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My Top Ten Shows of 2015!
I saw 224 shows in 2015. Yes, I know, that sounds like an insane number considering I have a day job that is completely unrelated to music. How would I choose my top ten, with another fifteen as runners-up? All the shows except one were at least very good, and I thought that narrowing the list would not be easy.
It turned out not to be difficult at all. The top ten (or eleven as you will read below) were clear to me, as were the runners-up.
“Run Out Of Me”? Melissa, I Hope You Never Do!
Click here to read my review of this show on No Depression.
Melissa Ferrick
Steve Scully, Melissa Ferrick, Richard Gates
Melissa Ferrick
Richard Gates
Steve Scully
Melissa Ferrick
Melissa Ferrick
Melissa Ferrick, Richard Gates
Steve Scully
Richard Gates
Melissa Ferrick
Melissa Ferrick
Steve Scully, Melissa Ferrick, Richard Gates
Melissa Ferrick
Melissa Ferrick
Melissa Ferrick
Brilliant Collaboration on Under the Covers
Click here to read my review of this fabulous show on No Depression.
Under the Covers (sorry, Rose Cousins is hidden by the music stand)
Rose Cousins
Mark Erelli
Zach Hickman
Jake Armerding and Mark Erelli
Rose Cousins
Zach Hickman
Mark Erelli
Jack Armerding
Rose Cousins and Jake Armerding
Jake Armerding
Zach Hickman
Mark Erelli
Rose Cousins
Zach Hickman and Jake Armerding
Zach Hickman
Gangstagrass Rocks My World!
Hip-hop bluegrass you’re saying to yourself – how could that be? I said the same when I saw them on Johnny D’s schedule for April 2014. I went to the show not knowing any of their music and walked out of that show knowing I had stumbled onto something amazing.
Gangstagrass
This, my fourth Gangstagrass show and their final show at Johnny D’s (because it is closing in March 2016), was no less stellar than my first, second or third shows! And truth be told they probably get better because I know their music so well (and consider them to be friends). Prepare yourself to read a biased, glowing review!
Rench, R-Son the Voice of Reason, Dan Whitener
A Fabulous Americana Session With Session Americana
Click here to read my review of this fabulous show on No Depression.
Session Americana
Dinty Child
Ry Cavanaugh
Billy Beard
Kimon Kirk
Jim Fitting
Adam Moss
Session Americana (after ‘Beertown’)
Dinty Child
Ry Cavanaugh
Jim Fitting
Session Americana (except Ry Cavanaugh)
Billy Beard
Ry Cavanaugh
Adam Moss
Session Americana (except Ry Cavanaugh)
Billy Beard
Ry Cavanaugh
Kimon Kirk
Jim Fitting
Dinty Child
Adam Moss
Ry Cavanaugh
Dinty Child
Ry Cavanaugh
Fine Blues Guitar Riffs Filled The Fallout Shelter
This show came at the end of a week during which I heard some incredible music, and I was tired and almost overwhelmed by the high quality of the music. Imagine my delight when I discovered that Roberto Morbioli and his band was right up there with the other shows I had seen!
Roberto Morbioli
Hailing from Italy, Roberto spends much time touring the United States and he was on my radar for quite a while as a musician I needed to see.
Another Evening Of Singer-Songwriter Bliss
Click here to read my review of this show on No Depression.
Peter Bradley Adams
Lex Price
Lex Price and Peter Bradley Adams
Peter Bradley Adams
Peter Bradley Adams
Flat Maya
Lex Price
Molly Parden
Peter Bradley Adams
Lex Price and Peter Bradley Adams
Peter Bradley Adams
Molly Parden
Peter Bradley Adams
Molly Parden
Pop Magic With Sean Trischka And Friends
Click here to read my review of this show on No Depression.
Sean Trischka
Stash Wyslouch
Nate Sabat
Zach Tenorio-Miller
Sean Trischka
Ellie Buckland
Isa Burke
Jenna Moynihan
Dietrich Strause
Sean Trischka and Friends
Sean Trischka and Friends
Sean Trischka
Stash Wyslouch
Jenna Moynihan and Mairi Chaimbeul
Ellie Buckland
Sean Trischka and Friends
Zach Tenorio-Miller and Sean Trischka
Mairi Chaimbeul
Sean Trischka and Friends
Jenna Moynihan
Sean Trischka and Friends
Mairi Chaimbeul
Sean Trischka
Mairi Chaimbeul
Holiday Extravaganza At The Extended Play Sessions
The Extended Play Sessions First Annual Holiday Festival will be Friday, December 18th as we welcome the amazing Chandler Travis Philharmonic to the Fallout Shelter stage.
Chandler Travis Philharmonic (Official Poster)
Chandler Travis is a throwback to a different time. Part vaudeville, part Brit pop, part California garage but all rolled into a consummate entertainer and songwriter.
Richard Shindell, A Songwriter’s Songwriter
Click here to read my review of this terrific show on No Depression.
Richard Shindell
Richard Shindell
Joe Bonadio
Richard Shindell
Richard Shindell
Joe Bonadio
Richard Shindell
Richard Shindell
suze reviews the blues 