Category: LIVE REVIEWS

Not long before Garth Brooks began country’s rock/pop rush into the mainstream it currently resides, there was a flurry of

Tori Amos and Bartees Strange at the Met, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich.

Rush at Madison Square Garden, New York City. Photos by Wes Orshoski.

Eleni Mandell at 48 Record Bar, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich.

Judy Collins, Richard Thompson and Elles Bailey at the Lansdowne Theater, Lansdowne, Pa. Photos by Chris Sikich.

Tori Amos at the Beacon Theatre, New York City. Photos by Wes Orshoski.

Spoon and Ratboys at SummerStage, New York City, Photos by We Orshoski.

Sarah McLachlan and Allison Russell at the Highmark Mann Center For The Performing Arts, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich.

Scott McCaughey at Chris & Deb’s House, Riverton, N.J. Photos by Chris Sikich.

Once thought of as chilly, future-forward Brit-Muzik done frostily with analogue-into-freshly digital Casios, Moog Prodigys and still-primitive drum machines, the

Spoon, the Beths and Squirrel Flower at the Fillmore, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich.