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  • Soul Revue Benefit at The Bitter End

    I’m rarely at a loss for words. Unluckily for those who intend to make it to the bottom of this post, this won’t be one of those rare times either. But, it’s still unusual, because simply following my normal structure of mentioning every single performer won’t do justice to what happened last night. […]

  • The Grascals at Highline Ballroom

    When a band plans a tour there is very little wiggle room in any given city. They’re generally on the move all night (if they have a professional bus driver), or all day (if they’re driving themselves). There are many things you can’t control when planning months in advance. Two such things are […]

  • Martin Rivas and Rachel Platten at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2

    The last time we saw Martin Rivas perform a full set was September 13th, 2010, over four months ago! That night, the set before him was Rachel Platten. That show was at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 and I wrote about it in this post. It was my first time seeing each of […]

  • Alex Wong and Guests at Rockwood Music Hall

    It’s been a month since we’ve seen Alex Wong perform at Rockwood Music Hall. It’s not good to go much more than a month between doses of Alex, so it’s good that he had a show last night. In fact, after seeing his solo show at Rockwood 1 on December 9th, we saw […]

  • Ricky Skaggs, Punch Brothers, Nancy Griffith and Abigail Washburn at BB King

    We’ve seen Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder a couple of times, most recently in June 2008. When we saw that they were performing at BB King, we knew we’d be there. The only other act listed on the bill was Abigail Washburn, opening for Ricky. We’ve seen Abigail a number of times, so […]

  • Greg Mayo Band at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2

    Another day, another post that’s 24 hours late, another day of two posts (this one being the first). Everyone knows the expression: Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it. Let’s add a new one: Be careful what you wish for, you might just think you’re getting it, but get […]

  • Morgan Holland, Chris Ayer and Matt Simons at Rockwood Music Hall

    Morgan Holland had her EP Release Party last night at Rockwood Music Hall. She invited most of the people who performed on the EP to play with her last night. Two of them opened for Morgan before joining her in the extended (two hour) set. Chris Ayer was first up. We’ve only seen […]

  • Melissa Tong and Pork Chop Willie at Banjo Jims

    This is my first post for 2011. It’s 24 hours late because I also just upgraded the disk and OS on my laptop, which caused me to be down all day yesterday. We love bluegrass music and we love all things Melissa Tong. We’ve seen Melissa perform a number of violin styles, but […]

  • The Nutcracker at Richmond CenterStage

    I was supposed to be at work all day yesterday. If you promise not to tell anyone that could get me in trouble, I’ll tell you what I did after leaving the office at 10:15am (I was in at 7am, so I got some things done). Our friends in Richmond bought six tickets […]

  • Alex Berger at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2

    We waited nearly a year for the pleasure of seeing Alex Berger perform live again. We had to console ourselves by listening to his wonderful CD, Snow Globe. It’s great, but it’s not quite the same as seeing Alex live. Last night was his first time performing at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2. […]