All posts tagged "review"

  • Paul Rodgers @ Bergen Performing Arts Center

    Paul Rodgers is a rock star. With a weather forecast predicting rain of biblical proportions, and the temperature closer to mid-October than the end of April, the crowd arriving at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood...

    • Posted May 2, 2014
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  • Review: B.B. King in Indiana 11.16.13

    Few people immensely enjoy their craft at age 88, let alone engage in a full-blown tour performing twohours a night, unless you’re B.B.King, that is. B.B. is certainly an exception to the rule as he played a...

    • Posted November 20, 2013
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  • Review: Rival Sons in Indy

    Rival Sons Concert Review, by Jack Smith              As any seasoned concert goer will be happy to report, one of the most invigorating moments of any show comes during the first few seconds of the headlining...

    • Posted August 30, 2013
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  • Review: 3 Doors Down and Chris Daughtry, Indianapolis

    The cloudy skies and little bits of spitting rain on the windshield caused me to have second thoughts of my plans for the night.  I don’t like getting wet, and even though my camera gear is waterproof,...

    • Posted August 4, 2013
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  • Faith Restored: Chris Isaak in Minneapolis

    Those of you who read my Eagles review last week were probably under the impression that the concert soured me a bit on classic acts and the lack of consideration some have for their audience. And that assumption...

    • Posted July 25, 2013
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  • McCartney in Indianapolis: A Concert Catharsis

    Three days after the last notes died away at the Paul McCartney concert at the Banker’s Life Fieldhouse in my hometown of Indianapolis, the songs and performances still incessantly play over and over in my mind. Changing...

    • Posted July 17, 2013
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  • Review: McCartney & Wings’ Remastered 1976 “Rock Show” Concert

    As far as live music goes, 1976 was one of the most eventful years of that decade. Frampton Comes Alive was released in January. Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Review was in full swing for the first part...

    • Posted May 17, 2013
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  • The Conflicted Inner Self on Dawes’ New Album

    To avoid an outright gushing of unabashed praise for the greatness of the latest Dawes album, Stories Don’t End, I have to force myself to concentrate on a particular aspect of the songs. This will keep me...

    • Posted May 13, 2013
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