Great Big Sea, the folk-rockers from Newfoundland, really got the crowd going at the Moore Theater last week as everyone stood for nearly the complete show. It’s their 20th anniversary tour, hence the XX backdrop. Founding members include Alan Doyle (vocals, guitar, banjo), Séan McCann (vocals, bodhrán, guitar, whistle) and Bob Hallett (vocals, fiddle, accordion, […]
Feist performed at the Moore Theater in support of her recently-released fourth studio album, Metals. The Grammy-nominated, Juno award-winning artist and her six-member band played songs from most of her albums, but the popular “1234” was a surprising exception. The show at the Moore was Feist’s last in the US for a while. . . […]
Gillian Welch accompanied by longtime musical partner, guitarist Dave Rawlings, played to a packed audience at the Moore Theater in support of her new album, The Harrow & The Harvest. Not surprisingly, as I looked through the crowd, I saw a number of familiar faces from the Tractor Tavern as well as local performers there […]
The lights dimmed, the crowd erupted in cheers and Chris Cornell took the stage for an intimate, career-spanning acoustic set. A classy area rug was spread out across the stage, a turntable sat atop a stand stage right and the guitar racks situated behind held a multitude of acoustic guitars. Chris invited the sold out […]