Everyone knows the midwinter blues – spending the time wishing for hot weather, clear blue skies, and music-filled festival days. I think specifically of ROMP, especially back to the summer of 2012 when we had that major heat wave that started the weekend of the festival. I may not be able to make time fly by … More MMSB gives us a little bluegrass fever
The second night of our week long concert bender got rolling with the first night of Lucero at Headliners. Accompanied with PBR tall boys and my dad visiting from Fort Wayne, Britt and I enjoyed a smokey and glutinous evening with the Memphis legends (and yes I just went there with the barbecue reference). The … More There’s nothing wrong with a little grit and grime from Lucero
It is unbelievable that we have already made it to the second to last WFPK Winter Wednesday of the season- thankfully, it appears these cold, dreary months are flying by because of how busy we have been. The line-up for this month included local artist Joan Shelley and Matthew Ryan. We have talked a lot about … More More local talent on display at January’s Winter Wednesday
Since we saw him at the beginning of 2014 for a sold out Headliners show, we haven’t been able to get Jason Isbell out of our heads. He’s got a bit more of a country sound than we’re normally attracted to, but his songs are real and his voice is so soothing that we have … More Jason Isbell and Shovels & Rope ring in 2015 at the Palace
Congratulations are due to Louisville band Twin Limb on several accounts. First, it was just announced that the duo, turned trio, will be heading out on the road with Houndmouth next month. Second, Twin Limb is a first for this blog- this is the first multiple post band for us (Brittany saw them at Decca … More Twin Limb’s additions add up
Prior to starting this, we listed out all of the Louisville shows (not including other cities, or, for the most part, festivals) so we could come up with some categories. We found it crazy that we’d been to more than 60 shows this year. With our teaching schedule, it’s pretty awesome that we’ve been so … More ‘Best of 2014’ Shows in Louisville
I convinced Brittany to delay her return to New Hampshire for Christmas because we couldn’t miss the awkwardly amazing men of Trampled By Turtles. Even though their show competed with Dave Chappelle down the street at the Louisville Palace, we (along with a sold out crowd) were more than happy with our decision to see … More TBT: The best bunch of flannel wearing, bearded dudes on the strings
Overheard on Twitter: “Can’t explain last night to you if you weren’t there. You’ll hear about it. Amazing. Louisville hip-hop is alive.” We couldn’t agree more. Louisville rappers Jalin Roze, 1200, Skyscraper Stereo, Dr. Dundiff and Bird Zoo all collaborated for an event at Headliners unlike any other show we’ve been to around town. How … More Just the beginning: Louisville hip hop stuns crowd
As has become custom, Duke made plans for Brittany and me one early morning on the way to school. This week, Brittany was the timely caller winning us tickets to Headliners for Hard Working Americans. The all-star group was put together by Todd Snider, and includes names like Dave Schools (of Widespread Panic), Neal Casal … More Hard Working Americans jam on at Headliners
A good friend of mine (with great music taste) who recently started casually following this blog, sent me a text last week encouraging me to check out The Whigs at Zanzabar. He said they were one of his favorite bands and a show we shouldn’t miss. It was already on our list, but that suggestion … More The Whigs cause some damage at Zbar
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