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KASIM SULTON The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center Old Saybrook, Connecticut March 5, 2020 Photos & Review by Frank Piercy Sitting on Main Street in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, this former theater/town hall is now home to a 250 seat theater, The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, also small museum dedicated to the namesake of the center, Katharine Hepburn; the theatre is now lovingly referred to as The Kate. A beautifully lit building, very cozy inside, perfect for an evening of music like this. This evening’s attraction at The Kate was the multi-talented bassist, Kasim Sulton and Utopia, a show that was only one of theRead More →

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JOHN LODGE OF THE MOODY BLUES Infinity Music Hall Hartford, Connecticut March 4, 2020 Photos & Review by Frank Piercy The Infinity Music Hall in Hartford, Connecticut had been open since 2014, this was the first occasion that I had been able to take in a show here. It is a smaller venue, though a terrific place with comfortable seating, great staff and a very affordable bar. The sodas were 2 bucks. This nights show was the John Lodge of The Moody Blues. The Rock and Roll Hall of famer was out on this tour performing his own material and as well as selection ofRead More →

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THE NEW REGIME House of Blues Boston, Massachusetts March 2, 2020 Photo & Review by Michael LaFleche The New Regime and the Silverside Pickups rolled into the House of Blues in Boston for a surprisingly packed house on a Monday night. The three piece unit is led by Ilan Rubin, playing the guitar and providing lead vocals. Ilan is well known for being part of the Nine Inch Nails band, on percussion since 2009. But Ilan had been running the The New Regime project before converting with Trent Reznor. For this event in Boston on Monday, he has appointed a drummer that started the setRead More →

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GEOFF TATE Paradise Rock Club Boston, Massachusetts February 29, 2020 Photos & Review by Michael LaFleche Geoff Tate, newly minted member of the Metal Hall of Fame in Anaheim came to Boston on Saturday night, for a night that will never be forgotten. As I am sure you know, Geoff Tate, one of the best voices in progressive metal, is most well known as the original singer / songwriter of Queensrÿche. Geoff’s charisma and love for music really was on stage Saturday at the Paradise rock club. Interestingly enough, the other branch of Queensrÿche was in town a couple weeks back performing some of theRead More →

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FALLING IN REVERSE | ESCAPE THE FATE with The Word Alive Toad’s Place New Haven, Connecticut February 16, 2020 Photos & Review by Tom Bogus Falling in Reverse brought their The Drug in Me Is You Is Gold Tour, with special guests The Word Alive and Escape the Fate to a sold out Toad’s Place in New Haven, Connecticut on Sunday, February 16th 2020. The Drug in Me Is You was released in July of 2011 and did very well. It held the 19th spot on the US Billboard 200 and it was recognized in Guitar World magazine as #21 in their top 50 albums ofRead More →

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QUEENSRŸCHE with JOHN 5 Big Night Live Boston, Massachusetts February 16, 2020 Photos & Review by Michael LaFleche The legendary prog metal hitmakers Queensrÿche headlined the packed Big Night Live adjacent to the TD Garden in Boston Sunday night. The hall was filled with young and old alike, many seeing the band for the first time and many who may remember listening to their big hits from the late 80’s and early 90’s from Empire and Operation Mindcrime. Opening for Queensrÿche first was Eve to Adam and a great treat also opening for Queensrÿche was the incredible guitarist John 5 and his merry band ofRead More →

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GRAND FUNK RAILROAD Some Kind of Wonderful Tour 2020 Twin River Casino Event Center Lincoln, Rhode Island February 8, 2020 Photos & Review by Dan Wenc The American Band was out on the road on the Some Kind of Wonderful Tour. The opening band for this sold out show was, The Guess Who, a perfect compliment to the opening band, over 100 years worth of combined musical experience. Grand Funk Railroad’s music had defined several decades worth of music, with rock anthems that live on into the 21st Century. The band have made it almost an annual tradition to bring their music to Rhode IslandRead More →

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THE GUESS WHO Twin River Casino Event Center Lincoln, Rhode Island February 8, 2020 Photos & Review by Dan Wenc A music invasion of North American rock allies took place in Lincoln, Rhode Island for a great night of classic rock anthems of the 60’s and 70’s. The Guess Who were opening for Grand Funk Railroad, a combined musical experience of over 100 years of music. The Guess Who performing this night in front of a sold out audience at the Twin River Casino Event Center. Alright, lets get this out of the way from the start. Yes, I know that this is not theRead More →

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MACHINE HEAD House of Blues Boston Boston, Massachusetts February 7, 2020 Photos & Review by Michael LaFleche Machine Head’s 25th Anniversary tour hit the House of Blues in Boston. This was a truly different event, a 3 hour set broken into two acts. The first act was some of the band’s well known metal songs mixed in with a couple of surprises, and the second act was a set made up of their entire album, Burn My Eyes with some of the founding members of the band joining in. Robb Flynn, guitarist, lead singer and founder of Machine Head was electric as far as hisRead More →

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SONS OF APOLLO Paradise Rock Club Boston, Massachusetts February 5, 2020 Photos & Review by Michael LaFleche The Sons of Apollo rolled into Boston at the Paradise Wednesday night to present a prog metal showcase featuring Ethan Weissman’s Mass Extinction Event, and the incomparable Tony MacAlpine and his band of all star musicians. Ethan Weissman’s Mass Extinction Event kicked things off with instrumental technical metal for a 30 minute set that really got the already packed club moving. Ethan Weissman’s Mass Extinction Event Photo Gallery Next up was the incredible Tony MacAlpine’s band for more excessively entertaining technical metal with two lead guitarists going atRead More →