Nashville-based Katie Herzig recently made a stop at the Crocodile Café. The Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter is on the road with her Moment Of Bliss Tour in support of her new album by the same name. Her four-member backing band included longtime friend Jordan Brooke Hamlin and backup singer Natalie Schlabs. Local songstress Whitney Lyman opened, followed by William Wild, who’s on tour with Katie.
Katie Herzig
William Wild
Whitney Lyman
Lady Antebellum w/Darius Rucker @ White River Ampitheatre – 8/19/18
Show Review & Photos by John Rudolph
Lady Antebellum
Darius Rucker took the stage to rousing applause from a crazed female crowd. He had the fans on their feet from the beginning of his set in anticipation of his bluesy country sound. This reporter is a little (okay a decade) behind, expecting him to sing Hootie songs.
He finished his set with his massive hit, “Wagon Wheel.” Fans got on their feet and really enjoyed his show, sang at the top of their lungs, which continued until the end of Lady Antebellum.
Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, and David Haywood of Lady Antebellum crushed the crowd at White River in Auburn. The 8 members of the band who are traveling the country with Rucker entered the stage with all of the presence of a stadium show. The lights went dark and Hillary, Charles, and David were backlit with piercing spot lights.
The lights came up and the full band was revealed. The band spanned the entire stage with the main 3 traversing back and forth. The mostly female crowd loved it. What makes me say female crowd?
I pulled in the parking lot in my little Ford Focus where I was flanked by two huge, 4×4 trucks. My first thought was how cliché at a country show. To my surprise, 4 attractive women with lace tops, short skirts, and boots climbed out. Yep, cliché destroyed. This same story played out all over the amphitheatre.
LA sang “American Honey” to a couple celebrating their 8th anniversary. A woman next to me said that she had the same song at her wedding. I looked around, this same theme encompassed the crowd.
The fans became part of the performance with lighted bracelets. Everyone had bracelets on that changed color in unison depending on the song selection. I had never seen that before and it was super fun.
The dancing never stopped the entire show.
Towards the end of the show, Darius came back on stage with Lady Antebellum and they sang an awesome rendition of “Honky Tonk Woman.”
Lady Antebellum
Darius Rucker
Glassjaw @ the Showbox, 7/15/18
Photos by Monica Martinez
Glassjaw
New Yorkers Glassjaw appeared at the Showbox on July 15th as part of their co-headlining tour with Quicksand (we’ll have photos of Quicksand in a separate post). We’re happy to share Monica Martinez’s always imaginative photos of the band, whose latest video, “my conscience weighs a ton,” finds them wandering in deserts and cornfields. And hey, we’re not pushing their new album, Material Control, out of any request to do so. It’s just really brilliant.
Glassjaw
Artist: City Girls
Song: “Sweet Tooth”
Why You Want to Watch: Miami’s City Girls surround their fine selves with candy, dogs, cool locales and cute boys. The female duo, JT and Yung Miami, will be on a forced break, sadly, as JT will most likely be in prison until March 2020 due to a non-violent crime conviction.
Check out their debut, PERIOD, here.
City Girls (screenshot from “Sweet Tooth” video)
Cut Chemist, El Dusty & DJ Shortkut @ Nectar – 3/9/18
Photos by Lisa Hagen Glynn
Cut Chemist
Cut Chemist, real name Lucas MacFadden, made a visit to Seattle’s Nectar this spring. Well known as a member of Jurassic 5, the American producer now has two solo albums, including this year’s Die Cut. Jurassic 5 fans will be happy to see “Work My Mind” on the album, a collaboration with Chali 2na. Another very cool project of Cut Chemist is his own radio show over on dublab. Check it out.
Cut Chemist
El Dusty (with Cut Chemist)
DJ Shortkut