Exploring our addiction to the live music experience |
As we’ve discovered before, the Little Things are what draw you in, and they’re what makes the show irresistible and unforgettable. But what happens when concert fans get transfixed by a one-man band street performer, and others artists like Girl Talk, Andrew Bird or TuNeYards who are pushing the art forward in the 21st [...]
When Pete Townshend did it, it was considered innovative and brilliant. Jimi Hendrix made it a burning and majestic work of art. And both used the destruction and torching of their stringed instruments as a final climatic surge, culminating their performance into a massive swell that released theirs and the crowd’s emotional inertia. But this was not [...]
Have you ever been surprised by a band that went on before the band you were there to see? During The Wire’s Adventures in Modern Music Festival I was presented with a moment where my eyes were dazzled just as much as my ears. While waiting for Japanese singer songwriter Shugo Tokumaru’s debut U.S. show [...]
