Maybe there’s just something in the Florida water. How else do explain another festival where almost every band delivered brilliant if not best-ever performances? Perhaps it was the crowd trading energy back and forth with the musicians. Maybe it was exceptional sound and lighting, again. Possibly it was the amazingly supportive organizational staff, permitting everyone…
Big Something knocked another one out of the park. A different park, actually. This sixth edition of The BIG What? was held at Shakori Hills Community Park in Pittsboro NC, a gorgeous location with more room for more of us to rage for three days. There is much to praise, what with three days of…
In Florida, Hometeam refers to a collective of musicians, promoters, engineers and fans who have formed a truly remarkable family bond. That bond evidences itself at festivals such Hometeam New Year’s Rally, The Great Outdoors Jam, and Orange Blossom Jamboree. Geographically, it is centered around the Tampa Bay area, but musicians from all over the…
OK, Jacksonville, you’re on notice. Tonight. You, too, Savannah, Asheville, and Evansville. Also, Saratoga Springs, New York City, Manchester Center, Burlington, and Buffalo. Perhaps you’re wondering why. That’s understandable. Allow me to explain. Two dynamite bands are on the road. Both will be in Jacksonville tonight at 1904 Music Hall along with a third equally…
When your calendar is overfull, and you don’t pay enough attention to it, you miss stuff. I missed a show I really wanted to see two weeks ago — had the wrong day in mind. And I had been receiving emails from Erwin, the manager for The Jauntee, about their summer tour, which actually began…
Recent memory trumps (sorry – think of bridge or something) older memory; I know that. And it is so difficult, with all of the incredible music we have on the scene, to say with definitude what were our favorites or the “best” shows you’ve ever attended. So I will fall back on two of my…
I swore I wasn’t going to write about this show. Didn’t have time. Not really my genre. Just planned to relax. That was before the show. Jon Ditty held his album release party on Saturday, February 4th, at the Dunedin Brewery. In honor of his album College Radio: Alumni Edition, he invited DJ Hurley and Foundation-FNDTN…
I had just finished hearing several excellent bands, two superb ones, and one so astounding I reckoned I should just head home rather than look for more. Luckily, I knew that more meant the Joe Marcinek Band and that it would be awesome. Let’s call that a wild understatement. In the past 15 months, I’ve…
I was truly excited to see The Broadcast closer to home. I had seen them, briefly, at Bear Creek 2014, and then twice at Springfest last March (all at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park). I wasn’t able to catch them on a Sunday night at the packed Dunedin Brewery, but here they were…
I am so backlogged that I swore I wasn’t going to write about last night’s show at the Dunedin Brewery (Thursday, January 5th). But it was so damn good that I have to publish at least a short review. I took no notes, so this is all off the top of my head (and good…