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Oteil Burbridge & Friends at The Bellwether
September 12, 2024
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Oteil Burbridge has always had a joyful stage presence. A barefoot warrior with an ebullient smile tethered to those bubbling six strings. The ground breaking, consciousness…
Tedeschi Trucks and Little Feat at the Greek Theater – A Twofer to Remember
June 7, 2024
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The pairing of Little Feat to open for the Tedeschi Trucks Band on their current “Deuces Wild” tour is pure musical manna. Both bands have adventurous guitar driven soul and…
Musings and Reflections From This Photographer’s 20th Jazz Fest
Well, I haven’t mused and reflected here for some years, having my coverage for other sources do that for me. And while grateful to share my coverage again with No Depression, who continues to be incredibly supportive of music focused…
Bruce Springsteen’s Rousing 3 1/2 Hour Show Shakes the KIA Forum
April 4, 2024
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Barely a third of the way into his 32-song, nearly three-and-a-half hour performance at the KIA Forum, Bruce Springsteen attempted to unfurl a rather unusual song…
The Third Mind, The Troubadour, Los Angeles
February 2, 2024
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Consider my Third Mind officially blown. While I’ve covered Dave Alvin for many, many years, when the first Third Mind album dropped in 2020, it was a revelation. Those…
Jim Irsay Collection, Shrine Auditorium
January 17, 2024
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To collect is to “bring or gather together”. When it comes to the Jim Irsay Collection it is truly a gathering, together. Mr. Irsay the billionaire Indianapolis…
A Year In Review Like No Other, Really
It was a classic July evening in L.A. as I rolled my camera case the mile or so up to the Greek Theatre from Los Feliz Boulevard. I was excited to be covering one of Neil Young’s two shows at the Greek as part of a brief West Coast solo tour…
Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Greek Theatre
October 18, 2023
Those who know me, know there are a few particular bands for which I have deep loyalty. Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, aka “JRAD", is at a high elevation on that list. I may have been a little late to this party some years…
Neil Young’s Solo Tour Finds the Eye of the Hurricane
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July 14, 2023
It’s good to remind ourselves we live in a world where Neil Young thrives. At 77 it’s not a matter of raging into that good night, he’s never gone quietly and never will,…
THROUGH THE LENS: Everything Everywhere All at Once for Roots Music Fans at the 2023 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
May 17, 2023
I'm still drying out from the seven days of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in at least a few ways. The 2023 edition really is best described as everything, everywhere, all at once for those who live for live…