I can’t believe it’s been a year already. But it has. And to pay tribute to Michael Jackson’s death that occurred one year ago today, we have news about the special concert hosted by VoicePlate that will be going on tomorrow in Los Angeles, plus a collection of your favorite King of Pop links to [...]
Rock The Bells Tour To Celebrate Classic Beats, Rhymes This Summer
May 26, 2010 By 1 Comment
Over the last three years, Rock the Bells has been the scene for some of our best moments here on Live Fix. And now that Guerilla Union announced the info about the “classic album” headliners for this summer’s tour dates, I’m feeling both excited and somewhat bummed out.
How To Shoot A Concert When A Riot Breaks Out
November 24, 2009 By 1 Comment
As fans we all remember our first concert experience. But when you decide to cross that line and write about or photograph live music for the first time everything changes. I’ll always remember the first concert I reviewed. Though I was excited, nervous and anxious, I can’t say that a riot broke out during the first [...]
Nas Tattoo Shows Us Something We Can’t See
October 12, 2009 By 1 Comment
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,” [...]
Experiencing Grief, Joy and Community in Live Music
October 1, 2009 By 29 Comments
Two things have been brewing in my mind lately. 1) The Community of Cathartic Mourning and 2) Building Relationships in Live Music The Community of Cathartic Mourning A good friend of my wife and I shared this Bonnie Raitt Star Tribune review with me a few weeks ago (the video above is one she excitedly posted on Facebook before [...]
Concert Review: Rock The Bells In Chicago
August 30, 2009 By 2 Comments
This review originally appeared in Ink19. Something huge happened two days before the first Rock the Bells tour stop in Chicago, transforming the festival into a day-long mourning experience that I hadn’t experienced before at a music festival. From the stage to the lawn seats, the death of Michael Jackson completely altered the entire emotional [...]
Rock the Bells: Inside KRS-ONE's Freestyle
August 17, 2009 By 2 Comments
Reviewing Rock the Bells, reminded me that one of my favorite things about live hip hop is the freestyle. The skill of spontaneous flow is like magic as the emcee uses all his sensual awareness and the collective conscienenous to string together ideas, concepts, syllables, word–and somehow make them all sync up and pay off, making the crowd roar, [...]
Rock The Bells 2009: The Elements of Mourning Michael Jackson
July 23, 2009 By 4 Comments
Something huge happened two days before the first Rock the Bells tour stop in Chicago transforming the festival in to a day-long mourning experience that I haven’t experienced before at a music festival. From the stage to the lawn seats, the death of Michael Jackson completely altered the entire emotional experience for both [...]
Is Michael Jackson’s Death His Final Gift To All Live Music Fans?
June 28, 2009 By 8 Comments
When I posted my heartfelt thoughts about Michael Jackson and his London shows on Tuesday, I had no idea what would happen on Thursday afternoon. (See my Facebook trail from Thursday afternoon, bottom to top). And over the last three days I’ve felt a wave of different emotions ranging from happy and nostalgic to guilt and sadness. It’s not [...]
Concert Review: Rock The Bells Music Festival 2009
June 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Something huge happened two days before the first Rock the Bells tour stop in Chicago, transforming the festival into a day-long mourning experience that I hadn’t experienced before at a music festival. From the stage to the lawn seats, the death of Michael Jackson completely altered the entire emotional experience for both the fans and [...]
Festival Riffin' You Should Read
July 27, 2008 By Leave a Comment
