The Ohio Weather Band
A couple weeks ago, Akron-based trio The Ohio Weather Band played an hour-long lunchtime set at my campus. From my first moments of listening, I couldn’t help but think of the band as a...
Category: Concert Reviews
What’s The Setlist Bro?
Are you going to a show and wondering what the band’s setlist is? Why go into a show blind? I understand it could be a spoiler alert but you can use SetList.fm to give...
Queen featuring…
I saw that Adam Lambert, the American Idol runner up, will be appearing with Queen as part of the 2013 I Heart Radio Music Festival. This appearance is not his first with Queen. Lambert...
What Set List Is Your Favorite Band Playing on Tour?
Wondering what your favorite band / artist is playing at their next gig / concert? You need to check out Setlist.fm so you look back by date and find out what tunes they are...
Hey Marseilles and Phox in Ann Arbor at the Ark 6/17/2013
Back in October, I had the chance to see Hey Marseilles play at Frankie’s Inner City in Toledo as an opening act for Sea Wolf, and as I wrote here on Tunesmate, the experience...
Hey Marseilles 10/23/2012
In the first week of February 2011, I was working a shift at WBGU, the campus radio station at Bowling Green State University, getting acquainted with the studio setup in anticipation of the sports...
U2 in East Lansing — 7/26/2011
“Wow.â€Â Bono could be seen saying it while looking out at the crowd toward the end of U2’s performance at Spartan Stadium on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, on...
Gwyneth Paltrow Recording Artist
Country Strong Crusing The other night Gwyneth Paltrow (feat Vince Gill) performed the song “Country Strong”, from her upcoming movie with the same title, live at 2010 CMA Awards. At the end of the...
Dave Alvin at the Black Swamp
 Last year, my dad started talking a lot about Dave Alvin after hearing some of Alvin’s work on a public radio station on his car radio. For his birthday that year, I bought...
Dance With His Father
In 2004, Richard Marx won a Grammy award for Song of the Year for his collaboration with Luther Vandross on “Dance With My Father,” which would be Vandross’ last Top 40 hit before his...
