Live Review: The Linda Lindas @ Black Cat — 7/27/22

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged Black Cat, California, Los Angeles, power pop, punk, The Linda Lindas.

The Linda Lindas perform at Black Cat on July 27, 2022. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)

Probably the youngest band ever I’ll see in a commerical concert venue, The Linda Lindas proved they certainly have the chops to rock in their recent appearance at Black Cat in DC.

Sisters Mila de la Garza (drums, age 11) and Lucia de la Garza (guitar, 14), cousin Eloise Wong (bass, 13), and family friend Bela Salazar (guitar, 17) arrived full of fire and punk punch, exhibiting a raw talent and ambition that will serve them well in the decades ahead!

Live Review: Newport Folk Festival 2022 @ Fort Adams State Park, RI — 7/22-7/24/22

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Casey Vock in Live Review and tagged Adia Victoria, Anaïs Mitchell, Aroof Aftab, Bela Fleck, Bendigo Fletcher, Blake Mills, Bleachers, Brandi Carlile, Buffalo Nichols, Carm, Cassandra Jenkins, Clairo, Courtney Barnett, Dinosaur Jr., Faye Webster, folk, Goose, Hermanos Gutierrez, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Illiterate Light, Japanese Breakfast, John Craigie, John Moreland, Joni Mitchell, Langhorne Slim, Lee Fields, Low Cut Connie, Lucius, Lucy Dacus, Madi Diaz, Marcus Mumford, Maren Morris, Matt Berninger, music festival, Natalie Merchant, Nathaniel Rateliff, Newport Folk Festival, Paul Simon, Psychic Hotline, Rhiannon Giddens, Robert Ellis, Sierra Ferrell, Sylvan Esso, Taj Maha, Taylor Goldsmith, Texas Pianoman, The A's, The Felice Brothers, The Linda Lindas, The National, The Roots, Varlerie June.

Brandi Carlile welcomes Joni Mitchell to the stage at the Newport Folk Festival on July 24, 2022, her first time back at Fort Adams since 1969. (Photo by Casey Vock)

When musicians themselves hold a place and event so close to their hearts that it becomes sacred, the experience for fans is that much more lasting and remarkable.

The Newport Folk Festival, long considered one of the country’s most influential gatherings of songwriters, artists, and performers, proved to be that and so much more this year — three full days of celebrating music as a communal power and a change agent at a time when the nation feels fragmented by political turmoil and the lingering struggles of the pandemic.