Breaking Benjamin and Staind // Live @ Riverbend Music Center // 5.25.25 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - June 2, 2025June 8, 2025 Article and Photos: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – Who says rock has a waning appeal? Try telling that to the near-capacity crowd at Riverbend Music Center, with more than 16,000 fans in attendance for an evening with co-headliners Breaking Benjamin and Staind on their Awaken The Fallen Tour. The evening started with
Five For Fighting // Live @ Ludlow Garage // 5.2.25 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - May 7, 2025 Article & Photos by: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – Ludlow Garage is a cozy concert venue that is nestled a block or two from the University of Cincinnati. The concert this evening was held mere hours after UC’s year-end graduation ceremonies, so even the rain didn’t dampen the overall energy of
Geoff Tate // Live @ The Taft Theatre // 4.12.25 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - April 17, 2025 Article and Photos by: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – The Taft Theatre: what a fitting venue for Geoff Tate’s Operation: Mindcrime – The Final Chapter Tour. A theater is where stories play out live on stage. How appropriate for this tour, where the 1988 Queensryche album Operation: Mindcrime, essentially itself a
Disturbed // Live @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse // 4.9.25 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - April 11, 2025 Article and photos by: Linda Carlson Indianapolis, IN – What an amazing evening of rock on a drizzly April night! The Gainbridge Fieldhouse was bustling with fans who were in good spirits for Disturbed’s The Sickness 25th Anniversary Tour, with support from Daughtry and Nothing More. You could tell from the stage
Dream Theater // Live @ The Andrew J Brady Music Center // 3.19.25 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - March 25, 2025March 25, 2025 Article & Photos by: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – It was a sold-out crowd at The Andrew J Brady Music Center. The venue had set up chairs with assigned seating in the normally open area in front of the vast stage, but throughout the evening, no one was seated. This was
H // Live @ the Mercury Ballroom // 3.4.2025 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - March 11, 2025May 4, 2025 Article & Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY- Information about the band and future concert dates can be found at: hindermusic.com
Dropkick Murphys // Live @ The Andrew J Brady Music Center // 3.2.25 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - March 7, 2025 Article & photos by: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – It’s March! February is in the rearview mirror, and Spring is just a few weeks away. There’s a sense of optimism, a feeling that a turn for the better is approaching. What’s a terrific way to feed into that spirit? An evening
Shane Smith and the Saints // Live @ the Mercury Ballroom // 2.4.2025 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - February 12, 2025February 12, 2025 Article & Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY- Shane Smith and the Saints ambled out onto a dark stage and the red dirt began to gather. As the lights rose, the red dirt music began to roll out onto the fans crowded up against the stage, spreading slowly at first, accompanied
Runaway Gin // Live @ Visulite Theatre // 1.11.25 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Jolene Roderick - January 31, 2025 Article and Photos by: Jolene Roderick CHARLOTTE, NC — Runaway Gin, the world’s preeminent Phish tribute band, celebrated their 500th performance in style with a sold-out show at Charlotte’s Visulite Theatre on January 11th. The band delivered a vibrant, high-energy concert filled with deep improvisation, intricate compositions, and playful crowd interactions,
Say Anything // Live @ Andrew J Brady Music Center // 11.15.24 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Linda Carlson - November 21, 2024November 21, 2024 Article and Photos by: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – The crowd kept growing at Cincinnati’s Andrew J Brady Music Center for Say Anything’s 20 Years of… Is A Real Boy tour. Openers Social Animals and Angel Du$t gave engaging performances that readied the crowd for the headliner. By the time Say
