Live Review: Sting with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Chastain Park, 6/28/10 Gordon Sumner has been through many incarnations in his life. Before selling millions of records, he was labeled with the nickname “Sting” by his school buddies (for always wearing the same black and yellow striped sweater). But […]
“Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” is a beautiful tune with the feel of the islands in the underlying groove. It is such a special song, in fact, that Peter Gabriel himself has done a cover of it.
It was a sold-out, standing room only crowd of old and new fans alike. Judging from the positive responses to some early tunes, it appeared that the venue was full of serious Spooners.
Live Review: Radiohead with Liars at Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta, 5/8/08 Intentionally or not, Radiohead is changing the way we buy music. Their latest release, In Rainbows, was released exclusively as a digital download for a price the buyer determined. Needless to say, many took advantage of this free […]
Live Review: The Police with Fiction Plane at Philips Arena in Atlanta, 11/17/07 Let me just begin by saying I bought the shirt (i.e., drank the Kool-Aid). It’s not because the show was great (It was). It’s not because I buy a shirt from each concert I attend […]
Live Review: Hot & Spicy Food Festival with Cheap Trick, The Georgia Satellites, Cool for August, and Eddie Bush at the Naval Air Station, Marietta, GA, 5/30/98 The proliferation of music produced by Cheap Trick is astounding. They’ve been putting out new music since their self-titled debut in […]
Live Review: Andy M. Stewart at Glenn Memorial UMC at Emory University (date unknown)
Sting has said that Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Sam and Dave, and Booker T and the MG’s inspired him when he was young, and you can really hear those influences in this performance.
The short, intimate set was a wonderful thing as I had been a big CH fan since first seeing them in 1987 touring with their debut album. After the set, I was able to have a nice chat with Neil. A most talented and gracious human.
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