A WFPK dandy and packed Zanzabar equals a solid Saturday night with The Apache Relay, even if it is the most hated day of the year for single gals like us. Zbar hosted another sold out doozie with this Nashville based band who apparently has some serious ties to our city. We struggle working with … More Friends and/or fans in high places for The Apache Relay
For the final Winter Wednesday of the 2014-15 season, WFPK called in two sets that brought a capacity crowd to the Clifton Center. Hailing from Grand Rapids, Michigan, opening band the Soil & the Sun offered a change of pace from the other Winter Wednesday openers this year. The seven-piece band is able to produce … More WFPK strays from the usual for final Winter Wednesday
Thursday’s are the new Friday. Both my emotional state and event calendar seem to be matching this sentiment. We’ve had a couple pretty big Thursday’s since the new year and I expect this trend to continue. We went into the night with a lofty goal of hitting three separate shows across the city, including stops … More It’s a three-show kind of night
Normally we’re able to sneak around through the cracks in the crowd to get a front or second row spot at Zanzabar. The Field Report and Bahamas show last weekend proved otherwise though, as everyone in the sold out crowd wanted to be as close to stage as possible. Few opening bands that we’ve seen … More Sweetly serenaded by Bahamas and Field Report
Do502 teamed up with WFPK and Leo Weekly as well as Louisville’s top notch local music venues (Mercury Ballroom, Headliners Music Hall, Zanzabar and The New Vintage) to put on an inaugural Free Week. Starting January 27th with a kick off party at Haymarket Whiskey Bar, local music fans were able to check out established … More #FreeWeekLou takes over the city’s music scene
Joe Henry rounded out our epic week of shows last Tuesday night at Headliners. Honestly, we probably would have sat this one out if we didn’t have the frequent flyer pass, but having it means there is no excuse not to go. Accompanied with a clarinet/saxophone player, who just so happens to be his son … More Story time with Joe Henry and his guitar
Night 5 of the 6 shows in 7 days stretch had us viewing Bully and Strand of Oaks at Zanzabar. Unlike Headliners, the doorman isn’t overtly recognizing us, so that has now become my personal mission. (addendum: this may have been accomplished this weekend- Vern and I are working on this first name basis thing). … More Strand of Oaks- Another Hoosier who likes Louisville
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
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
We’ve mentioned Waterfront and Winter Wednesday before, but I really can’t say enough times how awesome it is to have such a great public radio station that puts on concerts like these. And since a lot of funding comes from supporting members, it really is comforting to know that so many people in our little … More We saw them first – December’s Winter Wednesday
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