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
CONCERT REVIEW + PHOTOGRAPHY: MONCEF GENOUD TRIO AT VITELLO’S (LOS ANGELES, CA)
Moncef Genoud (Switzerland), Andy Barron (UK) and Bänz Oester(Switzerland)July 12th, 2012Vitello’s in Studio City (Los Angeles), CA Gallery: Jim Brock Photography/©Eye on the Music Jazz is constant discovery. Notes become threads, stories become journeys. Artists find a
Concert Review + Photography: Robert Walter Residency, with the 20th Congress at The Mint (Los Angeles)
Robert Walter (New Orleans, LA), Simon Lott (Baton Rouge, LA), Chuck Parada (San Diego, CA), and Chris Stillwell (San Diego, CA)June 13th, 2012The Mint in Los Angeles, CA Gallery: Jim Brock Photography/©Eye on the Music There is no sound quite as satisfying
CONCERT REVIEW + PHOTOGRAPHY: DOOMTREE & YELAWOLF AT LA CIGALE (PARIS)
As a Midwesterner who splits time between Chicago, Madison and Minneapolis, learning and anticipating spending a good chunk of the next year in Europe, like many others, instantly calls forth premature nostalgia for all things 3:30 AM diner trips, craft brews (recently Cave à Bulles solved that), f
PHOTOGRAPHY + VIDEO: ZUZOOM AT LE 114 (PARIS)
Zuzoom (Paris, France) and Nach (Paris, France)April 10th, 2012Le 114 in Paris, France Any bar or venue with a wall made out of cassettes, even though it feels and is probably sponsored by Puma, is good in my book. Better yet, Fender bar stools near the bar (which make me miss my own-the stool a
PHOTOGRAPHY: KEVIN DEVINE AT THE CONSTELLATION ROOM (SANTA ANA, CA)
Kevin Devine (Brooklyn, NY), The Front Bottoms (New Jersey), Taylor Collins (Long Beach, CA)March 22nd, 2012The Constellation Room in Santa Ana, CA Gallery: Kevin DevineGallery: The Front BottomsGallery: Taylor Collins Watching Kevin Devine play has always been a treat. I would at this
PHOTOGRAPHY + VIDEO: ASTRONAUTALIS AT L’INTERNATIONAL (PARIS)
Astronautalis (Minneapolis, MN) and Bleubird (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)January 18th, 2012L’International in Paris, France The past few years it’s always a thrill to hear that Astronautalis is coming to town, kinda what you would imagine it’d be like back in the 1880s when the cir
Photography: Micheal “Eyedea” Larsen Dedication Ceremony (St. Paul)
No Bird Sing (Minneapolis, MN), DJ Abilities (Minneapolis, MN), Sage Francis(Providence, RI), Kristoff Krane (Minneapolis, MN), Carnage the Executioner(Minneapolis, MN), Sadistik (Seattle, WA), 2Mex (Los Angeles, CA), Unknown Prophets