Exploring our addiction to the live music experience |
Remember what we found during our Storage Wars and Pawn Star exploration? Well, it’s happened again. Yep, I was stoked to discover more fodder for our concert treasures and Little Things experiments while watching my other guilty pleasure TV series Oddities. As you know we’re big fans of heavy-metal band Mastodon and I was surprised [...]
Tonight at the Beat Kitchen, Chicago emcee/activist/poet Jessica Disu (aka FM Supreme) is debuting her latest release The FM Supreme Project EP. Back in 2008, I had the pleasure of discovering her during an electric performance at Decibelle Festival. And to get you ready for the show this evening, we spoke with her about the [...]
Though they love to tell a good story that’s usually steady, mid-tempo and gradually unfolds, there comes a time when a singer-songwriter wants to let loose and put more rock to their live show. So how do they pull it off and still stay true to their folk and storytelling roots?
Earlier this year, I began exploring the power of the “Little Things” with Bon Iver because, as I mentioned, having played baseball since I was old enough to hold a bat and toss a ball, there ’s one thing that the baseball taught me about live music; it’s that noticing and appreciating the “little things,” [...]
