live music reviews Archives — NOTES ON NEW YORK

Rage Against the Machine Live (Part 3)

by Rick Stachura on January 21, 2023 in Music Matters • 0 Comments

A review of the band’s show at Madison Square Garden.

Mark Knopfler Live (Part 2)

by Rick Stachura on December 6, 2021 in Music Matters, Retro Notes • 0 Comments

“And then the man he steps right up to the microphone.”

Metallica Live (The Encore)

by Rick Stachura on November 23, 2021 in Fiction & Memoir, Music Matters, Retro Notes • 0 Comments

Remembering the #1 song from my childhood Top 10.

A Tribute to Led Zeppelin (Part 2)

by Rick Stachura on April 9, 2021 in Music Matters, Retro Notes • 2 Comments

A new Encomium.

A Tribute to Led Zeppelin (Part 1)

by Rick Stachura on April 6, 2021 in Music Matters, Retro Notes • 0 Comments

“Yours is the cloth, mine is the hand that sews time.”

Bob Mould Live (Part 2)

by Rick Stachura on February 14, 2021 in Music Matters, Retro Notes • 0 Comments

“All that’s left of me… is slight insanity.”

Roger Waters Live (Part 4)

by Rick Stachura on September 26, 2020 in Music Matters, Retro Notes • 0 Comments

“You’re nearly a laugh, but you’re really a cry.”

Dan Bern Live

by Rick Stachura on July 19, 2020 in Music Matters, Retro Notes • 0 Comments

“Don’t ask what kind of music I’m gonna play tonight. Just stay awhile. Hear for yourself awhile.”

Simple Minds Live (The Encore)

by Rick Stachura on July 11, 2020 in Music Matters • 0 Comments

Simple Minds formed some 42 years ago on the South Side of Glasgow, Scotland; and although they’ve passed through a myriad of personnel changes since, Jim Kerr (vocals) and Charlie Burchill (guitars, keyboards) are still at the helm.

Garbage Live (Part 3)

by Rick Stachura on April 5, 2020 in Music Matters • 0 Comments

When Garbage hit the radio in 1995, the band sounded like slices of my music collection had fused.