

Newport Festival Foundation Gull and Stars Event f. Laden Valley, the Ballroom Thieves, and Chance Emerson - 4/12/25 Jane Pickens Theatre
Bring It On Home Every Newport Festivals show has a certain feel to it, and tonight's annual member was evident of that. Held at the...
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Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats - Mohegan Sun Arena - 3/23/25
It's been ten years since the debut album from Nathaniel Rateliff. During Sunday's concert, he acknowledged the slow ascent of his...
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Mar 272 min read
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Sam Grisman Project - Park City Music Hall - Bridgeport, CT 3/9/25
Dawgs and Cats It felt strange walking down the block to a 6 pm show - with the sun fully out on the first day of Daylight Savings....
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Mar 112 min read
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Willow Avalon - The Space Ballroom 2/18/25
For a woman who often sings of her troubles with men, Willow Avalon looked very comfortable onstage surrounded by her suited 5-piece male...
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Feb 202 min read
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Grahame Lesh and Friends - Stage One at FTC 11/9/24
After a dramatic and stressful few weeks in many regards, those in the audience and onstage may have been looking for (and found!)...
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Feb 202 min read
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Oliver Hazard - The Space Ballroom - 10/19/24
"This house is haunted" - a perfect opening line for this pre-Halloween show for rising folk trio Oliver Hazard from Ohio. It was...
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Oct 28, 20241 min read
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Playlist: Live in the 2010s
No matter how closely you are paying attention to the music scene, there are always bands that fly under your radar. This collection...
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Oct 28, 20241 min read
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Mt Joy - Hartford Healthcare Amp. 9/26/24
Strangers Two nights before a big career milestone in their anticipated debut at MSG, Mt. Joy played to a packed HH Amphitheatre. It came...
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Sep 27, 20242 min read
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Phosphorescent - The Space Ballroom - 9/24/24
It was a gorgeous night of music with Phosphorescent, a first for me. Lead singer Matthew Houck began the show with a solo set, followed...
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Sep 27, 20242 min read
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Lucius/The War on Drugs/The National
9/13/24 Forest Hills Stadium Sometimes Forward is the Only Way Back A spectacular late summer night in Queens with a killer lineup, early...
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Sep 26, 20242 min read
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Sweet Summer
The heat wave finally broke. A cool summer breeze kicked up. I sat on a friends deck, overlooking the water, enjoying the freedom from...
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Aug 1, 20242 min read
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Cafe 9 - Audio Jane, Esmer, Field Day
7/11/24 Every city needs a bar like Cafe 9 - a neighborhood bar with good bands coming through a few times a week. Although renovations...
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Jul 12, 20241 min read
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CF Jukebox
No quarters required! For those days when you don't want to think about picking songs, hit shuffle on this one and take your chances....
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Jul 10, 20241 min read
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Goose - Westville Bowl 6/30/24
After a 90-minute weather delay, Goose closed their first with new drummer Cotter Ellis, in front of a huge home-state crowd at Westville...
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Jul 5, 20241 min read
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Capitol Groove - Bushnell Park - Hartford, CT 6/29/24
Sometimes, you have to take a chance. Not knowing what to expect from a rookie festival, with a dubious forecast and a solo adventure, I...
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Jul 1, 20242 min read
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Gregory Alan Isakoff - College Street Music Hall - New Haven, CT 6/22/24
Second Chances "I'm waiting in the wings while the trees undress Cupping my ear to hear the wind confess I'm a ghost in the garden...
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Jun 24, 20242 min read
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Middle-Aged Birthday Playlist
This playlist is meant to acknowledge and honor the day you were born, and the fact that you may now be officially... old. At least your...
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Jun 17, 20241 min read
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Bleachers - Westville Music Bowl 6/7/24
First time at a Bleachers show, and I'm so grateful to end that streak. Jack Antonoff and his band treated the stage like three-year-olds...
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Jun 8, 20242 min read
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Sierra Ferrell/The Avett Brothers - Westville Music Bowl - 5/21/24
Heady stuff from reigning Americana queen Sierra Ferrell at the Westville Bowl. I had to pull myself away from a great tailgate so as not...
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May 23, 20242 min read
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Newport Festivals Gull and Stars - with unannounced musical guests Ken Pomeroy and Iron & Wine - Newport Craft Brewery 5/16/24
It felt strange driving to Newport in May looking for a musical surprise, normally that feeling occurs in Late July. Every year, Newport...
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May 18, 20242 min read
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