Ani DiFranco & Mike + Ruthy – Scottish Rite Auditorium – Collingswood, NJ – November 11, 2015 One of the region’s best venues, the Scottish Rite Auditorium in Collingswood, played host to the guitar and lyrical magic of Ani DiFranco last Wednesday. Crisscrossing her career with ease and unending energy, DiFranco blistered the ears with … Continue reading
Ani DiFranco & Mike + Ruthy – Scottish Rite Auditorium – Collingswood, NJ – November 11, 2015 Photos ©2015 Chris Sikich. All rights reserved. Continue reading
Kurt Vile, Waxahatchee & Luke Roberts – The Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA – October 9, 2015 With a mountain of pedals at his disposal, Kurt Vile, hometown hero (or hoagie if you were to catch the odd humor of one of his t-shirts for sale), entranced a sold-out Union Transfer with his sublime guitar … Continue reading
Made In America Festival – Benjamin Franklin Parkway – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – September 5 & 6, 2015 Day One: Beyoncé, Modest Mouse, Death Cab for Cutie, Meek Mill, Nick Jonas, G-Eazy, Vic Mensa, Earl Sweatshirt, The Struts & Young Rising Sons Day Two: The Weeknd, J. Cole, Banks, Santigold, Post Malone, Lolawolf (featuring Zoe Kravitz), … Continue reading
Delta Rae – World Cafe Live at the Queen – Wilmington, DE – August 29, 2015 It almost feels too simplistic to compare Durham, NC’s faves Delta Rae with Fleetwood Mac. After all they both have multiple lead singers (Rae has two women and two men, while the Mac had two women and only one … Continue reading
Grace Potter, George Ezra, The Wailers, Indigo Girls, Kopecky, Courtney Barnett & Bombino – 2015 XPoNential Music Festival Day Three – Susquehanna Bank Center, The River Stage at Wiggins Park and The Marina Stage at Wiggins Park – Camden, NJ – July 26, 2015 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2015. All rights reserved. Continue reading
My Morning Jacket, St. Vincent, Lord Huron, Gina Chavez, Delta Rae, Fly Golden Eagle & The Word (Robert Randolph, John Medeski, Luther Dickinson and Cody Dickinson) – 2015 XPoNential Music Festival Day One and Two – Susquehanna Bank Center, The River Stage at Wiggins Park and The Marina Stage at Wiggins Park – Camden, NJ … Continue reading
Stealing a Dance with Milky Chance by Ally Abramson Milky Chance is a German duo consisting of Clemens Rehbein and Philipp Dausch. The band has a unique sound that combines a smooth singer-songwriter sound with jagged, upbeat tones of electronic music. Their song “Stolen Dance” has blown up the music scene over the past year. It … Continue reading
Christina Perri & Colbie Caillat – The Mann Center for the Performing Arts – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – July 11, 2015 The name of the tour is “Girls Night Out… and the Boys Can Come, Too!” and that pretty much sums up the recent dual tour appearance by Colbie Caillat and Christina Perri. The estrogen level may have been a … Continue reading
Rachel Platten – Fight Song EP (Columbia) I first ran across Rachel Platten back in 2008. She was opening a club show at New York’s Canal Room which also featured Lucy Woodward and Toby Lightman. While I was familiar with the other two artists’ work, I didn’t know anything about Platten. I sat in the … Continue reading
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