Jen Rogers was dragged “kicking and screaming” to what a concert almost a decade ago that would later lead to the dream job she didn’t know she always wanted. For a jazz and experimental Medeski Martin & Wood die-hard, and sort-of String Cheese Incident fan who worked at the Phoenix…
Up for seeing a great concert this weekend? If so, we’ve got a few suggestions for y’all. As a matter of fact, we’ve got a 13 of ’em, and the list includes shows from a wide variety of genres and formats, from emo and dream pop to blues and folk. If…
As far as culture goes, Phoenix has the best of everything — be that music, art, food, dance, theater, whatever. And it wouldn’t be the same without our proximity to our nation’s southern border. That’s why it’s time to honor Phoenix’s inescapable Mexican influence with this year’s Best of Phoenix…
We sincerely hope y’all have some disposable income saved up from the summer. Because if you like great music and really like seeing it live, you’re going to buying plenty of concert tickets over the next few weeks. That’s because October’s concert calendar is pretty much all treats and no…
New York hip-hop legends De La Soul (Dave, Posdnous, and Maseo) have done something a lot of couples, let alone musical groups, can manage. They’ve spent almost three decades working together, and their personal and creative bonds just keep getting stronger. No tabloid drama or separate tour buses for this…
Mitchell Hillman listens to more local music than just about anyone in the Valley. He presents his picks for best new local music in his column, Right Hear, Right Now. Sydney Sprague – “Uncomfortable” Sydney Sprague has been making magic with her music for nearly a decade in the Valley…
The music world doesn’t happen on its own. What we see on the surface is the result of passionate people behind the scenes, writing, creating, organizing, promoting, and working tirelessly to bring music to the venues, bars, and houses of Metro Phoenix. We will look at 25 here, some familiar,…
Psych-folk troubadour Donovan hit the stage at the Musical Instrument Museum last night for the second of two sold-out shows. His current tour is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of his Sunshine Superman record. That album’s title track was a number one U.S. hit, and the album itself contained…
The music world doesn’t happen on its own. What we see on the surface is the result of passionate people behind the scenes, writing, creating, organizing, promoting, and working tirelessly to bring music to the venues, bars, and houses of Metro Phoenix. We will look at 25 here, some familiar,…
Omar “Bombino” Moctar straddles two worlds. A Tuareg, the desert people of the Sahara, Bombino, as he is known, adheres to the centuries-old musical traditions of his people, weaving tales of struggle, hardship, and redemption. Yet, he openly embraces western rock ’n’ roll’s stalwarts: Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and Santana…
It’s an ordinary afternoon and Bob Corritore is doing what he does best: talking about the blues. Sitting at a desk inside his Scottsdale residence, the renowned harmonica player and blues guru flips through a file drawer filled with two-and-a-half decades of flyers and gig posters from the Rhythm Room,…
The music world doesn’t happen on its own. What we see on the surface is the result of passionate people behind the scenes, writing, creating, organizing, promoting, and working tirelessly to bring music to the venues, bars, and houses of Metro Phoenix. We will look at 25 here, some familiar,…
If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent the last two months going to a lot of weddings, either alone or with your significant other. And although we typically don’t enjoy sitting in a church and staring at comb-overs, there are two things provided at weddings we can all agree on:…
The first thing you realize when you’re talking to Joe Sib is his energy. The man is remarkably energetic and it’s infectious. You want to get up and do something with Sib, and more than that, you want him to keep talking because he’s very funny. It’s a good thing,…
Death Cab for Cutie, Flogging Molly, G-Eazy, and Sublime With Rome top the bill for the third annual Pot of Gold Music Festival, which will take place on Friday, March 17, and Saturday, March 18, at Rawhide in Chandler. The festival will be spread across two stages on each day…
The music world doesn’t happen on its own. What we see on the surface is the result of passionate people behind the scenes, writing, creating, organizing, promoting, and working tirelessly to bring music to the venues, bars, and houses of Metro Phoenix. We will look at 25 here, some familiar,…
If you think Tucson bands are all about desert rock and Calexico, it’s time to take another look at Arizona’s second city. From Hotel Congress to the Rialto Theatre, 191 Toole to The Flycatcher, the Old Pueblo almost always injects a little local into every live show. So snatch up…
Got any big plans this week? You probably should, considering there are few (if any) reasons to stay home. The weather’s certainly nicer, your television is choked with wall-to-wall election coverage, and there’s a grip of great concerts and nightlife events happening over the next several nights. Naturally, most of…
The music scene doesn’t happen on its own. What we see on the surface is the result of passionate people behind the scenes, writing, creating, organizing, promoting, and working tirelessly to bring music to the venues, bars, and houses of Metro Phoenix. We will look at 25 here, some familiar,…
At 7 p.m. on Saturday, September 24, Danny Marianino visits the Phoenix location of Changing Hands bookstore for a signing and reading celebrating the release of his new book, To Make Matters Worse. The author and musician has a few books under his belt already, including The Mega Book of…
In a year in which the fringe aspects of country music are taking on more shine than ever with traditionalist acts like Jason Isbell, Chris Stapleton, and Sturgill Simpson sitting firmly in the spotlight, it’s as good a critical time as ever for Joe Nichols to come in swinging. An…
Melodic death metal, progressive metal, metalcore — shelve Trivium in whichever genre you please, but you’d be wasting your time. Trivium is a band that is known for consistently putting out technically impressive creations; their music shifts and morphs, pulling influences from a dozen genres and conjoining them into technically…
