Live Music News and Review 

Live Music News and Review is an online magazine meant to bring together music fans, bands, festivals, venues, promoters and everyone else whose primary passion is music.  Join us as a member!  Membership has its priviledges.  Right now, members will receive an email (you can opt out if you don’t like that!) letting them know about new content that is added to the site.  Over time, we will also be conducting contests and having private membership areas that will provide more fun and prizes to those who are involved.  Perhaps tickets to a festival?  Perhaps information about fan clubs?  We are still developing this aspect of our site, but we hope that you will join us as a member so that we can let you know about all of the cool things happening with Live Music News and Review!

WE HAVE ADDED VIDEO!  Some articles will have video attachments via our corkboard feature.  You can play those videos without leaving Live  Music News and Review!

NEWEST ARTICLES:    Band Spotlight:  Equaleyes from Idaho.   Venue Spotlight:  We have a brand new Venue Spotlight, The Good Foot in Portland, OR.  Festival Previews:  Festival Season 2010, Rumors and Previews!  Tree Hugger’s Ball, Some Kind of Jam, and more.  Reviews: Max Allen Band at Booney’s in Avon, IN; Strange Arrangements, Samesoul and Shaggy Wonda NYE show, and more.. ARTIST REVIEWS:  Alex Kirt of Woodbox Gang reviews their final show;  News:  Jacob Fred’s Jazz Odyssey announce winter tour dates, John Ellis and Double Wide release new album and announce show dates.

We are just now insituting a SHOW OF THE WEEK! which launched at the end of August chronicling a show that we believe is of particular interest happening somewhere in the country!  This week’s show is listed below!

Are you interested in contributing?   Drop us a line at lmnandr@gmail.com  and let us know your ideas, submit show reviews, or just say hello!

SHOW OF THE WEEK:

• Ultraviolet Hippopotamus perform two Michigan shows after a long tour out West.

• CHECK OUT THE REAL TIME REVIEW OF THE SHOW OF THE WEEK from last month- Boris Garcia at the Route 63 Roadhouse.

News:

• Surprise Me Mr. Davis release new album, announce tour dates
• Sila wins NAACP image award, announces victory show at the Great American Music Hall
• Truth and Salvage Co release new Chris Robinson produced album, announce tour dates.
• The Barr Brothers (the Slip) to tour with Sarah Page, opening for the Low Anthem
• Chicago Music Award Winners:  Jennifer Hudson, the Henhouse Prowlers, Common, Chicago Afrobeat Project, Wilco and more.
• Jacob Fred's Jazz Odyssey announce tour dates, new album, Europe
• A Rare interview with Jeff Mattson of the Zen Tricksters, Donna Jean Godchaux’s band, and now Dark Star Orchestra

 

 Festival Previews:

• Camp Euforia announces lineup
• O.U.R. Festival, Sherman, NY June 4 and 5
• Perpetual Groove announce Amberland
• No Rothbury in 2010, maybe in 2011
• Festival Season Preview - Rumors and More!
• Some Kind Of Jam, April 23 - 25, Schulykill Haven PA
• Tree Hugger’s Ball, Sunshine Daydream, May 2010

Reviews:

• Ultraviolet Hippopotamus, Bell's Brewery, Kalamazoo, MI  March 12, 2010
• Furthur, February 18, 2010 Verizon Arena, Manchester NH, Feb 19 Mullins Center Amherst, MA
• Garaj Mahal, February 13, 2010 - E String, Henderson, NV
• Adam Ezra Group, January 23, 2010, the Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
• Girls Guns and Glory, January 23, 2010, the Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA
• Boris Garcia at the Route 63 Roadhouse, Miller’s Falls, MA January 16, 2010
• Samesoul, Shaggy Wonda and more, 12/31/09 Columbus, IN
• Max Allen Band, January 6, 2010 Booney’s
• Strange Arrangement, Bell’s Brewery, September 2009
• Rubblebucket Orchestra and Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Pearl Street Club Room, Northampton MA, December 2009
• Van Morrison, MGM, October 2009.
• Earl Scruggs Family and Friends and the Henhouse Prowlers, Chicago, Nov 7, 09.
• Roger Daltrey, House of Blues Boston, November 2009 
• U2 at Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA September 21 2009
• ARTIST REVIEW:  Alex Kirt reviews Woodbox Gang’s final show.
• Mt St Helen’s Vietnam Band at Johnston Ridge Observatory, Mt St Helen’s, WA
• Bruce Springsteen Giants Stadium Part II   October 8, 2009
• Garaj Mahal at Johnny D’s, Somerville, MA October 7 2009
• ARTIST REVIEW:  Juggling Suns and Keller Williams, NY Harvest Celebration September 25, 2009

 

 

Band Spotlight:

• Equal Eyes
• Izabella
• Chicago Afrobeat Project
• Lubriphonic, Chicago, IL
• Ultraviolet Hippopotamus, Grand Rapids, MI

Venue Spotlight:

• The Good Foot, Portland, OR
• Chuck’s Burbank, IL  BBQ and the BLUES!
• Cosmic Charlie’s in Lexington, KY
• Reggie’s Music Joint and Rock Club, Chicago, IL 
• Mo’s Irish Pub  Milwaukee, WI / Wauwatosa, WI 

 

Are you interested in contributing?   Drop us a line at lmnandr@gmail.com  and let us know your ideas, submit show reviews, or just say hello!