Event Reviews

  • AFI Fest 2021

    AFI Fest 2021

    The 2021 edition of the American Film Institute’s Festival, was a total success. After mounting a small virtual festival in 2020, AFI Fest came roaring back this year with a slate of 115 films representing over fifty countries. Lily and Generoso rank their favorite features from this year’s festival which include new offerings from Céline Sciamma, Miguel Gomes, and Jacques Audiard.

  • Foreigner

    Foreigner

    Is it really Foreigner with no original members?

  • Blackberry Smoke

    Blackberry Smoke

    Blackberry Smoke is touring to support their new album You Hear Georgia. Myron Elkins and the Dying Breed are making a name for themselves and getting audiences ready for their upcoming album this next year.

  • Myles Kennedy

    Myles Kennedy

    Tyler Bryant and Graham Whitford open the show as a paired down version of Tyler Bryant & The Shake Down before opening for Myles Kennedy. Myles performs, mostly, songs from his solo albums including the new album The Ides of March.

  • Gasparilla Music Festival

    Gasparilla Music Festival

    After being cancelled in 2020, the Gasparilla Music Festival returns.

  • Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives

    Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives

    A grand night to welcome back live music to Santa Fe with Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives.

  • Nick Perri & The Underground Thieves rock the Adler Theater.

    Nick Perri & The Underground Thieves rock the Adler Theater.

    Nick Perri and the Underground Thieves co-headline tour with the Nielsen Trust.

  • Tommy Emmanuel

    Tommy Emmanuel

    Tommy Emmanuel with opener Ida Mae thrilled Central Florida with an astounding acoustic performance. Michelle Wilson loved every minute of it.

  • Joe Bonamassa

    Joe Bonamassa

    Joe Bonamassa and his mighty blues ensemble rolled into Clearwater, Florida for two nights of contemporary blues at its finest. Michelle Wilson caught Evening One of this towering blues extravaganza.

  • Yacht Rock Revue

    Yacht Rock Revue

    Yacht Rock Revue’s “Hot Dads In Tight Jeans” Tour rolled into Central Florida and wowed the sold-out crowd with their tribute to ’70s and ’80s light rock hits. Michelle Wilson was there and loved every minute!

  • Styx

    Styx

    ’70s rock icons Styx continue to carry the classic rock torch. Michelle Wilson caught their show in South Florida and was loving every minute!

  • AFI Fest 2019

    AFI Fest 2019

    For the fifth straight year, Lily and Generoso assess a selection of new features from the eclectic program at AFI FEST, Los Angeles’ most prominent film festival.

  • Dirty Honey

    Dirty Honey

    Oozing the authentic spirit of rock and roll, the LA-based combo, Dirty Honey, proved to be the real deal when they hit the stage recently at Orlando’s House of Blues.

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  • The Reading Room
    The Reading Room

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  • Bush Tetras
    Bush Tetras

    Rhythm and Paranoia (Wharf Cat). Review by Scott Adams.

  • Tom Tom Club
    Tom Tom Club

    The Good The Bad and the Funky (Nacional). Review by Julius C. Lacking.

  • Barnes & Barnes
    Barnes & Barnes

    Pancake Dream (Demented Punk Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.

  • Jeremiah Lockwood
    Jeremiah Lockwood

    A Great Miracle: Jeremiah Lockwood’s Guitar Soli Chanukah Album (Reboot). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

  • Metallica: The $24.95 Book
    Metallica: The $24.95 Book

    From an underground band that pioneered the thrash metal sound, to arguably the biggest rock act in the new millennium, Metallica has had a long and tumultuous history. Ben Apatoff scours a myriad of sources to catalog this history in his new book.

  • Araceli Lemos
    Araceli Lemos

    Shortly after AFI Fest 2021 wrapped, Generoso spoke at length with director, Araceli Lemos about her award-winning and potent feature debut, Holy Emy. Lemos’s film uses elements of body horror in her story about the exoticization of two Filipina sisters living in Greece and how that exploitation creates a distance between them.

  • Southern Accents 55
    Southern Accents 55

    A woofin’ good time with cuts from Hank Williams, Muddy Waters, Delta Moon and more from KMRD 96.9, Madrid, New Mexico!

  • Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
    Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

    Absurdism with a healthy dose of air conditioning.

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