Friday TV: Bill Murray’s Holiday Toast
Leave it to streaming services to create an optimum version of something broadcast networks created — the TV Christmas special. Now practically extinct from regular TV, the sentiment, corniness and…
The Flamin’ Groovies at Rock & Roll Hotel
It’s one of those things that make you believe in Robert Johnson-meets-the Devil stories. After being a fine revivalist rock band in San Francisco for a few years, a slightly…
Theater Review: ‘Sons of the Prophet’
It’s not easy to maintain a balance in dark comedy. Going too dark dries up the laughter and becoming too wacky blots the underlying pain. “Sons of the Prophet,” Stephen…
Morgan James, Boh Doran at the Hamilton
It’s not easy out there for female singer/songwriters. Take the duo who played the Hamilton in D.C. Tuesday night. Headliner Morgan James is a belter who has conquered several fields,…
Jonathan Richman at the Warhol Museum
Jonathan Richman has been known to play some pretty unpredictable shows over the years, but few as unusual as his appearance Wednesday at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. There,…
Theater Review: ‘Unexplored Interior’
Even 21 years later, the horrific atrocities of the Rwandan genocide is hard to wrap one’s head around. How could 800,000 to 1 million Tutsis be macheted to death in…
Review: Nikki Lane at Gypsy Sally’s
Because Nikki Lane has a portrayed herself so effectively in videos as a snarling, dangerously vindictive woman who burns down the motorcycle of a cheatin’ ex, the kind of vengeful…
Jay Farrar’s Re-‘Trace’ at the Birchmere
The proof of music that’s truly enduring can now be clearly measured in decades, so with the 20th anniversary of the Son Volt debut “Trace” comes a tour by Jay…
Dave Davies at the Howard Theatre
With one quarreling brother over 70 and the other just under, how much longer can we go on expecting a Kinks reunion? Maybe the great band finally did play its…
Chuck Prophet at Jammin’ Java
Rangy San Franciscan Chuck Prophet has a great little band in the Mission Express, but every so often he breaks away for a solo tour. Armed with just an acoustic…