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06 May 2026
Concert Photography, Concert Reviews
by Brian Bruemmer and Kelly Merritt

Yungblud / Return to Dust – Brady Music Center, Cincinnati, OH

A s a 44-year-old high school English teacher and suburban housewife, I am hardly the target demographic for Yungblud (Dominic Harrison). Yet, thanks to the 'Older Women Love

Des Rocs Concert Stills at Skullys Music Diner in Columbus Ohio Harry Acosta Photography
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18 Apr 2026
Concert Photography, Concert Reviews
by Harry Acosta

Des Rocs — Skully’s Music Diner, Columbus, Ohio

Music criticism has a well-documented access problem. Say the wrong thing about the wrong artist and the press credentials dry up. The result is a landscape of reviews that read li

The Krooked Kings at the A&R Music Bar, April 11, 2026
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12 Apr 2026
Concert Photography, Concert Reviews
by Harry Acosta

Krooked Kings — A&R Music bar, Columbus, OH

Some bands grow into their sound gradually, in public, one awkward tour at a time. Krooked Kings seem to have done most of that work quietly — and arrived in Columbus on Saturday

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03 Apr 2026
Concert Photography, Concert Reviews
by Nick Spanos

Zara LArsson / Amelia Moore – House of Blues, Boston, MA

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15 Dec 2025
Concert Photography, Concert Reviews
by Brian Bruemmer and Aaron Weaver

Soul Coughing – Madison theater, Covington, KY

S oul Coughing played their first concert in 1992 and their last show (prior to last year's reunion) in 2000. Over those eight years, the band released only three studio album

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07 Nov 2025
Concert Photography, Concert Reviews
by Nick Spanos

Andy Bell / Savannah Pope – Wilbur Theater, Boston, MA

Few voices in pop are as instantly recognizable as Andy Bell’s, and from the first note of his Ten Crowns tour stop at the Wilbur Theater in Boston, that iconic tone transported

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17 Oct 2025
Concert Photography, Concert Reviews
by Harry Acosta

Jukebox the Ghost —The Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH

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25 Sep 2025
Concert Photography, Concert Reviews
by Harry Acosta

Wargasm — The Foundry, Cleveland, OH

Wargasm’s performance at the Foundry on Saturday night explored extremes in: distortion against precision, fury against playfulness, collapse against release. The UK duo, joined

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22 Aug 2025
Concert Photography, Concert Reviews
by Harry Acosta

Jessie Murph — Kemba Live! Columbus, Oh

Murph’s sound thrives on contrasts. The night opened with “Gucci Mane” and “Touch Me Like a Gangster,” tracks driven by trap beats and swaggering vocals that nonetheless

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May 6, 2026
Yungblud / Return to Dust – Brady Music Center, Cincinnati, OH
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May 2, 2026
David Byrne – Murat Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
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May 5, 2026
St. Paul & The Broken Bones / Brother Wallace – Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, OH
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May 9, 2026
SatchVai / Animals as Leaders – PNC Pavilion, Cincinnati, OH

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