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
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
REVIEW: HARRY OAKWOOD (MILLIONAIRE) – EP (2012)
Gimmicks don’t usually do it for me. However, in the case of Harry Oakwood (Millionaire), I have to make an exception. On their website, the London-based quintet claim they formed at the behest of of a millionaire backer who sought “to build a band of brothers who would serve him
Review: Sara Jackson-Holman – Cardiology (2012)
Sara Jackson-Holman was just a student when she was discovered in 2010. Studying piano and writing at Whitworth University, she didn’t even have a demo recorded yet at the time. Anthony McNamer, the president of Expunged(Blind Pilot’s record label) saw a fan post she had left for
REVIEW: PURITY RING – SHRINES (2012)
The best music often comes via word-of-mouth. This one was as clear as crystal when, in mid-winter, Jeremiah Nelson, one of the Midwest’s hidden music gems, stopped me by mentioning this one band. They were the first of many recommendations I would receive from him, and proved to be the one t
FESTIVAL REVIEW: PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL (CHICAGO, IL)
Vampire Weekend (New York, NY), Feist (Toronto, Calgary), Cloud Nothings (Cleveland, OH), Dirty Projectors (Brooklyn, NY), Japandroids (Vancouver, British Columbia), Beach House (Baltimore, MD), Real Estate (Ridgewood, NJ), Youth
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
Review: P.O.D. – Murdered Love (2012)
The San Diego quartet has spent the majority of the last five years under the radar. 2008’s release of When Angels and Serpents Dance yielded little fanfare despite the return of Marcos Curiel as their lead guitarist, and with two minor hits from that album and a South American tou