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Thursday, February 23, 2017

Art Street, don't miss it!!! Only a couple of days left to visit.

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Art Street, 2017, Sacramento If you haven't been yet, there are only a couple of days left to visit the Art Street temporary, free a...
Sunday, February 19, 2017

The Growlers, City Club tour, at the Ace of Spades: sold out show!

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Brooks Nielsen, The Growlers, Ace of Spades Reportedly one of Ellen DeGeneres' favourite bands this year, creators of the annual B...
Saturday, February 11, 2017

AWARD: ZO magazine, Platinum photography award, for "Multitudes" from Chicago Open Air

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Fans in the crowd at Chicago Open Air, 2016 I won another award for a photo! From ZO Magazine . This photo was taken at Chicago Open ...
Friday, February 10, 2017

Rag'n'Bone Man: debut album, Human, out now!

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I've just spent a few weeks in England, and usually I return with a handful of new music to share and to listen to further. This time...
Thursday, February 9, 2017

KITE: look out for them! SXSW, DNA Lounge in San Francisco, and many more dates!

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Swedish electric-indie-pop duo, KITE , will be back in the USA for a tour, which includes dates at SXSW (17-18 March) and at San Francisc...
Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Sammie awards--nomination time!

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Now is the time to nominate your favourite singers, musicians, bands and performers for the annual Sammies (Sacramento Area Music Awards,...
Monday, January 16, 2017

Chevelle, and a huge show at Sacramento's Ace of Spades

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Chevelle, Ace of Spades, Sacramento Chevelle's show at Sacramento's Ace of Spades, this past Saturday, was my favourite Chevell...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Midge Ure at Harlows, Sacramento: still dancing, with tears in my eyes

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Midge Ure, Harlows, Sacramento In town on Monday evening, at Harlows Restaurant and Nightclub, Sacramento, , was Midge Ure, OBE , Mi...
Monday, January 9, 2017

Some nice dream-pop for a winter's day: Oslo, from Anna of the North

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If you're feeling a little wintery or homesick, here's something that will take you a little further north... Oslo, from Norway...
Tuesday, January 3, 2017

A few more examples from the Alison Toon Photographer print portfolio

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Best of 2016, Classic Rock magazine Bitter-sweet: my photo of Marillion's Steve Hogarth, in the end-of-year edition of Classic Rock...
Friday, December 30, 2016

2016 retrospective... that was the year that we wish wasn't

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Disturbed, Chicago Open Air, 2016 In many ways, 2016 has been a tough year. Whether for the seemingly never-ending list of music and cel...
Friday, December 16, 2016

Face To Face tour: Hands Like Houses, Our Last Night, and more! Photo galleries!

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Trenton Woodley, vocals, Hands Like Houses This past Tuesday evening, Orangevale's Boardwalk was the location for the final date of...
Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Eyewitness sound track: check out Kaleo

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While binge-watching USA Network's spooky crime series, Eyewitness, (which is based on a Norwegian series,   Øyevitne) ,  and enjoyi...
Sunday, December 11, 2016

Women in Rock: Lee-La Baum, Love is Blindness

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A gritty and beautiful cover of U2's Love is Blindness (from Achtung Baby ), by Lee-La Baum, singer with The Damn Truth , from Montr...
Monday, December 5, 2016

Peter Murphy, Stripped, at Sacramento's Harlow's

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Peter Murphy Peter Murphy brought his Stripped show to Sacramento last night, as part of the Stripped tour, which has gone from the USA...
Thursday, December 1, 2016

On travelling, travelling light... the what, why, and where

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Jamaica... let's go to the Reggae festival! It's taken me many, many years, and more-than-many failures, but at last, I may have...
Monday, November 21, 2016

Saturday night, Sacramento: two shows, and guess who is, and who is not, welcome back to town?

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Craig Mabbitt, Escape The Fate, at the Boardwalk Saturday evening, the week before Thanksgiving, and there's a huge show planned at ...