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Category: shows

Paul Banks, The Young Republic, and Lindsay Rae Spurlock

Saturday night a good friend of mine from college and his band, Paul Banks and the Carousels came to Dallas to play a show at The Cavern on lower Greenville. Lindsay Rae Spurlock opened, followed by Nashville’s The Young Republic. It was a great night with many good friends, old and new, as well as [...]

The Year Christmas Came Early

Sitting in the southbound-backseat, en route to the most anticipated event of the month (if not the year), my mind briefly went back to how I’d ended up there. The saga began over a month before the fateful night that ushered in a fourteen-day-early Christmas celebration.
My friend (and personal convert to Andrew Peterson), Mason drew [...]

Imogen Heap @ The Granada Theater

Wednesday night, the Granada came through with another wonderful show. Imogen Heap and her friends are so talented and creative. They made music with things most people would think to be childrens’ toys. They played a good show to a packed house (which I’ll blame for the inability to get closer photos). Enjoy.

The Low Anthem + Blind Pilot :: Granada Theater

This week a show came through town that my friend Scott convinced me to attend based on his rave review of one of the band’s (The Low Anthem’s) live shows. The Low Anthem was indeed able to come through on Scott’s boasts with a strong showing at the Granada this past Wednesday night.

Blind Pilot headlined [...]

your next favorite band

This past weekend I was absolutely blessed with the opportunity of going out to Phoenixville, PA for a Sleeping at Last show, complete with a string sextet. It was, in a word, unbelievable.
[note: I often link to things in my posts, and rarely are they as worthy of your click as the one you just [...]

it’s that time of year again

Update: This album is now available on iTunes. Click here.
You faithful readers who’ve been around over a year may recall having seen this picture on a previous post about a year ago. In it, I told you to go listen to Andrew Peterson’s Behold the Lamb of God album on his website. I have no [...]

excellence

If you know me very well, you know that I love watching people do whatever it is in which they excel. I mean I love it. I love watching American Idol because it showcases people with beautiful voices singing songs that show their voices off. I love going to Broadway shows because those people are [...]