When I saw that Matrimony was kicking off the final day of Forecastle Festival 2014 with an early set on the big Mast Stage, I knew that was one day when I was going to arrive early. I’ve been following…
On Saturday afternoon at Forecastle Festival in Louisville, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings brought their A game. Jones kicked off her shoes, kept dropping her earrings, impersonated Tina Turner, and — as usual — sang her heart out. It…
A whole lot of people have said more interesting things than I’ll ever say about Outkast’s return to the stage, so I’ll just throw this out there: I have a great deal of admiration for Andre 3000 and Big Boi…
Who are the kids listening to? A lot of them are listening to Twenty One Pilots, the duo of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun who know a few things about putting on a show. They walked onto the hands of…
I knew Forecastle Festival 2014 was going to be something special when Against Me! electrified a large crowd at the Boom Stage early on Friday afternoon. The band tore through their set, young and old in the crowd sang along,…
The consensus around the grounds of Forecastle Festival at Waterfront Park in Louisville over the weekend was that the 3-day event isn’t nearly as widely known as it deserves to be. But this year’s lineup — including Beck, Outkast, Jack…
Just a quick post about day 2 of Forecastle Festival in Louisville yesterday. I covered as much ground as possible on Saturday and caught a number of bands that I wasn’t familiar with. And I didn’t get quite the diversity…
The first day of Forecastle Festival in Louisville offered on and off drizzle and some of the coolest temps one could ever expect to have in July in Kentucky — and it offered some tremendous performances in a glorious setting.…
Hey guys, What can I say? Plenty of good music last week. Plenty more this week. Come on down and see the talent and camaraderie in the music scene downtown. There are so many bands to listen to, something for…
Sometimes midsummer weeknights release a little punk and garage rock fury in downtown Savannah. At Hang Fire tonight: Downtown Boys, the punk band with sax and a political edge from Providence that got a big writeup in Do this week:…