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Ducks Ltd. & Ratboys - The Space Ballroom - Hamden, CT 4/5/24

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Apr 62 min read

Ducks Ltd. & Ratboys - The Space Ballroom - Hamden, CT 4/5/24

The Space Ballroom had been on my list of venues to explore for several years. Stepping into the parking lot my first step towards the...

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JJ Grey & Mofro - College Street Music Hall - New Haven, CT 4/4/24

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Apr 52 min read

JJ Grey & Mofro - College Street Music Hall - New Haven, CT 4/4/24

Spending the evening before this show with musicians and creatives of all sorts, I was already feeling grateful and humbled to be in such...

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The Cowboy Junkies - The Kate - Old Saybrook, CT 2/20/24

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Feb 212 min read

The Cowboy Junkies - The Kate - Old Saybrook, CT 2/20/24

I fell into a trance during a bluesy groove toward the beginning of the second set of the Cowboy Junkies sold-out show at the Katherine...

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Black Pumas - Radio City Music Hall, NYC 1/19/24

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Jan 202 min read

Black Pumas - Radio City Music Hall, NYC 1/19/24

Fly Together Black Pumas came into Radio City Music Hall on the second night of a new tour and showed the eclectic Radio City Hall crowd...

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Dec 30, 20232 min read

Dawes - The Capitol Theatre 12/29/23

Stories Don't End Sometimes, a night doesn't turn out like you think it will. A friend who had urged me to get tickets to Dawes became...

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Nov 29, 20233 min read

Hard Feelings

The Avett Brothers - Westville Music Bowl - May 31, 2022 I've had a lot of time to reflect on this concert. Normally, its memory would be...

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Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors/The Head and the Heart - Capitol Theatre - Port Chester, NY 11/1/23

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Nov 2, 20232 min read

Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors/The Head and the Heart - Capitol Theatre - Port Chester, NY 11/1/23

Grabbing last minute tickets as a result of another postponed concert on the same night, this evening felt like a fortunate turn toward...

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The Violent Femmes - College Street Music Hall, New Haven, CT 10/15/23

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Oct 17, 20232 min read

The Violent Femmes - College Street Music Hall, New Haven, CT 10/15/23

It made perfect sense to attend a tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of the debut album of The Violent Femmes with friends who I've...

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Sound on Sound Music Festival - Seaside Park - Bridgeport, CT 9/30/23 - Day 1

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Oct 5, 20232 min read

Sound on Sound Music Festival - Seaside Park - Bridgeport, CT 9/30/23 - Day 1

Sound on Sound delivered a quality product in it's second year, finding it's identity with a stacked lineup that had a lot for music...

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The Wood Brothers - College Street Music Hall - New Haven, CT 6/13/23

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Jun 20, 20232 min read

The Wood Brothers - College Street Music Hall - New Haven, CT 6/13/23

Over the years, the Wood Brothers have come through CT on a number of occasions. To be honest, it seemed like maybe a night that wasn't...

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Noah Kahan with Joy Oladokun - Radio City Music Hall - 6/7/23

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Jun 10, 20232 min read

Noah Kahan with Joy Oladokun - Radio City Music Hall - 6/7/23

On a night that will be remembered for having the worst air quality NYC has seen, 5900 rabid Noah Kahan fans will remember it for his...

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Joe Russo's Almost Dead - Westville Music Bowl - New Haven, CT 5/13/23

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May 16, 20232 min read

Joe Russo's Almost Dead - Westville Music Bowl - New Haven, CT 5/13/23

Once you have the songs of the Grateful Dead as part of you, they never really leave. You don't forget them, or what they meant to you....

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John Craigie and Langhorne Slim - The Academy of Music Theatre, Northampton, MA 4/28/23

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Apr 29, 20232 min read

John Craigie and Langhorne Slim - The Academy of Music Theatre, Northampton, MA 4/28/23

The Academy of Music Theatre in Northampton has a rich history. John Craigie and Langhorne Slim definitely appreciated the fact that...

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Apr 6, 20234 min read

Cover Songs & Cover Bands

cover song - a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else; "they made a cover of a Beatle's song"....

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Brandi Carlisle - The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY 2/16/23

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Mar 20, 20232 min read

Brandi Carlisle - The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY 2/16/23

It’s not often that you have the opportunity to see an artist at the absolute peak of their career in a small venue - but somehow that’s...

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Inhaler - House of Blues - Boston, MA 3/18/23

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Mar 19, 20232 min read

Inhaler - House of Blues - Boston, MA 3/18/23

Inhaler played to packed crowd at the Citizen's House of Blues last night. The queue outside the venue stretched all the way down...

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