White Reaper // Live @ Headliners // 11.25.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - December 4, 2017December 4, 2017 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY -- One of the few true four day weekends on this year’s calendar created a grand opportunity for Headliners in Louisville. Typically folks whose home base is here come flocking back for exaggerated meals with family, shots with friends, and wild ambitions
The Security Project // Live @ Headliners // 11.15.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - November 20, 2017November 20, 2017 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY -- On the face of it, this looks like a deliberately losing venture; a cover band that only plays the deepest, least familiar album cuts from the band or person to whom they are paying tribute. Stylistically reconfiguring the songs on stage
Bourbon and Beyond Festival // Live @ Champions Park // 9.23-24.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED FESTIVALS MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - October 10, 2017October 11, 2017 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY-- Where to start…Whether you brought your grandmother or your granddaughter there was enough food, water, shade, security and bourbon (for grandma) to satisfy all souls. The Bourbon and Beyond Festival, the first of what we hope will be many, was unveiled in the
Gov’t Mule // Live @ the Iroquois Amphitheater // 8.27.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - September 7, 2017 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY- Following the sudden untimely passing of original Allman Brother Butch Trucks in January and the long-time-coming passing of Gregg Allman in May, Warren Haynes is as close to Southern Rock Royalty as we can come. Sunday night's Gov't Mule concert allowed Haynes
Festival Preview // Bourbon and Beyond Festival // Sept. 23 & 24 FESTIVALS MUSIC PRESS RELEASE by Michael W. Bright - September 6, 2017 Louisville, KY-- Can we handle another FESTIVAL ? That's like asking us if we can handle more BOURBON! The answer to both is a resounding YES! And the combination of two of our favorite things is, well, just that much better. We here at MONKEYGOOSE Magazine are already pre-gaming for the
Chick Corea Elektric Band // Live @ the PNC Pavilion // 8.13.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - August 20, 2017August 23, 2017 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Cincinnati, OH. - This summer you could be attending a concert performance of the highest caliber every night of each week, provided you had the cash for today's high-priced tickets. So, it might have been easy to overlook an evening with the elusive Chick Corea
Young the Giant // Live @ The Palace // 8.2.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - August 7, 2017 Article and Photos by : Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY - I should have seen the signs. Although I recognized the name from their three top five alt rock chart singles, I was not familiar with Young the Giant’s music. But…I should have seen the signs. The under-twenty-one young women, with
Real Estate and The New Pornographers // The Forecastle Festival After-Parties @ Headliners // 7.14-15.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - July 27, 2017July 31, 2017 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY - Real Estate writes and plays music that's perfect if you're falling in love. It works if you're breaking up as well. If you're feeling lighthearted on a spring day it's absolutely appropriate. If you're really down in the dumps, wearing your tortured
LA Guns // Live @ The Mercury Ballroom // 6.29.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - July 8, 2017July 10, 2017 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY- Born of the legendary Sunset Strip hard rock scene of the eighties with bands like Poison, Motley Crue and Faster Pussycat, LA Guns is finally touring with the “classic” lineup, fronted by its co-founders, guitarist Tracii Guns and vocalist Phil Lewis in what
Don Henley // Live @ The PNC Pavilion // 6.15.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - July 3, 2017July 3, 2017 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Cincinatti, OH -- After a gorgeous a cappella song that opened the show, Eagles cofounder Don Henley invited us to "relax." Any expectations we might have had were clarified. " We've got two hours to cover 42 years of music." The first time the
