THE “NUGE” Tramples through Virginia
Ted Nugent (www.tednugent.com) and the “Funky Brothers” blasted their way into Virginia on June 25, 2010 to promote his “Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead” Tour at the Job.com Pavilion in Fredericksburg Virginia. As the camouflage tarp came off the stage revealing a huge Grenade, a 50 caliber machine gun with I am sure fake [...]
Marc Robillard
At The Mint, Los Angeles As always, this venue continues to showcase the area’s best talent in an intimate setting. This young talent who hails from Canada, but now calls Los Angeles his home, is surely one of the areas up and coming stars. His beautiful lyrics and outstanding songwriting seem to cross genres seamlessly. [...]
Bulletboys – Hollow
At Club Red-Phoenix During one of my recent trips around the Phoenix valley on June 25th I found myself at Club Red in Tempe (why, I don’t know – I don’t like this place: security tends to think they are above the police and often demonstrate this belief). Bulletboys were playing this night, and again [...]
Las Vegas GirlFestival Goes Green
“Girls Gone Green” Las Vegas, – The Las Vegas GirlFestival goes green! The festival entering its fourth year is changing its focus and name to The Green Girl Music & Arts Festival. The festival will take place in early October, location TBA. GirlFestival founder, Sharon Ludlam said, “We really want to help raise awareness about [...]
Gooding
The Key Club/Plush Lounge- Hollywood Gooding, the front man and name of his band, are in the final throws of a 50 state tour. This trio, originally from the Midwest and childhood friends, played a very impressive “acoustic” set. Even with a stripped down set of gear, and no drum kit, just a Cajon, these [...]
Gatekeeper’s Revival
The One Night Special When it comes to Long Beach, California it tends to offer quite a wide range of options to choose from…. From the sunny but calm ocean front down to the sights and sounds of the popular downtown strip showcasing all the latest in movies and music hence music is what is [...]
Bonnaroo Music Festival
While the annual summer trip to the Bonnaroo Music Festival has been a tradition for many, this year it seemed that more people than not were attending for their first time. The lineup for the 9th Bonnaroo Music Festival, while as diverse as any year at Bonnaroo, did lean away from the jam bands. Headliners [...]
L.A. Guns at Key Club: Aiming to Please with Vintage Sleaze
Tracii Guns and crew revive “Shrinking Violet” / new local quartet BlackBrew also on bill Photos by Ernie Manrique Hollywood’s Key Club was electric with anticipation on Thursday, June 10th, when Tracii Guns, founding guitarist of the glam/sleaze outfit known as L.A. Guns, brought his hard-rocking posse back to the Sunset Strip for a promenade [...]
The Baked Potato celebrates its 40th Anniversary
Review and photos by Ernie Manrique The Baked Potato in Studio City celebrated its 40th Anniversary with a two day festival with an all star line up in May at the Anson Ford Amphitheatre. The Baked Potato is the oldest jazz club in California and features massive baked potatoes stuffed with delicious toppings and offers [...]
It’s Up, Up and Away In Temecula With Wine & Balloon Festival, Temptations Concert
Longtime rocker Paul Rodgers headlined Saturday night at the Temecula Wine & Ballooon Festival. WHO KNEW? Turns out the Inland Empire, or I.E. as its abbreviatingly known, isn’t such a bad place culturally or musically after all! In fact there’s this cool little enclave of a town called Temecula, heretofore known for its wines and [...]


















