View From the Cheap Seats

When I decide to write about a show, it's about the experience. It's not a review. I bought the ticket because I like the artist. I ...

OK, I think I like this format of posting what I've been listening to over the past month. So, we'll see how this goes. There was ...

I admit, I have not written about music for a while. Sorry folks. Life happens. I have been listening. I'm going to reimagine this blo...

Sari Schorr's 2018 release Never Say Never is the kind of blues-infused hard rock that I love. Schorrr's raspy, powerful, badass vo...

For those of you that actually read this blog, thank you. And I think I owe you all an explanation. 2018, personally, has been a trying ye...

First of all, full transparency. Bri Bagwell granted me a Q&A. I've met her a couple of times. We've had exchanges on the tweete...

I've been sitting on this for a while. Why? Because, for the most part, it's a lot of the same song, thematically, over and over. ...

Kate Vargas doesn't follow any of your silly rules or conventions. Song structure? Screw that, let the song go where the song goes. Do...

Amanda Shires put out a damned rock album. Deal with it because To the Sunset is great. I could go into details here, but I have somethin...

Saw ZZ Ward on 5/18/18 in Austin at Emo's. First of all, never miss the opening act, you never know what you might miss. Opening for Z...