Festival Preview: Louder Than Life // Sept. 30 – Oct. 1, 2017 FESTIVALS MUSIC by Linda Carlson - August 22, 2017August 22, 2017 Article by: Linda Carlson Attention Louisville KY Heavy Metal Fans! Louisville, are you ready to rock to your heavy metal favorites at Louder Than Life 2017? Mark your calendars for September 30 through October 1 and start prepping now for Ozzie Osbourne, Prophets of Rage, Rob Zombie, Five Finger Death Punch, Rise
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers // Live @ Gypsy Sally’s // 8.18.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - August 22, 2017August 22, 2017 Article by: Sabrina Miles Photos by: Wendy Podmenik Darugar WASHINGTON, D.C.- Exploding into song and real life lyrics, Sarah Shook and The Disarmers came to Gypsy Sally’s in Washington DC to rock the place, and they succeeded in true Disarmer style- they projected an aura of friendship and genuine graciousness, while cultivating
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
Foreigner and Cheap Trick // Veterans United Home Loan Amphitheater // 7.26.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - August 3, 2017August 3, 2017 Article by: Wendy Podmenik Darugar Photos by: Glenn Woodell VA BEACH, VA: Foreigner showed us exactly why they are one of the world's best selling bands of all time, on a cool summer's night in Virginia Beach. Opening tribute band Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience, fronted by the late John Bonham's son as
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
Cody Jinks // Live @ The NorVa // 7.7.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - July 10, 2017 Article by : Wendy Podmenik Darugar Photos by: Glenn Woodell and Wendy Podmenik Darugar NORFOLK, VA: “Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys They don't care about no trends They don't care about songs that sell I've never been a part of any musical scene I ain't just talking Nashville, if you know What I mean” Notwithstanding his
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
Reel Big Fish // Live @ The Stone Pony // 6.25.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Sam Fallone - July 3, 2017 Article & Photos by: Sam Fallone Asbury Park, NJ -- People of all ages were packed into The Stone Pony on Sunday night to catch California ska punk band Reel Big Fish on their current tour: The Beer Run. It was a fun night of sweat, beer, and live music. First to take
Sigur Ros // Live @ The Palace // 6.13.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - June 21, 2017June 21, 2017 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY- Ethereal is probably overused as a description for a sound or music or a band. Yet here is a band whose picture will, as they say, be in the dictionary if you lookup the word. Experimental, art rock, ambient music, minimalist, are all appropriate