10cc – Keswick Theatre – Glenside, PA – September 10, 2025 Last July, 10cc played in the Philly area for the first time in decades. In my review of that show, I closed out with the line: “Seeing 10cc live was a bucket list experience which was worth the wait. Let’s just hope they don’t … Continue reading
Stephen Bishop – THIMK (Life’s A Bish) Stephen Bishop has had a long, impressive career as a singer / songwriter, even if he never quite became a superstar. Now, nearly fifty years after his breakthrough album Careless (1976), which spawned the big hits “On and On” and “Save It For a Rainy Day,” Bishop is … Continue reading
Billy Idol & Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – TD Pavilion at The Mann – Philadelphia, PA – August 16, 2025 It was the ‘80s all over again at the Mann as two of the biggest names of pop-punk took dives into their popular songbooks. Both acts still have their angry young musical energy, even … Continue reading
Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band – Mann Center – Philadelphia, PA – June 15, 2025 “Every one of you will know at least one song.” That was a promise that Ringo Starr made to the crowd at the Mann Center the other night. The show – which was rescheduled from last summer when Starr … Continue reading
The Bongos – The Shroud of Touring – Live in 1985 (JEM) While the alt-rocking power pop band The Bongos – featuring singer/guitarist Richard Barone, bassist Rob Norris, drummer Frank Giannini and guitarist James Mastro – became heavy cult favorites, they never quite broke out to become stars. Since they were always known for their concert … Continue reading
John Cafferty Classic Rocker Returns with a New Album after 37 Years – Sound of Waves by Brad Balfour For many bands having a song is a film can boost one’s career. But for John Cafferty and his Beaver Brown band, they not only wrote and performed songs for the soundtrack to Eddie And The … Continue reading
Benjamin Ingrosso – Theatre of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA – February 15, 2025 I walked into the Theatre of Living Arts on Saturday night to one of the smaller crowds I have seen in Philly for an artist I had not heard of before (aside from the research I had done on him that … Continue reading
Waddy Wachtel, Leland Sklar, Russ Kunkel, Steve Postell & Denny Tedesco Keeping It In the Immediate Family By Jay S. Jacobs It may be a bit of an exaggeration to say that the Immediate Family – guitarist Danny “Kootch” Kortchmar, guitarist Waddy Wachtel, bassist Leland Sklar and drummer Russ Kunkel – played on most of … Continue reading
Justin Currie Fighting the Great War by Jay S. Jacobs Justin Currie is in the midst of a somewhat common predicament for the former lead singers of popular bands. Is it possible to create intriguing, challenging music without riding the coattails of the old band or recreating the old sound? Also, as an older, more … Continue reading
Norah Jones – The Fall (Blue Note) Norah Jones has performed several types of music over the years since her breakthrough album Come Away With Me. In that album and her two follow-up CDs (three if you count her gig with the alt.country supergroup The Little Willies) she has worked in jazz, country, folk, pop and R&B – … Continue reading
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