The Nowhere Band Aventura Arts and Cultural Center – 04/21/12 Aventura, FL History repeated itself last night when the Beatles returned to the Aventura Arts and Cultural Center for a house rocking reunion. Okay, so it wasn’t the second time the Beatles played Aventura. And alright, maybe it wasn’t even the Beatles who captivated the […]

Stang with Gonzalez and Zisholtz with Hochfelsen River of Grass Café – 04/20/12 Davie, FL Even when it rains, good music is like a good marriage with something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue. It’s a peaceful blend of the traditional with the avant-garde, the known with the possible, and the give with […]

Hunter Altschul, Robert Baldwin, and Diane Ward with Jack Shawde Chrystal Hartigan’s Songwriters Showcase – 04/09/12 Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Fort Lauderdale Family. Six letters, three syllables, and a thousand meanings. What bonds stronger or lasts longer? Nothing that we know. And in the world of musicians, there is nothing more profound than […]

Storyhill with Bella and Marrisa opening – 03/24/12 Freespirit Concert Series – Coconut Creek, FL Sometimes it’s all about being in the right place at the right time. If so, then last night was the right place and time to be at a house concert. Most notably, this was Chrystal Hartigan’s debut of her Freespirit […]

Tim Farrell River of Grass Café Concert Series – 03/16/12 Davie, Florida A performer is as a performer does, and perhaps the greatest tribute to a performer’s temperament and timbre is in how they play to a small audience. For when playing to a large crowd, the lose of a single pair of ears is […]

Tim Farrell, ScatterGrass, and Stewart Lewis Chrystal Hartigan’s Songwriters Showcase – 03/12/12 Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Fort Lauderdale In a world where all good things come in three’s, at the top of that list you’d have to place open mics, songwriters showcases, and Chrystal Hartigan (www.chrystalhartiganpresents.com and www.facebook.com/chrystalhartigan). Not only is this because […]

. Spider John Koerner Broward Folk Club Featured Performer Your Big Picture Café, Davie, FL – 03/02/12 Spider John Koerner (www.mwt.net/~koerner) can not die. But more about that later. For now, focus on the fact that no one gets out of second grade without baggage. Not me. Not you. Not the President. Not God. It’s […]

. The Ronny Cox Trio River of Grass Concert Series – 02/17/12 When Ronny Cox (www.ronnycox.com) headlines a trio that includes Karen Mal (www.karenmal.com) on mandolin and Radoslav Lorkovic (www.radoslavlorkovic.com) on piano and accordion, one plus one plus one does not equal three, it equals pure harmony. While these three brilliant musicians all bring their […]