live shows Archive
24 Jun 2014
Review: Moogfest 2014 (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… Keith Emerson was mainly in town, though, for a press conference at which the engineers at Moog Music unveiled what Emerson dubbed “the clone,” a from-the-ground-up […]
23 Jun 2014
Review: Moogfest 2014 (Part One)
Moogfest 2014 was indeed quite a different creature than its immediate predecessors. In both its focus and attitude, the five-day music/arts/technology event in Asheville NC was closer to the spirit […]
04 Jun 2014
Concert Review: World Party, Asheville NC 3 June 2014
One of the many joys of taking in a live show in Asheville is intimacy: arrive early, and it’s as likely as not that the artist you’ve paid to see […]
22 Apr 2014
Moogfest Preview: The Volt Per Octaves
The original idea for Moogfest came about while Dr. R.A. Moog (“Bob” to everyone who knew him and many who didn’t) was still among the living. Originally a smallish New […]
15 Apr 2014
Zombies Among Us: A Conversation with Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone (Part Three)
Continued from Part Two… One thing that has changed – somewhat – is Rod Argent‘s keyboard arsenal. “I would only ever use my real [Hammond] C3, a Leslie [rotating speaker], […]
14 Apr 2014
Zombies Among Us: A Conversation with Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… “I can’t tell you why [Odessey and Oracle] wasn’t successful when it first came out,” offers Rod Argent, “unless it was the fact that everything was […]
11 Apr 2014
Zombies Among Us: A Conversation with Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone (Part One)
The Zombies are among the fondly-remembered cast of characters from the British Invasion (or, as they somewhat more succinctly call it in the UK, the Beat Era). While they certainly […]
04 Apr 2014
Festival Review: Big Ears 2014, Day 3 (Part Two)
The final set of performances we took in at Big Ears 2014 were all centered around the work of minimalist composer Steve Reich. It was all deeply thrilling, visceral, emotional […]
03 Apr 2014
Festival Review: Big Ears 2014, Day 3 (Part One)
Dean and Britta I had already seen Dean Wareham and his wife/collaborator Britta Phillips on Day One of Big Ears 2014. But what was advertised for their Sunday performance – […]
02 Apr 2014
Festival Review: Big Ears 2014, Day 2 (Part 2)
After getting (respectively) a headache and a power nap, my sweetheart and I headed back to the Tennessee Theatre, remarking all the while how well-thought-out Big Ears 2014 is as […]