Frente! at Triple R Performance Space, Melbourne (August 15, 2025)
Triple R’s Radiothon – Digging Deeper (Aug 15, 2025) Frente! Setlist Girl Most Beautiful Labour...
Lettuce w/ BALTHVS at Liberty Hall, Lawrence KS (2025-08-22)
LETTUCE at Liberty Hall, Lawrence KS LETTUCE SETLIST Gold ToothEverything’s Gonna Be AlrightKrewe (w/BALTHVS)Insta-Classic >Purple...
Linkin Park at T-Mobile Center, Kansas City MO (2025-08-31)
LINKIN PARK SETLIST intro music: The Joker (Steve Miller Band song) (pre-show with From Zero...
I Wanna Learn a Love Song by Harry Chapin
Most casual listeners will only know Harry Chapin as the “Cat’s in the Cradle” musician, but the Grammy-winning and Hall of Fame inductee had written over 100 songs over 11 albums, until his death in 1981.
There’s no denying that “Cat’s in the Cradle” is Chapin’s signature song, and is relatable by anyone, who is too busy working to spend time with their family. Thanks to the hit single, Elektra Records was able to sell over 2.5 million copies of the 1974 album Verities and Balderdash.
All this was a little before my time, and I was gifted the album by my sixth-grade teacher, who was an avid fan. As the title suggests, this album contains important (vertities) and nonsense (balderdash) songs… in other words, a mishmash collection.
There are some gems on the record, including my personal favorite, “30,000 Pounds of Bananas”, which is much better when performed live.
The other song I liked is “I Wanna Learn a Love Song,” a song about Harry Chapin met his wife, Sandra. I didn’t know this at the time, and had always assumed that he got the idea from one of his passengers when he was a Taxi driver. That’s the case of “30,000 Pounds…”, which was a story he’s heard on a bus to Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Melissa Etheridge / Indigo Girls at Starlight Theatre, Kansas City MO (2025-08-21)
MELISSA ETHERIDGE / INDIGO GIRLS at Starlight Theatre MELISSA ETHERIDGE SETLIST Bring Me Some WaterIf...
Mpls: September 24 to September 25, 2025
Minneapolis: September 24 to September 25, 2025:
Leonid & Friends at Fitzgerald Theater (Sep 24)
Radio Free Alice at 7th St Entry (Sep 24)
Deltron 3030 at Uptown Theater (Sep 24)
Makaya McCraven at Icehouse (Sep 25)
Los Lobos at the Minnesota State Fair (August 25, 2025)
Monday was Senior’s Day at the Minnesota State Fair, and there was no better band (Los Lobos) to play for this demographic than a group of guys that have been together for over fifty years. But that was later and there was still much to do.
Mpls: September 23, 2025
Minneapolis Music Guide for September 23, 2025: Polo & Pan at Palace Theatre, Ethan Regan at Amsterdam Bar & Hall, Big Wild at First Avenue, Bass Drum of Death at Turf Club, Nourished By Time at 7th St Entry
Maren Morris w/ Miya Folick at Midland Theatre, Kansas City MO (2025-08-19)
MAREN MORRIS at Midland Theatre, KCMO MAREN MORRIS SETLIST cry in the car 80s...
Mpls: September 22, 2025
Minneapolis: September 22, 2025
Glare at Amsterdam Bar & Hall
quannnic at 7th St Entry
Tyler Hilton and Kate Voegele at Turf Club
The Current’s Music On-A-Stick Show at the Grandstand, Minnesota State Fair (August 23, 2025)
The Minnesota State Fair is one the largest in the United States, and as mentioned in the preview, there’s a lot of music there, including nightly events at the Grandstand Stage. Local independent radio station The Current hosted Music on a Stick with a long evening of hip hop music, headlined by local Atmosphere.
We♥KC! August 25-31, 2025 Upcoming concerts / shows (Kansas City, MO /Lawrence, KS metro)
Read More Van Halen For Van Halen songs such as ‘Poundcake’ and ‘Finish What Ya...
