Category: Features

New Orleans Jazz Festival – 2026 – Thoughts and a Ton of Photos by Dave Clements

If your heart beats for rock, jazz, soul, gospel, country, blues, or any hybrid mutation of those genres, JazzFest is a pilgrimage. You don’t just hear music there — you feel it. You feel it in your chest, in your shoes, in the mud, in the crowd, in the brass section that refuses to apologize…


Real Life Real Music Radio Show at Dosey Doe hosted by Kyle Hutton and featuring Blue Water Highway – April 15, 2026

Photos by Dave Clements


Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Concert Alert!! – Tedeschi Trucks Band comes to Houston on April 17 // New album ‘Future Soul’ out now!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 20, 2026 – Today, Tedeschi Trucks Band (TTB), the GRAMMY Award-winning band led by the dynamic wife and husband duo of Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, has released their sixth studio album, Future Soul, via Fantasy Records. PRESS HERE to listen on global streaming platforms and to order on CD and…


Concert Alert!! – SILVERADA (formerly Mike and the Moonpies) Weds. Nov 13 •HOUSTON• White Oak Music Hall Downstairs

Siverada is headed out on the road and will be stopping by White Oak Music Hall on Nov 13. Formally known as Mike and the Moonpies, the band has a new CD called “Silverada” and will most likely feature some it as well as other Moonpie favorites at the show. Come on out and hear…


Raising A Hand Benefit For Retts Syndrome Cure with Gary P Nunn and The Heels featuring Kevin Black – Dosey Doe – Woodlands, TX – Aug. 19, 2023 – Photos

Photos by Jim Bille  


Cody Canada with Kyle Hutton’s Real Life Real Music – Woodlands, TX – May 10, 2023 – Photos

Photos by Dave Clements


In Memory of Jeff Beck – 1944-2023 – Photos from HoustonMusicReview Archives

The following photos from the HoustonMusicReview.com archives were taken over numerous years from performances by Jeff Beck in Houston, Chicago, Pomona, Dallas and Northfield Ohio. We were fortunate and honored to cover this one of a kind musician and he will be sorely missed by HMR and music fans everywhere. Photos by Jim Bille  


CONCERT ALERT! – STYX and REO Speedwagon with special guest Loverboy to play in The Woodlands

Legendary and multi-Platinum rockers STYX–Tommy Shaw (vocals, guitars), James “JY” Young (vocals, guitars), Lawrence Gowan (vocals, keyboards), Todd Sucherman (drums) and Ricky Phillips (bass), along with the occasional surprise appearance by original bassist Chuck Panozzo–are rested, healthy, and ready to hit the road again, but they’ve finally got a new album to promote along the…


RAISE YOUR HAND!

Think, for a moment, about how good it would feel to be a part of a music festival where over 200 of America’s top artists are all headlining for a great cause, funding a cure for a devastating disorder called Rett syndrome. For over a decade, Houston-based photographer Dave Clements, along with his close friend…


Mary Gauthier with Jaimee Harris – McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Houston, TX – July 24, 2021 – Book and Show Review

Written by Jane Ponte It is rare and sacred gift from the musical gods when an artist who has played a prolific role on the “Soundtrack of Your Life” comes to town and offers up an intimate peek into their creative process, their personal struggles, and their innermost thoughts on just about everything that makes…