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![Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros @ The Riverside Theater [Milwaukee] - 3/17/22](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6350538c4e985848148c1691/1669657566611-BS1YAYHBXVFQKC8XM4RD/BobbyWeir_031722_RiversideTheater_%C2%A9%EF%B8%8F2022KevinHill-1.jpg)
Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros @ The Riverside Theater [Milwaukee] - 3/17/22
Bob Weir has spent a lifetime exploring what a song can be, and at 74 years of age, those excursions are only getting more interesting. As a member of the Grateful Dead, Weir and his cohorts expanded the scope of what American folk music could be many times over.
![Finneas @ 9:30 Club [DC] - 11/14/21](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6350538c4e985848148c1691/1669658922357-QMERZD6PT0MYPQ8DQ45V/Finneas-10.jpg)
Finneas @ 9:30 Club [DC] - 11/14/21
This week the 9:30 Club hosted Finneas O’Connell for 2 back-to-back sold-out shows. Known well for writing and producing with huge artists including Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, and of course his sister, Billie Eilish, Finneas is now on tour for his debut solo album, Optimist.
![Neal Francis @ Colectivo Back Room [Milwaukee] - 11/13/21](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6350538c4e985848148c1691/1669658962467-6UQW637W18THAX9MRM4O/NealFrancis_111321%28%C2%A9%EF%B8%8F2021+Kevin+Hill%29-11.jpg)
Neal Francis @ Colectivo Back Room [Milwaukee] - 11/13/21
Chicago’s Neal Francis owes a lot to musicians that came before him, and honors that in every note or shimmy across the stage. On his new record, In Plain Sight, he shares a lot of DNA with artists like Benny Sings or Eric Johnson of Fruit Bats. But let loose upon a stage on a Saturday night in Milwaukee the deeper roots of Dr. John, Traffic, and an entire history of psychedelic soul come rushing to the surface.
![black midi @ Turner Hall [Milwaukee] - 10/12/21](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6350538c4e985848148c1691/1669659664134-7L0TCQR5MIMO35SNKS2M/BlackMidi_TurnerHall_101221.jpg)
black midi @ Turner Hall [Milwaukee] - 10/12/21
The kids are all right (but they also may all be on drugs).
black midi’s chaotic, revelatory performance at Turner Hall in Milwaukee ripped the band-aid off our collective live music drought and left a path of destruction (and joy) in its wake.
![Twin Peaks @ Turner Hall [MKE] - 9/19/19](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6350538c4e985848148c1691/1669665235376-G4WCLA5R9847ROWT3EW7/TwinPeaksTurneHall_9-19-19%28%C2%A92019_Kevin+Hill%29-10.jpg)
Twin Peaks @ Turner Hall [MKE] - 9/19/19
For their new album Lookout Low, Chicago DIY heroes enlisted a producer - Ethan Johns (Kings Of Leon, White Denim, Ryan Adams) no less, for the first time in the career. The results are a shaggy, but not ragged, take on the garage rock this five-piece has spent the past nine years perfecting, that owes as much to 70's-era Rolling Stones as it does to Them or 13th Floor Elevators. If these songs are a more polished version of Twin Peaks than we've heard before, there's an undeniable energy crackling just under the surface of them. At Turner Hall in Milwaukee last week, that energy burst from the stage like lightning from a bottle onto a crowd who were there to give it right back in equal measure.
![Rosenau & Sanborn @ Colectivo Back Room [MKE] - 8/9/19](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6350538c4e985848148c1691/1669673035934-HODEIPMKO757O8OJCRX8/RosenauandSanborn_080919_MKE%28%C2%A92019_Kevin+Hill%29-7.jpg)
Rosenau & Sanborn @ Colectivo Back Room [MKE] - 8/9/19
Last month the duo of Chris Rosenau (Collections Of Colonies Of Bees, Volcano Choir) and Nick Sanborn (Made Of Oak. Sylvan Esso) released Bluebird (listen to our review here), their improvised collaboration that is part studio wizardry and part magic. And on Friday night in Milwaukee they released the material into the wild in front of a live audience.
The date kicked off a short tour that stopped through Eaux Claires and Minneapolis for the first leg and will conclude in September with two stops: First at the tenth annual Hopscotch Music Festival and finally landing at the legendary Mothlight in Asheville, NC.
Check out the photos from their date in Milwaukee below, and don’t miss your chance to have this powerfully uplifting piece of music move the air around you. With any luck, we’ll be seeing more dates from them soon.
![Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers @ Pabst Theater [MKE] - 8/7/19](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6350538c4e985848148c1691/1669673080069-J6EHODE1HOMSQ74XQD1Z/Hornsby_080719_PabstTheater%28%C2%A92019_Kevin+Hill%29-13.jpg)
Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers @ Pabst Theater [MKE] - 8/7/19
By all accounts, Bruce Hornsby is having a hell of a year. But if you've been paying attention at all, that's been pretty much every year for the legendary pianist. In the 33 years since fame first found him on 1986's The Way It Is, Hornsby has been a pop star, jazz titan, Grateful Dead member, bluegrass provocateur and more. Suffice to say, this Virginia boy "done good."
Bringing all of that history to the stage is no small feat, but at his recent stop at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee with his band The Noisemakers, Hornsby delivered a dream setlist that spanned from his latest LP Absolute Zero all the way back to his first album and back again with some Hornsby penned (but not recorded) hits thrown in for good measure.