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 […]
Read MoreStang 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 […]
Read MoreMichael Chapdelaine – 04/14/12 Boumel House Concert Series Coral Springs, FL Magic. In the dead of summer, a twelve year old boy is placed on a bus and driven to an un-airconditioned theater mid-afternoon. Sitting in an old vaudevillian palace replete with football-field-size red velvet curtain and an old-time, uneven wood-planked stage, he sits amidst […]
Read MoreHunter 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 […]
Read MoreSunday April 1 2012 Last night’s reunion of two very accomplished singer songwriters delighted an enthusiastic audience at the Shack in the Back, Ellen and Brian’s backyard. Bill was coming home, as this is where he started out before making his way to Texas. For Rod, South Florida is now home, after a 25 year […]
Read MorePaul Asbell with Andy Waks opening – 03/31/12 Boumel House Concerts – Coral Springs, FL Music is a journey. As such, when it’s good you end up going to a specific place that is emotionally and spiritually gratifying. And when it’s exceptionally good you can experience several satisfying destinations all on the same trip. But […]
Read MoreStoryhill 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 […]
Read MoreTim 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 […]
Read MoreTim 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 […]
Read MoreNick Annis and Jesse Jackson Labyrinth Café Concert Series – 03/10/12 U.U. Church of Fort Lauderdale, FL Okay, so the movie is The Lion In Winter (Embassy Pictures, 1968), starring Peter O’Toole and Katharine Hepburn. Now Eleanor of Aquitaine (Hepburn) while sparring with her estranged husband Henry II (O’Toole) over succession to the throne blurts […]
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