Live Music Photo Tuesdays – Mr. Lif, Grieves and more…

Mr. Lif brought his political and socially conscious hip hop act to the High Noon Saloon last week and put on a brilliant show. He was casually hanging out at the merchandise table  and mingling with the crowd before hand, and then flipped the switch as soon as he hit stage…delivering his rhymes with intensity and [...]

Live Music Photo Tuesdays – Jenny Lewis

Fans came in droves to the Barrymore Theater Thursday night to see Jenny Lewis.  Audience members trekked from Green Bay, Oshkosh, Milwaukee, and even as far as Wausau.  As they traveled to the Mad-City Jenny spent the day in Madison thrift store shopping with the band where she picked up her gem bedazzled “suit”.  On [...]

Live Music Photo Tuesdays – Meat Puppets

The Meat Puppets brought their influential grunge sound to The Annex Friday night featuring tunes from “Sewn Together”, their new CD released May 12th.   Once the doors cracked open the venue quickly filled to a near capacity crowd.

Live Music Photo Tuesdays – All That Remains

Good News: There was a 3-foot pit, the space between the stage and the barricade, for the “bouncers” and the media, which includes photographers like me.  Bad News: When All That Remains (ATR) came on stage, the pit got smaller and smaller as the barricade got pushed closer and closer to the stage.  Saying ATR amped [...]

Live Music Photo Tuesdays – Bryan Adams & Del The Funky Homosapien

On Friday night, Bryan Adams played to a standing ovation and two encores in the intimate setting of the Capital Theater.  Bryan, his acoustic guitar, Gary, a grand piano, and candle lit colored lights were the only items on the bare stage.  Bryan did not need much more because from the minute he stepped into [...]