CONCERT REVIEW: THE YOUNG RAPIDS AT DC9 (WASHINGTON, D.C.)
The Sky Drops (Wilmington, Delaware), Turning Violet Violet (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), and The Young Rapids (Washington, D.C.)August 19, 2012DC9 in Washington, D.C. So, Washington, where were you last Sunday night? I know, it was raining, and you would have surely me
REVIEW: BLOC PARTY – FOUR (2012)
Did Kele leave? Are you guys still a band? Will the sound continue shifting towards more electronic? Less? Do you still play guitars? Bloc Party triumphantly answers all these questions and more with Four, their fourth album and first in four years. And it, for the time being, s
CONCERT REVIEW + PHOTOGRAPHY: TERENCE BLANCHARD QUINTET AT CATALINA BAR & GRILL (HOLLYWOOD, CA)
Terence Blanchard (New Orleans, LA)August 17th, 2012Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood, CA Gallery: Jim Brock Photography/©Eye on the Music There are few musicians I can point to more visually evocative than Terence Blanchard (and I’m not just talking about his 20+ year filmography). Blanch
INTERVIEW: MUTTS (CHICAGO, IL)
Call them Tom Waits does blues-rock/grunge, or any other way you can think of describing them. It doesn’t matter what you call them, Chicago band, Muttsis exactly that. They are Mutts. And their music, the perfectly blended mutt. If you are a local Chicagoan there is no way you haven’t heard of
CONCERT REVIEW + PHOTOGRAPHY: HONEY ISLAND SWAMP BAND AT THE MINT (LOS ANGELES, CA)
Honey Island Swamp Band (New Orleans, LA)August 14th, 2012The Mint in Los Angeles, CA Gallery: Jim Brock Photography/©Eye on the Music It’s apropos that the Honey Island Swamp Band would return for a summer gig at The Mint following an appearance at Outside Lands the prio
Concert Review + Photography: Buddy Guy and Jonny Lang at the City National Grove of Anaheim (Anaheim, CA)
Buddy Guy (Lettsworth, LA) and Jonny Lang (Fargo, ND)August 10th, 2012City National Grove of Anaheim in Anaheim, CA Gallery: Jim Brock Photography/©Eye on the Music Into the blues or not, it was impossible not to look forward to the crossroads on the road summit of Buddy Guy an
INTERVIEW: SARA JACKSON-HOLMAN (BEND, OR)
After being whisked up by the success of When You Dream, Sara Jackson-Holman has just released her sophomore album Cardiology to fantastic reviews. If you haven’t given it a listen yet, then you’re missing out! Fortunately, between playing a slew of shows in the no