Written by Jim Bille May 12, 2013 at 12:00 PM Napa, California was the setting last week for the first, and hopefully annual, Bottle Rock Napa Valley music festival. Held at the twenty-six acre Napa Valley Expo close to downtown, the event had just about something for everyone. From Hip Hop to classic rock, sushi…

Written by James Killen May 11, 2013 at 08:00 PM Steve Earle wrote a song called “Christmas Time in Washington” in which he makes the lyrical plea, “Come back Woody Guthrie. Come back to us now. Tear your eyes from paradise and rise again somehow”. In my opinion, Otis Gibbs is the closest thing this…

Written by Ken Simmons May 10, 2013 at 10:00 PM It was a stormy Friday night in Houston, but that didn’t stop anyone from enjoying a great performance from Cinderella frontman, Tom Keifer. The Concert Pub North was packed; for long time Houstonians, the Concert Pub North was formerly Tampico Bay. I met several people that…

Written by James Killen May 09, 2013 at 07:00 PM With storm clouds threatening, Eddie and I took our chances venturing out to Discovery Green for a performance by the current version of the Texas Guitar Women, featuring Carolyn Wonderland, Shelley King, Cindy Cashdollar, Sarah Brown and Lisa Pankratz. The ladies hit the stage with…

Written by James Killen May 08, 2013 at 09:00 PM A friend of mine from the West Coast sent me a copy of Father John Misty’s “Fear Fun” a couple of months ago and something intrigued me about it, so I bought tickets to the next Houston show at Fitzgerald’s. Father John Misty is Josh…

Written by Robert Johnson (@RobertSatellite on Twitter) May 08, 2013 at 08:00 PM Although The Killers formed back in 2001, the band’s music wasn’t available for public consumption until late 2003. On June 7, 2004, the band released its debut album, Hot Fuss, to immense commercial acclaim and success, selling more than seven million copies…

Written by Eddie Ferranti May 07, 2013 at 07:30 PM Rose and I had not been to Spring’s Texas Crawfish Festival in over ten years, but took the hike up when the kind folks there approved us for the gig. Right off the bat, out of nowhere, the first band caught our attention in the…

Written by Jim Bille May 05, 2013 at 08:00 PM The Rolling Stones came through Oakland, California last Sunday night for the second stop of their 2013 Fifty and Counting Tour at the Oakland Arena. The Oakland Arena was almost an intimate venue compared to the 50 or 60,000 seat stadiums the Stones would normally…

Written by Dave Clements May 04, 2013 at 08:00 PM Saturday morning’s 42 degrees broke a record as a new low temperature in the Houston area for May 4th. Saturday night there were a bunch of folks thinking ‘record HOT temperatures’ when they experienced Diana Krall’s performance at the Woodlands Pavilion. And with good reason!…