There’s just no other word: this show was cathartic. After two years of postponements and cancellations, Kristian Mattson, aka The Tallest Man on Earth, is back on stage, and he [ … ]
Category: Reviews
6 more good things from 2021
As we shift into a whole new phase of things that could have been prevented, it’s helpful to know about some good things from 2021. Brian wrote about 7 Good [ … ]
7 Good Things: Music & Such That Kept Me Going in ’21
2021. Divided by 3. 3 sides of the pyramid. The Illuminati. 21 divided by 3, is 7. 7 is the number of good things. I don’t know. Like everyone else [ … ]
Show Review: Watchhouse / Yasmin Williams – Durham Performing Arts Center (November 20, 2021)
What a special evening at DPAC last night. I am not sure I have ever seen an opening act hold such a large audience in her hands the way Yasmin [ … ]
Peep This: Hayes Carll “Help Me Remember”
“The leaves on that ancient old oak tree are starting to turn / and the same shades as the flames of this fire that I’m watching burn” We all have [ … ]
Folk On! 2021
Remember in March of 2020 when we thought we might have to adjust our lives significantly for two whole weeks? And then those two weeks became a month, and two [ … ]
Concert Review: Wood Brothers / Ryan Montbleau June 4, 2021
Shakori Grassroots Live June 4, 2021 “It’s such a blessing to be here,” Ryan Montbleau said about halfway through his opening set on Friday night. Were truer words ever [ … ]
Peep This: Bella White “Just Like Leaving” (ftr. Patrick M’Gonigle & Patrick Metzger)
Bella White continues to wow with her signature twang, beautiful and hauntingly penned songs and absolute control of her own and each song’s voice and narrative. She comes back with [ … ]
A Marvel of Mandolin: Andrew Marlin’s “Fable & Fire” Is A Stunning Collection
I believe the last time I used the term “masterpiece” to describe an album was probably in discussing Andrew Marlin‘s first collection of instrumental work, “Buried in a Cape“. It’s [ … ]
Sh*t I Should’ve Written About in 2020…
2020. It was a lot of things. Most of them containing some form of expletive to properly convey the overall despair, shittiness and all encompassing frustration…but here we are. It [ … ]