Category: LIVE REVIEWS

The Maine, Grayscale and Nightly at Franklin Music Hall, Philadelphia. Photos by Evan Albuck. Grayscale Nightly

While I coined the critical phrase “Noël Coward in a leather bar” in which to describe the dry-witted, literary-worth lyricism

The Last Dinner Party and Florence Road at Franklin Music Hall, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich. Florence Road

As a self-described “alt-cabaret provocateur,” Bridget Everett is like a mixed martial artist you never see coming, all bare flying

Glen Hansard and Margaret Glaspy at the First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich. Margaret Glaspy

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Grateful Dead’s Reckoning at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester,

Robert Plant at the Cathedral Of St. John The Divine, New York City. Photos by Wes Orshoski. Elvis Costello

Robert Plant at the Met, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich.

Perfume Genius at New York Society For Ethical Culture, New York City. Photos by Wes Orshoski.

Patterson Hood and John Moreland at Ardmore Music Hall, Ardmore, Pa. Photos by Chris Sikich. John Moreland

Gogol Bordello, Puzzled Panther and Boris And The Joy at Union Transfer, Philadelphia, Photos by Chris Sikich. Puzzled Panther Boris