Toon's Tunes

Social Distortion, Ace of Spades, Sacramento Social Distortion filled the house late last week, at Sacramento's Ace of Spades . For...

Thieves!!! (The Ministry song.) Consider it a sampler from the upcoming album, Blood Money Part 2 (no, I don't have a release date)...

I've been a little busy, a tad distracted, the past few weeks: publishing a series of books for children, plus my first novel (if you...

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...

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

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 ...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...