An Interview with My Morning Jacket: Making Something Beautiful Diane Szulecki November 25, 2015 Interviews Just about every three years since the start of this century, a new My Morning Jacket album has announced itself to the world with a twist of inventiveness. The Louisville-based band’s discography can be li...
An Interview with Gogol Bordello: Lots To Do In This World Diane Szulecki December 31, 2014 Interviews Watch him onstage, running around shirtless with an open bottle of wine, leaning into the crowd and strumming his guitar with wild enthusiasm. Listen to his lyrics: live-in-the-moment defiance founded in Gy...
An Interview with Gov’t Mule: 20 Years Mighty Diane Szulecki December 24, 2014 Interviews Gov’t Mule has a specialty for every season. In spring and summer you’ll find them headlining festivals everywhere—including an annual appearance at the Mountain Jam Festival that frontman Warren Haynes hel...
An Interview with Tedeschi Trucks Band: Beacon Of The Blues Diane Szulecki September 17, 2014 Interviews When you see Tedeschi Trucks Band live, you quickly learn to expect the unexpected. Pretty much guaranteed is a varied setlist each night, scorching improv by the group’s 11 members, and a fusion of sounds ...
Streetlight Manifesto @ Starland Ballroom Diane Szulecki December 25, 2013 Concerts SAYREVILLE, NJ—“We’re not done forever. We’re done for now,” said Tomas Kalnoky to a sold-out crowd during the middle show of a three-day run at Starland Ballroom. Usually, a statement about being “done”—ev...
The Allman Brothers Band @ Beacon Theatre Diane Szulecki March 27, 2013 Concerts NEW YORK, NY—Sometimes, I like to take a step back and admire the ideas people come up with to make life more fun. March is a prime example of this: a mediocre month embellished by traditions that make the ...
Jim James @ The McKittrick Hotel Diane Szulecki March 15, 2013 Concerts NEW YORK, NY—On a mid-January afternoon, I received an email with the subject line “Urgent Telegram.” I opened it to find a graphic of an actual crinkled, old-timey telegram that stated: “In celebration of ...
Desaparecidos @ The Stone Pony Diane Szulecki March 8, 2013 Concerts ASBURY PARK, NJ—I’m not really a “nostalgic for the music I listened to in the early 2000s” person. I say this with all due respect for the bands that made adolescent life a little less miserable and helpe...
Conor Oberst @ Carnegie Hall Diane Szulecki December 10, 2012 Concerts NEW YORK, NY—“I'll be holding my note and stomping / And strumming and feeling so very lucky,” sang beloved millennial bard Conor Oberst during the first song of the set, his voice echoing in cavernous Carn...
Phil Lesh And Friends @ Wellmont Theater Diane Szulecki December 3, 2012 Concerts MONTCLAIR, NJ—In a small parking lot adjacent to the Wellmont Theatre, a microcosm of Deadheads bustled despite the cold weather. Friends mingled and perused the usual lot merchandise—tie-dye everything, pi...
