April 5, 2012 by woundedmessenger

Update, Jerry Joseph Album Review, and Bonnaroo Plans

Que pasa?

I’ve moved into working more than full time this year, so the blog has suffered accordingly. You can actually suss out the last 3 years of my life by going back to the start of this page: there’s the post-employment barrage of music news and reviews, followed by the infusion of articles for Glide Magazine, the start of my concert photography dalliances, and the sudden emphasis on craft beer. Now once again gainfully employed, my writing time has significantly diminished. But I’ll still be doing reviews for Glide and going to Bonnaroo every year, and that’s what brings me out of the woodwork today.

My latest album review, for Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons’ wonderful Happy Book, is now up at Glide. On that same front, I’ll be covering Bonnaroo for them again and tweeting like mad at WoundedTweeter, as usual.

From now on, my blog posts will be given increased visibility via Best Thinking. If you’re a blogger or writer looking for new assignments or a new outlet for your thoughts, check them out.

June 16, 2011 by woundedmessenger

Bonnaroo 2011 Reviews and Photos

Another Bonnaroo Music Festival is in the books, and we had a great time, as usual! All of our daily reviews can be seen at the following Glide Magazine links:

Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

See below for some of the best photos we got at Bonnaroo 2011.

Alison Krauss

Alison Krauss and Union Station

Robert Plant & Patty Griffin

Robert Plant

John Bell of Widespread Panic

Dave Schools of Widespread Panic

Widespread Panic

Mumford and Sons

Jim James of My Morning Jacket

My Morning Jacket

Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys

Grace Potter

Henry Rollins

Les Claypool of Primus

Warren Haynes

Ron Johnson of Warren Haynes Band

Ray Lamontagne

Bela Fleck

George Porter Jr of The Meters

WSP Crowd

June 7, 2011 by woundedmessenger

Bonnaroo 2011 Preview and Links Aplenty

In less than 48 hours we’ll be posted up at the 2011 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, reveling in the tenth anniversary of the event and bringing it all to you via Twitter and Glide Magazine. Right now at Glide there’s a special feature written by Shane Handler and I entitled Ten Years of Bonnaroo: Our Ten Favorite Headlining Sets. Check it out and see which What stage performances from the past 9 festivals stand out above all of the rest.

Follow us on Twitter and you’ll get a constant stream of updates as we encounter the good, the bad, and the just plain strange in Manchester this weekend. If that’s not enough, follow along with us and catch streaming sets from the Comedy Tent at ComedyCentral.com. No word on music webcasts yet, but stay tuned.

June 2, 2011 by woundedmessenger

Paul Simon in DC Show Review and Bonnaroo Preparations

My review of the May 25, 2011 Paul Simon concert at Constitution Hall in Washington, DC is now up at Glide Magazine!

It is our favorite time of year again here at WMHQ because the Bonnaroo Music Festival is next week! This will be the tenth edition of the festival and our seventh time attending, and once again we’ll be teaming up with Glide Magazine to bring you extensive daily updates from the event. As usual, we will also be tweeting live from the festival and keeping you up to date on all things Bonnaroo (follow @WoundedTweeter). We have also upgraded our photo capabilities, so look for some shots from the event to pop up here and at Glide. We’ll also look back at great headliners past and break down the schedule for this year’s event, all in the next week – so keep it here!

February 24, 2011 by woundedmessenger

Leftover Salmon DVD Review and More

Greetings! Here’s what’s new and upcoming…

My review of Leftover Salmon’s live DVD, Twice in a Blue Moon, is now up at Glide Magazine. Also, my ReviewYou.com page has several new reviews of albums by Asher Quinn, Greg Gibbs, Vandell Andrew, and Kimball.

As spring approaches, we’ve got our eye on a performance of Hair at the formidable Durham Performing Arts Center and music in the form of Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings (3/26) and Jason Isbell (4/19) at the Lincoln Theater in Raleigh.

Looking toward the summer, the Bonnaroo Music Festival will once again serve as the nucleus around which all of my musical plans rotate. Look for a preview or ten here as we stare down the TENTH Bonnaroo and I prepare for my seventh trip to the event. I’ll be tweeting from the festival as well as providing my daily recaps on Glide Magazine, just like last year. I’ll also be attending/tweeting two Phish concerts in North Carolina the weekend after Bonnaroo, and there’s no doubt that many more events will be on the calendar by then. It’s going to be a wild one, stay tuned!

July 8, 2010 by woundedmessenger

Gallery: Medeski Martin and Wood, Bonnaroo 2010

Medeski Martin and Wood at Bonnaroo 2010. Click the slideshow for more viewing options.

All photos by Esther Rodgers

June 17, 2010 by woundedmessenger

Bonnaroo 2010 Wrap-Up

If you followed us on Twitter last weekend, you have an idea of how amazing – and amazingly hot – Bonnaroo 2010 was! Here’s a roundup of our coverage.

Friday Recap At Glide Magazine
Saturday Recap
Sunday Recap
Tori Amos Photo Gallery

Look for more photos here soon featuring Medeski Martin and Wood, Umphrey’s McGee, and more!

June 9, 2010 by woundedmessenger

All Bonnaroo, All The Time

In just a few hours we’ll be on the road to one of America’s greatest music festivals, and you can keep up with our exploits by following us on Twitter!

Over the next week, you can ride with us to Manchester, TN, and back via social media. We’ll be bringing the Twittersphere all kinds of observations from Bonnaroo – what the bands are playing, who’s sitting in with who, the atmosphere of the event, and lots more unique items. Full setlists from Umphrey’s McGee, Dave Matthews Band, and maybe more will be featured in real time.

Also, check Glide Magazine for my daily updates and photos from the festival, which will also be linked here.

BONNAROOOOOO!