoor show. Beautiful ambience of the historic palace theater, with a 'Crowd'...'errr'... that's ready to rock and worship [pun intended, best I could come up with]. The [...]
Concert Review – Mo Lowda and The Humble (Natalies Coal Fired Pizza – Grandview)
MO LOWDA AND THE HUMBLE Out of Five 4.50 Band(s) - Indie/Alternative Carriers (opener) Mo Lowda and The Humble (headliner) Date, Venue. Oct. 3, 2021 at Natalies Coal Fired Pizza - Grandview Atmosphere. Indoor show. The crowd was predominately millennial, and undoubtedly soulful. The Venue. Natalies Coal Fired Pizza in Grandview is a concert venue that is somewhere in between The Basement and Express Live [...]
Who is Lucille?
The avid blues fan can instantly identify Lucille (with their eyes closed). Say what? Who is this Lucille? Lucille can be described as 'classic style body, without f-holes, elegant high-gloss ebony, gold-plated, multi-ply body binding, mother-of-pearl inlays, fine-tuning tailpiece.... a sound of pure emotion, an expression of the soul, pause and play, tension and release, squeals, thrills, and single-note soloing. If you haven't figured it [...]