(Above: Los Lobos merge an original with a Neil Young classic on the steps of the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Mo. on September, 17, 2004.) By Joel Francis The Kansas City Star Los Lobos made one point abundantly clear during their opening number, a nearly 10-minute romp through “The Neighborhood”: these boys came to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Back To Rockville’
Review: Los Lobos
Posted in Kansas City Star, review, tagged Allman Brothers, Back To Rockville, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly, Cesar, David Hidalgo, Enrique Chi, Grateful Dead, Juan-Carlos Chaurand, Knuckleheads, La Bamba, Los Lobos, Louis Perez, Making Movies on October 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Review: Elvis Costello and the Imposters
Posted in Concert review, Kansas City Star, review, tagged Alison, Back To Rockville, Davey Faragher, Elvis Costello, Jr. Walker, Lovell Sisters, new wave, Nick Lowe, Pump It Up, punk music, Purple Rain, Shabby Doll, Shotgun, Smokey Robinson, spinning songbook tour, Steve Nieve, the Attractions, Tracks of My Tears, Uncomplicated on August 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
(Above: Elvis Costello and the Imposters take the stage on a hot summer night at Crossroads KC.) Joel Francis The Kansas City Star Elvis Costello solved the age-old problem of what to do when an artist has too many great songs for one show – he brought them all onstage with him. Costello’s “Spectacular Spinning [...]
Review: Del tha Funkee Homosapien
Posted in Concert review, Kansas City Star, review, tagged Back To Rockville, Bukue One, DJ Zac Hendrix, Dr. Bombay, golden age of rap, Gorillaz, Ice Cube, Mistadobalina, Parliament on July 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
(Above: Del tha Funkee Homosapien breaks down the basics of good hygiene.) By Joel Francis The Kansas City Star Many music fans causally attach the phrase “golden era” to a nostalgic entry point or a favorite genre style. But the music of Del the Funky Homosapien truly represents a lost period of hip hop, before [...]
Review: Pete Yorn, Ben Kweller
Posted in Concert review, Kansas City Star, tagged Back To Rockville, Ben Kweller, Bob Dylan, Carol King, James Taylor, Junior Kimbrough, Neil Young, Pete Yorn, Rockin' in the Free World, Voodoo Lounge on March 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
(Above: Pete Yorn and his band are still living “Life on a Chain” at the Voodoo Lounge on Feb. 20, 2011.) By Joel Francis The Kansas City Star Pete Yorn and Ben Kweller delivered a two-hour clinic on rock songwriting in front of a small but enthusiastic crowd at Harrah’s Voodoo Lounge on Sunday’s night. [...]
Review: Big Head Blues Club
Posted in Concert review, Kansas City Star, tagged Back To Rockville, Big Head Blues Club, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, blues music, Broken Hearted Savior, Cedric Burnside, Chicago blues, Howlin Wolf, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Malcolm, Muddy Waters, R.L. Burnside, Robert Johnson, Sweet Home Chicago, the blues, ZZ Top on February 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
(Above: Blues legends Hubert Sumlin and James Cotton help Big Head Todd and the Monsters visit the “Killing Floor.”) By Joel Francis The Kansas City Star Rock and roll tributes to the blues are hardly a novel concept, but the glossy, contemporary rock of Big Head Todd and the Monsters makes them an unexpected outfit [...]
Review: Goo Goo Dolls
Posted in Concert review, Kansas City Star, tagged 90s rock, Back To Rockville, Black Baloon, Goo Goo Dolls, Independence Events Center, Iris, John Rzeznik on August 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
(Above: It was impossible to go anywhere in 1997 without hearing “Iris,” the Goo Goo Dolls’ biggest hit.) By Joel Francis The Kansas City Star During the mid- to late ‘90s, the Goo Goo Dolls racked up multiplatinum albums, Top 10 hits and Grammy nominations. That was a long time ago, but you wouldn’t know [...]
Review: Old 97s, Lucero
Posted in Concert review, Kansas City Star, tagged alt-country, Back To Rockville, Ben Nichols, Bloodshot records, Bruce Springsteen, Dick Dale, E Street Band, Ed, Lucero, No Depression, Old 97s, R.E.M., REM, Rhett Miller, Scrubs on August 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
(Above: The Old 97s road-test the new song “Every Night Is Friday Night Without You.”) By Joel Francis The Kansas City Star The 16-year history of the Texas-born Old 97s follows a trajectory well worn by other bands: start out with plenty of youthful energy and fire in the belly and gradually grow more mellow and/or pop-oriented. [...]
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