Moonstone Quill at Breckenridge Hogfest (August 23, 2025)
A weekend trip to the mountains of Colorado turned into an impromptu music tour. After a lucky coincidence seeing David Devett at the Bucksnort Saloon in Sphinx Park, I had continued good fortune on the music front. A dinner at the Edwin Restaurant in Breckenridge turned into another unexpected and wonderful encounter with local music. Once again, I did not fully pay attention to the sound coming from the man playing a guitar as I got seated in an upscale restaurant in Breck. And, once again, as I got settled and was able to focus on the music, I realized that I was in the presence of a talented musician. Lucky me!
David Devitt at Bucksnort Saloon, Sphinx Park (August 21, 2025)
The Bucksnort Saloon in Sphinx Park, CO is an off-the-beaten-path legendary establishment up in the mountains off of 285 between Conifer and Bailey. Unless you were one of the 50?, 100? People who lived on Elk Creek Rd, you’d have no reason other than Bucksnort to take the ~6 miles from 285. The Bucksnort under new ownership as of 2018, couldn’t quite recover from the impact of COVID and without announcement, closed the saloon in 2022.
Shawscope: Volume Three Review
Description Before Hong Kong’s mightiest film studio mastered the art of the kung fu film,...
Mpls: September 21, 2025
Minneapolis: September 21, 2025
James at First Avenue
Guerilla Toss at 7th St Entry
Landmvrks at the Lyric
Nine Inch Nails at Xcel Energy Center, St Paul (Aug 17, 2025)
Nine Inch Nails Setlist B-Stage Right Where It Belongs Ruiner Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me...
Minneapolis This Week (August 31, 2025)
Read more Minneapolis Music Guide. Aug 21 – Sep 1, 2025 Minnesota State Fair...
Mpls: September 20, 2025
Minneapolis: September 20, 2025
SPARKS at Fitzgerald Theater (Sep 20, 2025)
Pulp at Armory (Sep 20, 2025)
Farm Aid 40 at Huntington Bank Stadium (Sep 20)
Dakota 40th Anniversary Block Party (Sep 20, 2025)
All’s Well that Ends Welsh
Jesse Welles: Devil’s Den (Aug 22, 2025) Track Listing The Great Caucasian God In...
Road to Rocktober 2025, Part II
Road to Rocktober 2025, Part II: Low Cut Connie at First Avenue, Garbage, Elbow
We Came as Romans at Granada Theater, Lawrence KS (2025-08-17)
WE CAME AS ROMANS SETLIST intro music: ALL IS BEAUTIFUL… bad luck Plagued red smoke ...
Simple Plan at Armory, Minneapolis (August 19, 2025)
Simple Plan at Armory (August 19, 2025) Simple Plan Setlist I’d Do Anything Nothing Changes...
Mpls: September 19, 2025
Minneapolis: September 19, 2025: The Darkness at Varsity Theater (Sep 19, 2025)
Hailey Whitters at Fine Line (Sep 19, 2025)
Wardruna
at Orpheum Theatre (Sep 19, 2025)
Morrissey at Teatro del Vittoriale, Gardone Riviera (July 23, 2025)
My fault entirely, as I’ve been busy with travel and settling in at the new home in Florida. I have totally missed our Italian partner Kalporz on their Morrissey in Italy report, from late July 2025.
We♥KC! August 22-24, 2025 Upcoming concerts / shows (Kansas City, MO /Lawrence, KS metro)
Read More Alabama Shakes The second half of the show is Lara’s music pick of...
Mpls: September 17 to September 18, 2025
Mpls: September 17 to September 18, 2025 - The Baseball Project at Fine Line, The Waterboys at Uptown Theater, Hannah Cohen at 7th St Entry (Sep 17, 2025), Gareth at Turf Club
Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025
The annual Gamescon officially kicks off today, August 19, in Cologne, Germany. As per tradition,...
Terry by Tracey Ullman
Terry by Terry Ullman (Jan 1985) Terry written by Kirsty MacColl / Gavin Povey Why’d...
Yuno at Turf Club, St Paul (August 18, 2025)
Yuno at Turf Club (August 18, 2025) Yuno Setlist True Grapefruit Massive We Belong Fall...