Oct
12
Kansas Live
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Kansas is out on their 35th anniversary tour. Kansas has also never broken up. They had some substantial personnel changes in the 80s, sure, but the current line-up boasts three original members and the “new guys” have been with them for 20+ years. And, yes, Steve Walsh, the original singer, is still belting it out. This is not a reunion tour. This is the real deal. Read more
May
21
Why I Must Be Careful
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The hardcore Balkan frenzy of Why I Must Be Careful is careening across the northwest from the band’s Portland home;last February, I caught it alighting on the Fontee Fest. The room exploded with the electric thunder of Seth Brown’s Rhodes piano and John Niekrasz’ drums. The instrumentals led directly to the band’s staccato recitations of backward verse and upside down lyric and back to the Tasmanian whirl – Brown cycling the keys almost spherically and Niekrasz allotting each drum exactly the correct proportion of power complete the statement and perfect the experience. The concert? Why I Must Be Careful is an experience, not a show. Although your ears might be ringing Read more







