Live Music Reviews and Photographs / NYC, Buffalo, Toronto, Pittsburgh
If you thought that going to watch a band play in a shoe store would be a pretty chill event, you'd be wrong. Sunflower Bean concerts are typically wild events with lead vocalist/bassist Julia Cumming exhorting the crowd into a frenzy. It turns out this Thursday evening was no different. The show started off innocently …
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If my previous post was about a band that took me back to my school days, many in the audience at this Lights show are still living through their school days, including a 9 yr old in the balcony. Her 4th studio album paired with a comic book mini-series that she wrote and drew really …
Continue reading "“We Were Here” for Lights at Irving Plaza – Feb 26, 2018"
To cap off my summer/fall of 80s concerts, I went to see Howard Jones at Irving Plaza in October. He does look a bit like a grandpa but his singing was in fine form despite his being a bit sedate on stage. There were a couple of instances where fans jumped on stage to dance. …
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