KING OF PRUSSIA, PA | There was something a little full circle about seeing Collie Buddz at Concerts Under the Stars in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Sixteen years ago, I took my two sons, Kiran and Janak (both in middle school)—now 29 and 27—to see Collie in State College. I brought my camera along that […]
Some lineups look good on a flyer, and lineups that make sense the second the first act starts, and this one was the second kind. On August 21, Little Stranger headlined the Observatory OC in Santa Ana, the Orange County stop on their Broken Hearted Boys Tour, and they brought along three acts who have […]
Somehow, I never got to see Northern California alt-rock icons AFI in the States. So when they finally came back to the UK, playing the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on their way to All Points East in Victoria Park with the Deftones, I wasn’t going to let it slide again. A band this big in […]
NOBLESVILLE, IN | If you were anywhere near Ruoff Music Center when TLC and Salt-N-Pepa brought their co-headlining tour to Noblesville with En Vogue, you may have temporarily been transported back to the ‘90s. The crowd really leaned into it. Bright colors, overalls, bucket hats, and enough ‘90s fashion to remind you that not everything […]
AUSTIN, TX | It was 105 degrees on the walk to the Moody Center, and when I got back to my car hours later, it was still 100 degrees inside. None of that mattered. People were already gathered outside in the sun, waiting on one thing: a legend was about to take the stage. Carlos […]
HARRISBURG, PA | Certain live performances feel less like a concert and more like reconnecting with an old friend. Slightly Stoopid has always been one of those bands for me. I’ve seen them many times over the years, but somehow it had been a couple of years since our paths crossed. Their Road Trippin’ Summer Tour […]
On August 7 Rebelution headlined the first of 3 nights at the Pacific Amphitheatre, another in a great season at the OC Fair. Skip Marley and Niko Rubio supported them. It was one of those Costa Mesa evenings that makes you glad you bought the ticket—warm but not hot, a breeze coming in off the […]
NEWPORT, RI | Newport Folk Festival’s final day feels like a victory lap, a closing chapter where the boundaries between artists dissolve completely. The 2026 festival finale proved no exception, delivering a balance of blistering political anthems, lush pop-country, and an all-star curtain call that will echo in Fort Adams history. Tom Morello packed the […]
NEWPORT, RI | If Friday at Newport Folk Festival is about setting the stage, Saturday is when the magic boils over. Under a high summer sun and clear Rhode Island skies, day two of the 2026 festival brought an eclectic mix of pristine bluegrass picking, intimate indie-pop confessionals, and a full-blown funk dance party to […]
NEWPORT, RI | Newport Folk Festival 2026 opened with unscripted magic. By Friday afternoon, as the July sun hit the historic granite of Fort Adams, thousands of music lovers had already staked out their lawn chairs, feeling the cool ocean breeze drift off Narragansett Bay. Day one proved once again that while genres evolve, the […]
Day two of the Lion Heart Music Festival arrived with another packed lineup, plenty of sunshine, and temperatures that promised another long, hot day of music. What no one knew was that Mother Nature was about to throw a serious curveball into the schedule. But if there was one thing the second day proved, it […]
There are music festivals, and then there are festivals that feel like their own temporary community. The Lion Heart Music Festival falls firmly into the latter category. Held August 7–8 at Paradise Lakes Campground in Hammonton, New Jersey, Lion Heart spread across 100 acres of fields and woods, combining live music with camping, food, vendors, […]
WORDS AND IMAGES: DANIEL GRAY | New wave. Art rock. Synth pop. Rock. Take your pick because it’s been hard to define the music of The Fixx. As much as they have been labeled an “’80s band,” they still make new music, and more than half their album output comes from the ’90s and 2000s. […]
Nobody in that room knew what they were watching. Not the couple beside me who had flown in from England. Not the guy two rows up in a faded Trapeze shirt. Not me, camera in hand, working a Saturday night in the desert. On August 1, we all thought we were going to be seeing a […]
Some concerts you plan your whole summer around. Others land on a random Wednesday in the middle of the OC Fair, and those are the ones you end up talking about for weeks. July 29th was the second kind. Cypress Hill rolled into the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa with 35 years of hits behind […]
