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Snaphots: Itzhak Perlman @ Strathmore Music Center — 4/10/25

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Itzhak Perlman performs live at Strathmore Music Center on April 10, 2025. (Photo by Steve Satzberg)

Itzhak Perlman brought his foot-stomping, heartbeat-raising collection of klezmer music to audiences around the country with “In the Fiddler’s House,” a live presentation of his Emmy Award-winning PBS special, “Great Performances: In the Fiddler’s House.” Almost 30 years later, Perlman still left audiences dancing in the aisles with this unique and unforgettable cultural music experience.

Steve Satzberg was there to photograph the recent performance at Strathmore Music Center!

Snapshots: Hayes Carll and Corb Lund @ City Winery Philadelphia — 4/9/25

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Hayes Carll and Corb Lund
Hayes Carll and Corb Lund perform live at City Winery Philadelphia on April 9, 2025. (Photo by Steve Satzberg)

Hayes Carll and Corb Lund teamed for their Bible on the Dash Tour, which recently brought them to City Winery Philadelphia. Steve Satzberg was there to shoot the two troubadours on stage together.

Live Review: Belouis Some @ City Winery Philadelphia — 4/8/25

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Belouis Some
Belouis Some performs live at City Winery Philadelphia on April 8, 2025. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)

This year marks the 40th anniversary of some truly amazing albums for the children of the first era of MTV. And with those 40th anniversaries come the joy of revisiting that colorful and remarkable time in music through celebratory tours.

For me, this is an exciting time as many of the artists of the Second British Invasion, given music chart celebrity by MTV, have returned to touring the USA. And this has provided a platform for some who have been away for a very long time to reclaim their music for an American audience.

Enter Belouis Some, born Neville Keighley, an excellent musician who crafted introspective dance tunes that thoughtfully examine the bonds between human beings generally and romantic partners specifically. Neville recently returned to US stages for the first time since 1988 with an initial show at City Winery Philadelphia to resource his outstanding 1985 album, Some People.

Ticket Giveaway: Tennis w/ Billie Marten @ The Anthem, 6/3/25

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Tennis (Photo by Darren Vargas)

Acclaimed indie-pop duo Tennis release their highly anticipated new album, Face Down in the Garden, arriving via their own Mutually Detrimental label on Friday, April 25. Produced and recorded by the husband-and-wife duo of Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore in their Denver, Colorado home studio, the album and new single mark the final recordings from this incarnation of Tennis.

Tennis embark on a farewell tour that brings them to The Anthem on Tuesday, June 3. You can win tickets to say good-bye to Tennis with Parklife DC!

Preview: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds @ The Anthem — 4/21/25

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Warren Ellis and Nick Cave (Photo by Joel Ryan)

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds released Wild God, the band’s 18th studio album, last year via PIAS. The band soon embark on their Wild God North American Tour, which includes a show date at The Anthem on Monday, April 21!

Live Review: Cowboy Junkies @ The Birchmere — 4/9/25

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Cowboy Junkies (Photo by Heather Pollock)

It’s hard to stay this cool for this long. Over the years, many legacy acts drift apart or fall into nostalgic routine but not Cowboy Junkies. Currently on tour after 40 years together, the Junkies recently brought an enchanting set of songs old and new to The Birchmere for two sold-out nights.

Live Review: Dean Lewis @ 9:30 Club — 4/8/25

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Dean Lewis dazzles a sold-out 9:30 Club on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (Photo by David LaMason)

“Dean Lewis is a man on fire!” That’s the first thing that came into my head recently watching the singer-songwriter from Sydney, Australia, wade into the crowd at a sold-out 9:30 Club. I had only seen Lewis once before as the opening artist on the AJR arena tour last year.  Even with the shortened opening set, I could tell there was a confidence and charm that had a lot in the audience throwing up heart signs and carrying signs. It seemed like just as many in attendance were there for Lewis as they were for the headliner.

Live Review: The Tallest Man on Earth w/ The Still Tide @ Strathmore Music Center — 4/8/25

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Tallest Man on Earth performs at the Strathmore Music Center on April 8, 2025. (Photo by Steve Satzberg)

Kristian Mattson, aka The Tallest Man on Earth (who is, if anything, slightly less than average height), has a lot of energy. It takes a certain amount of presence and charisma to command a stage playing solo, especially in a room the size of Strathmore. Kristian has it in spades, though, and he captivated the audience in his recent performance there.

Live Review: Franz Ferdinand @ The Anthem — 4/7/25

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Franz Ferdinand performs live at The Anthem on April 8, 2025. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson)

In the middle of their recent set at The Anthem, Franz Ferdinand performed “Audacious,” one of the new songs from The Human Fear, which constituted half the show. Lyrically, “Audacious” was a call for perseverance in the face of adversity, and not only is the catchy tune a message for our times but also perhaps an appropriate song for a band that very smartly grown and adapted since its extraordinary self-titled debut album in 2004.

Live Review: Bella White w/ Maddy Kirgo @ Pearl Street Warehouse — 4/6/25

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Bella White (Photo by Bree Fish)

Calgary, Alberta, Canada native Bella White may be in her early 20s, but her songwriting shows a maturity well beyond her tender years. Raised by a father who came from Virginia and played bluegrass and influenced by the songwriting of John Prine and fellow Canadian Joni Mitchell, White signed with Rounder and made her first album, 2021’s Just Like Leaving, while she was still a teenager.

Two years later, after moving to Nashville, she released her second record, Among Other Things, produced by Jonathan Wilson with Big Thief’s Buck Meek on guitar, to strong critical response. She recently made her return to the DMV, playing the sold-out Pearl Street Warehouse.