Cowboy Junkies – Ardmore Music Hall – Ardmore, PA – April 9, 2022 Almost 35 years on from their breakthrough 1988 album The Trinity Sessions – and closer to 40 years since this family act formed in Canada – Cowboy Junkies’ sound is still unique. The mixture of old-school country lament, morose lyrics and Margo … Continue reading
John Oates Keeping It Grounded on the Road with Stories and Songs By Jay S. Jacobs John Oates knows a thing or two about popular music. After all, he has spent most of his adult life as half of the rock and soul duo Daryl Hall and John Oates, one of the biggest selling hitmaking … Continue reading
On the Outside How Beautiful We Are By Kayla Marra How beautiful we all are. The world is full of unappreciated loveliness and untapped potential. We’re being reminded of that fact by the new pop/country boy band On the Outside. The group is comprised of young singers Dawson Huckabee, Jon Klaasen, Devin Hayes, Andrew Bloom, … Continue reading
Jessy Schram A City-Born Woman Who Is Country at Heart By Jay S. Jacobs The new Hallmark Channel movie Country at Heart was tailor made for Jessy Schram, allowing her to merge her skills as an actress and a singer. Schram, who has done several films for the network over the years jumped at the … Continue reading
Riley Clemmons We Choose Her Over and Over Again By Isa Barnett Riley Clemmons is a Christian pop star and singer/songwriter who was discovered at the age of 13. Now at just 20, Clemmons has grown up within the Nashville music scene and Nashville is the kind of scene that begs for her type of … Continue reading
ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND Featuring Robbie Robertson, Ronnie Hawkins, Dominique Robertson, Jonathan Taplin, John Simon, Elliott Landy, David Geffen, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Martin Scorsese, Van Morrison, Peter Gabriel, Taj Mahal, Jann Wenner, George Semkiw, Grant Smith, John Hammond, Jimmy Vivino, Bill Scheele, John Scheele, Larry Campbell and archival footage of … Continue reading
Firefly Music Festival – The Woodlands – Dover, DE – June 21 to 23, 2019 Although this was the first year the Firefly Music Festival was under the new ownership of AEG Presents (who also runs Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival), it was not a disappointment. The festival, which is based out of the … Continue reading
Art Alexakis, Chris Collingwood, Max Collins and John Wozniak – Songs and Stories – The Keswick Theatre – Glenside, PA – May 26, 2019 A couple of months after his shocking announcement that he is battling multiple sclerosis and a mere month before releasing his first solo album after decades of recording, Everclear singer/songwriter Art … Continue reading
Maren Morris – The Fillmore – Philadelphia, PA – April 26, 2019 Photos by Ruth Bekele © 2019 Continue reading
Tori Kelly with Mateus Asato and special guests Pentatonix, Ally Brooke, Bruno Major and Crystal Lewis – Orpheum Theater – Los Angeles, CA – February 28, 2019 Before heading off on her “Acoustic Sessions” tour next week, two-time Grammy Award winner Tori Kelly made a stop at LA’s famous Orpheum Theatre to play an exciting, … Continue reading
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