Gallery: May 14, 2017 Kiefer Sutherland at Gruene Hall – New Braunfels, TX

The scene: A rustic barn-type venue in middle-of-nowhere North Texas called Gruene Hall in New Braunfels, Texas. A sold out crowd. This is clearly a toe-tapping, boot-scootin’ type party. The guest of honor: The ...

AltWire Concert Review: Evanescence – Dallas, TX 10/28/16

Dallas’ Southside Ballroom was the host of the debut show for Evanescence, 2016. The tour comes just before the Christmas release of a complete vinyl box set for the band, featuring music written before ...

AltWire Concert Review – Rob Thomas 09/24/16

Allen, Texas, and I’m brought face to face with the tour manager for Rob Thomas. “Two songs”, he says, referring to the amount I’m allowed to shoot. I’m one song shy of standard concert ...

AltWire Concert Review – Counting Crows 09/24/16

Que the smoke as the house lights dim to black. Silhouettes make their way across stage to their assigned spots, and my heart races. No matter what event I’m at, this is always my ...

AltWire Concert Review: Def Leppard – Dallas, TX – August 24th, 2016

August, Texas, outdoor venue. Only one thing could bring me out of my air-conditioned comfort on a dog day summer Monday night- Def Leppard. The teenage girl in me was  in full spirit as ...

Chris Isaak – The Man In Red – An AltWire Concert Review

Speeding into the Winstar Casino & Global Event Center like a (slightly lost) bat out of hell, I stumbled through valet at 8:47pm, for a 9pm show. Thirteen minutes and counting to hit Will ...

Paris Radio

Paris Radio: Artists To Watch

Just a few weeks ago I was exposed to this new block of musical radiance called “Paris Radio”. When my editor gave me this assignment, I had no idea what to expect. The next ...

Slicing Open the Digital Vein -2016 David Cook Tour

As maybe all of you now know from my album review of David Cook’s Digital Vein release, I love this album. So, of course I was more than happy when we received the news ...

Gwen Stefani

Review: Gwen Stefani – “This is What the Truth Feels Like”

Gwen Stefani shines in her latest release. Read our review below.   Make me like you? I could get used to this. I used to love you, and frankly, I never stopped. OK, enough already. ...

David Cook: Cutting Open the Digital Vein

First of all… when David Cook opens his mouth it literally makes my heart happy.  My heart jumps up, grows little stick-figure feet, and begins to sway back and forth in a happy motion that ...

Hall & Oates: Class of 2016

Fans of my columns should know by now that, as the song says, I’m only happy when it rains. However, it’s hard to be any sort of sad when you’re talking about Daryl Hall ...

Prince: In Memoriam 1958-2016

Prince Rogers Nelson (1958-2016)   Being alive in the same world as Prince is something I always took for granted. Even today, with the deafening news of his death, I can’t bring myself to ...

Def Leppard- 10 Points through the eyes of a stranger (NSFW)

 a.k.a. the profile of a writer and her salvation I can’t remember how old I was when my father came home with Def Leppard’s LP , “On Through the Night”, but I know I was young. ...

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