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Written by Richard B. Simon
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The Warfield, San Francisco, CA
December 8, 2006
On a rainy San Francisco night, Trey Anastasio brought the latest incarnation of his solo band to the Warfield Theater. The show had barely sold out by showtime—but that did not stop the group from entering jubilantly down the aisle, playing cowbells in a percussion-and-horns parade through the crowd to the stage. The second line stomp set the tone for a night heavy on New Orleans-inflected funk, with a bit of psychedelia and a solo acoustic mini-set, to boot.
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Written by Josh Baron
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Tuesday, 12 December 2006 |
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Town Hall, New York, NY
December 4-6
With a new Cardinals configuration save for longtime drummer Brad Pemberton—Neal Casal on guitar, Jon Graboff on bass and Chris Feinstein on pedal steel—Ryan Adams is all about the rock these days (though he still does tender and affected). While his tongue-n-cheek posturing would suggest more bombast—he sported KISS-like boots all three nights—Adams’ brand of rock was more acute and countrified, dare we say, it often sounded Dylan-esque with its upbeat shuffles and whimsical vocal charm. Digging into his already deep catalog, Adams held true to his website’s promise of “no repeats” over the three-night stand (51 songs in total; I didn’t make the first night’s 21-song set).
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Written by Shain Shapiro
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Melkweg, Amsterdam, NL
December 5, 2006
Sierra Leone has become one of Africa’s success stories. A fragile peace is currently maintaining after nearly two decades of civil war, and expatriates and families are returning to Freetown to experience the meaning behind its moniker. While peace is embryonic, human rights abuses have been substantially quelled, and art is propagating from the nation like the wringing of a wet sponge. One such example is the Sierra Leone Refugee Allstars, a septet of former refugees who met and developed their craft while escaping the civil war in the Kalia Refugee Camp in Guinea. A documentary was made of their trials and tribulations, which prompted global acclaim, a record deal with Anti and international touring.
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Written by Tim Donnelly
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Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu, HI
December 2, 2006
It was more than a tour-ender, more than a birthday celebration and more than a homecoming: Pearl Jam’s Honolulu show will go down in the annals of Hawaiian music history as quite possibly the greatest rock show ever held in the islands, and dats no joke, brah.
The freewheeling (a multiple wine-bottle night for Eddie Vedder),
forthright (an amazing cover of the Hawaiian anthem, Izzy
Kamakawiwo’ole’s “Hawai’i ’78”) and frantic show (32 songs) covered
every era of the band’s catalogue, from the 15-year-old “Oceans” to the
freshly-ridden “Big Wave.”
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Written by K. Patrick Welch
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Roseland Ballroom, Portland, OR
December 2, 2006
With a sensibility towards the riff, not the hit, Wolfmother surfed an impossible wave of expectation, staying upright throughout and never dropping the seemingly insurmountable enthusiasm created long before the chants of “Wolf-Moth-Er” ushered the band onstage. The expectation was high when Wolfmother kicked off a 14-song set of guitar-crunching, ear-splitting music that turned even the balcony into a mosh pit. Performing moves last seen at a Deep Purple concert, the band presented an evening that never felt planned; it always felt like lead guitarist/singer Andrew Stockdale was simply in the moment.
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