Richard Thompson Electric Trio // Live @ Headliners // 12.05.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - December 22, 2018 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY -- Richard Thompson has enjoyed a fair amount of success in the UK, but forges on as an artist who's enjoyed cult status (by his own reckoning) in the U.S. for nearly five decades. It was no wonder that tickets for the
Joy Williams // Live @ Headliners // 12.01.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - December 7, 2018December 10, 2018 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY -- The night's performance was less like a concert, and more like you had invited Joy Williams into your living room for a visit to tell some stories and play some of your favorite songs. Headliners Music Hall admirably decided to drag enough
Jim James // Live @ The Palace Theater // 11.21.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - December 3, 2018 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY -- If you needed an excuse to come to Louisville, here are some pretty good ones: There's the Kentucky Derby of course, or any of the fine thoroughbred races in spring and fall. Then, of course, is the distillery touring and tasting,
Gary Clark Jr. // Live the Louisville Palace Theater // 11.4.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - November 12, 2018 Photos and Article by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY -- Muddy Waters said it: "The blues had a baby and they named it rock and roll." Parent and child, two apparently separate generations of music come together with Gary Clark Jr. This guy is successful and comfortable with both and everything in
Ghost // Live @ the Palace Theater and @ the Murat Theatre // 10.29 and 10.30.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - November 5, 2018November 5, 2018 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright and Linda Carlson LOUISVILLE and INDIANAPOLIS- You gotta believe that Ghost is one of the most covered and photographed bands on tour for the past several years. Why? There is their collection of four studio albums that have climbed steadily up the album charts
Eric Johnson // Live @ Mercury Ballroom // 10.12.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - October 23, 2018November 5, 2018 Photos and Article by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY--As I've said in this space before: guitars and their players, that's my thing. Electric, acoustic, steel string, steel body, folk, rock, jazz, blues, it doesn't matter. For me, the skill is the thrill. So when you become familiar with a guy like
Steely Dan // The Palace Theater // 10.3.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - October 9, 2018October 9, 2018 Photos and Article by Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY-- Steely Dan, the ever-morphing entity of musicians at the peak of their skills, came to town again. They played to a full house and they killed, as usual. The band has been making Louisville a regular stop because its usually a guaranteed sell
Gary Numan // Live @ Headliners // 9.25.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - October 5, 2018 Article and Photos by Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY-- It was unanimous. Every person I talked with at the Gary Numan concert had all been turned on to the music, via the single "Cars," by their dads. "Cars," by Gary Numan was the first exposure to "New Wave" for many radio listeners in
Bourbon and Beyond Music & Food Festival // Champions Park // 9.22.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED FESTIVALS MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - October 3, 2018October 3, 2018 Article by Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY --A truncated festival has nothing to do with elephants. It has everything to do with rain, flooding, and a full day of music... canceled. This year's second Bourbon and Beyond Music and Food Festival was a little less music, but plenty of Kentucky's favorite
The Bourbon and Beyond Festival is Back, 9.22-23.18 FESTIVALS MUSIC PRESS RELEASE by Michael W. Bright - September 11, 2018September 11, 2018 Article by Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY— Can we handle another music Festival? That’s like asking us if we can handle more Bourbon. The answer to both is a resounding YES! Add to that combination fabulous food from every category, award-winning chefs, master bourbon distillers, camping, and plenty of parking (and toilets!) and you