Month: March 2014

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'80s Rock

Steel Panther announces US and Canada Tour Dates! Get ready to ROCK!!

March 10, 2014

With a little over 2 weeks left until the release of the much highly anticipated new album,  “All You Can Eat“. Steel Panther have just announced 31 tour dates for the US and Canada!  We are hoping they will continue to add more since we need a CALIFORNIA date PLEASE!!!   Here are the dates announced: 5/3 Seattle, WA The Showbox 5/4 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom 5/7 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre 5/8 Witchita, KS The Cotillion 5/10 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom 5/11 Houston, TX House of Blues 5/13 Orlando, FL House of Blues 5/15 North Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues 5/16 Silver Spring, MD The Filmore 5/17 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts 5/18 Sayerville, NJ Starland Ballroom 5/20 Montreal, QUE Metropolis 5/21 Boston, MA House of Blues 5/23 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino 5/24 Portland, ME The 5/26 Toronto, ON Sound Academy 5/27 New York, NY Irving Plaza 5/28 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE 5/29 Cleveland, OH House of Blues 5/31 Kansas City, MO Rockfest 6/1 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion This year Steel [Read More]

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Bands

KXM release self titled debut album that will have you begging for more

March 10, 2014

Now and days many musicians have side projects or are in several bands at the same time. We all remember the time, when side projects could signify a band break up or member replacements but now, it is a welcome change. For many passionate musicians time spent off the road or not recording, can cause them to be a bit stir-crazy. Sometimes you just have to unleash your passion and create the music.  I love finding out about new bands whether they are new to the scene, supergroups or a one-off side project. One new supergroup that have successfully harnessed their passion and created a MUST HAVE album, is KXM. KXM  is comprised of dUg Pinnick (King’s X), George Lynch (Lynch Mob/Dokken) and Ray Luzier (Korn). These three guys who were first friends and then decided to make music together have created a band that will definitely want you begging for more. After taking a listen to their self titled debut album, I couldn’t help but get excited for a tour and even more music. Whether they [Read More]

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Bands

Ani DiFranco mesmerizes Napa with her passionate and heartfelt set

March 9, 2014

It was a magical night at the Uptown Theater in Napa, California yesterday. It was a night filled with love, hope, inspiration and sweet beautiful music. Ani DiFranco, the amazingly talented singer/songwriter/poet was in the house to perform her final show of her tour. First, I must share that the ambiance that the Uptown Theater creates was the perfect backdrop for this stellar performance. The Uptown Theater has a very strict photo policy which you don’t really appreciate until you experience it firsthand. Going to about 15 concerts a month, I tend to spend so much time bobbing my head side to side in hopes of capturing the performer in my line of site, but instead I am greeted by cell phones and cameras in the air.  Without the distractions of these, you can’t help but bathe in the beauty of the artist and become one with the moment. Last night was that perfect night. Her impressive opener, Jenny Scheinman woed the crowd with her touching and sometimes jovial folk songs. The crowd was purely [Read More]

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Concerts

Selena Gomez returns to Texas to play Borderfest 2014

March 9, 2014

Twenty one year old, Selena Gomez has been quite busy with her television/film acting and singing career. Sometimes you know,  it feels so good to return home. Selena Gomez made a stop at State Farm Arena in Hidalgo, Texas on March 8, 2014 with her Stars Dance Tour 2014, where she performed to a sold out crowd containing fans of all ages. One thing is for sure, she delivered a night full of excitement and fun music. Our photographer/correspondent Randy Salazar detailed, “The crowd was grabbed from the start with her entrance and started singing along, where the energy in the room could be felt..  She greeted the crowd letting them know she was happy to be home since she was a Texas native.”  Selena also posted on her Instagram/Facebook with the following: “Reunited and it feels sooo good  TX always makes me proud #littles #realmexicanfood #home” Selena‘s latest album Stars Dance features the #1 hit single Come and Get it and the single Slow Down. You can pick up Stars Dance on Itunes here. With an album full of [Read More]

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Entertainment

Korby Lenker at Hotel Café: a cinnamon tinted daguerreotype evening. by Patrick O’Heffernan

March 8, 2014

Korby Lenker at Hotel Café: a cinnamon tinted daguerreotype evening. by Patrick O’Heffernan, Host, Music FridayLive! You knew the show by Korby Lenker was going to be an entertaining adventure before he even got on stage; the pedal box mounted on a skateboard sitting next to the microphone stand gave him away. And the adventure started the minute this curly-headed, mischievous grinning minstrel walked out in a wine-red velvet jacket, jeans and bow tie and said “hi”. Lenker has explained that what he does is make music that’s easily likeable but with a kind of secret sophistication.  He pulls it off well, which is why he has opened for bands like Willie Nelson, Ray LaMontagne, Nickel Creek and Keith Urban, among others. Everything he does – and did Friday night at the Hotel Café – is entertaining, hummable and deeply layered. He started the show off gentle and soft with simple chords for a haunting effect on “If I Prove False”, hitting the long high notes in a way that evoked memories and images of [Read More]

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Entertainment

The ROAMies at Hotel Café by Patrick O’Heffernan

March 8, 2014

The ROAMies at Hotel Café by Patrick O’Heffernan Music lovers at the Hotel Café discovered that the way you spell fun is R-O-A-M-i-e-s, as in the ROAMies, the delightful married duo of Alexa James and Rory Partin.  They had the audience rocking, clapping, laughing and singing for almost an hour with a 9-song set that ran the gamut from original songs to early Beatles to Cajun classics. Alexa James – who is a song writing and vocal power in her own right with several hit albums, a number 1 single and 5 top ten songs, not to mention several film tracks and a new single out now,   “I Don’t Know How To Be Here”- kicked things off with a conversational nod to Mardi Gras and the upbeat happy tune “Fun To Love You” on the guitar.  Her husband Rory backed her  on the keyboard and Peter Cho added to the lightheartedness with his wicked banjo chops.  You knew immediately, the evening was going to be fun! With her Betty Boop eyes, curly crown of bright [Read More]

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Entertainment

The ROAMies at Hotel Café by Patrick O’Heffernan

March 8, 2014

The ROAMies at Hotel Café by Patrick O’Heffernan Music lovers at the Hotel Café discovered that the way you spell fun is R-O-A-M-i-e-s, as in the ROAMies, the delightful married duo of Alexa James and Rory Partin.  They had the audience rocking, clapping, laughing and singing for almost an hour with a 9-song set that ran the gamut from original songs to early Beatles to Cajun classics. Alexa James – who is a song writing and vocal power in her own right with several hit albums, a number 1 single and 5 top ten songs, not to mention several film tracks and a new single out now,   “I Don’t Know How To Be Here”- kicked things off with a conversational nod to Mardi Gras and the upbeat happy tune “Fun To Love You” on the guitar.  Her husband Rory backed her  on the keyboard and Peter Cho added to the lightheartedness with his wicked banjo chops.  You knew immediately, the evening was going to be fun! With her Betty Boop eyes, curly crown of bright [Read More]