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Upcoming concerts, reviews, or iconic concert moments in music.
Living Vicariously Through Your Violin
"Let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences." Sylvia Plath As a writer, I have an innate curiosity about all things from exotic locations to the inner workings of my fellow humans. Sometimes a desire for a time machine washes over me. The ability to temporarily visit past eras in person would be a dream come true.
By Jennifer Christiansen4 years ago in Beat
Melissa Ferrick (Concert Review) | Philly Music Vocalizer
When I attended a Melissa Ferrick show some years ago at World Café Live downstairs, I had no idea I'd be in for such a storytelling treat. But not only was her storytelling a treat, it was also a feat. Ultimately, Melissa Ferrick's skills as a storyteller became the standard for which I would subsequently assess all other singer-songwriters.
By Ashley Hans: Philly Music Vocalizer4 years ago in Beat
Hot Chip (Concert Review) | Philly Music Vocalizer. Top Story - May 2022.
Synthpop party stars Hot Chip performed at Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia this past Wednesday (on May 11th, 2022). Not only was it my first time at Brooklyn Bowl Philly (which just opened at the end of last year in fall of 2021), and my first time at Brooklyn Bowl with fantastic photog Queen McLean, it was my first time ever experiencing a crowd so uniquely and unabashedly their own. When I go to a show, I'm just as interested in the people at the show as the show itself. I'm interested in not just what the concert sounds like, but what the concert feels like. In other words, I want to know about the experience, as well as the experiencers.
By Ashley Hans: Philly Music Vocalizer4 years ago in Beat
Madi Diaz (Concert Review)
"Don't call it a comeback…." That's the first thing I said right before a Madi Diaz show when I met back up with, and was subsequently cut off by, the fabunomenous Queen McLean. Lauren McLean is both my friend and photographer; a friendtographer, Lauren has a knack for saying the exact right thing at the exact right time. Instead of allowing me to carry on with a hackneyed LL Cool J song quote, which I was saying to welcome Lauren back for her return to Philadelphia after she lived in Texas for seven years, Lauren nipped my lameness in the bud with a witty retort of her own. Lauren replied, "Call it a welcomeback." More than a retort, though, Lauren's quip was a report. Queen McLean's reportmanteau was prescient because she was reporting back on what, at the time, hadn't yet happened. This past Monday night in Philadelphia was a welcoming back to the future. This statement is not just true of Lauren and I as individuals, and the two of us as a pair, but more importantly it was true of Madi Diaz at her recent and redonkulously rad Union Transfer show.
By Ashley Hans: Philly Music Vocalizer4 years ago in Beat
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Concert Review)
When I saw Black Rebel Motorcycle Club perform live, it was a spectral Sunday. However, the stars didn't align just for me, but for all of Philadelphia. First, there was the Broad Street Run in the morning. Next, there was the Equality Forum at the Piazza in the afternoon. And finally, there was the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (BRMC) rock concert later that night. Add perfect weather to the mix, stir it around with a couple of highly saturated Seven and Sevens, and enjoy both with an amazing-photographer-slash-phenomenal-friend combo, and you've got yourself a life that just doesn't get any better.
By Ashley Hans: Philly Music Vocalizer4 years ago in Beat
Sigur Ros (Concert Review). Top Story - March 2022.
If you and I ever attend the same concert, we should hang out. I'm not saying that because I'm fun to hang out with (which I am); I'm saying that because I always meet the most interesting people at concerts, so I should meet you. A Sigur Rós concert I went to at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia's historic Fairmount Park was no different.
By Ashley Hans: Philly Music Vocalizer4 years ago in Beat
Carnegie Hall Introduces Freda World Music – April 2 2022
Carnegie Hall Introduces Freda World Music – April 2 2022 Carnegie Hall introduces Freda World Music. When Joe and his brother, Anthony collaborated; they married pop-opera, pop-country, and instrumental music to create music to inspire people everywhere. Check out my Joseph Freda World Music Style post to learn about his songs in both English and Italian.
By Lynne Black4 years ago in Beat
