Rock
Susan Tedeschi has developed a way to assert her powerhouse presence without upending the overall balance of the big band.
Janelle Monáe’s an impressive singer and capable rapper but she is indeed phenomenal as a performer, showing keen attention to the craft.
Refusing to bow to conventional expectations of aging is just one more outlaw accomplishment that is part of Willie Nelson’s incredible legacy.
Joe Strummer is clearly having a ball that night, in fine form: cracking jokes and proudly announcing his bandmates.
The veteran English art-rocker gave a slow-to-develop but brilliant near-three-hour show that tapped stunning visuals while evolving from the cerebral to the celebratory, culminating in a joyous “In Your Eyes.”
“I always thought this would last six months,” confesses Melvins guitarist, singer, and songwriter Buzz Osborne. “You really can’t count on anything.”
Godspeed’s left-wing view was most clearly reflected at a merch table dominated by books on working-class resistance and anarchism, while the group’s dissonant post-rock embodied tension.
“Blood In the Tracks” delivers a minor miracle: a host of fresh looks at the most (over)written about musician of our age.
The band’s performance was stellar. Its setlist was on point: a bit of the new, a bit more of the early stuff, and a whole lot of “AM.” In America, in 2023, that’s just good fan service.
The truth is the Beatles wouldn’t have been the Beatles without Abbey Road, and Abbey Road wouldn’t have been Abbey Road without the Beatles.
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