Michael Lello

2 weeks ago | highway81revisited.com | Michael Lello

Photos and words by Bobby Nicholas IIISinger-songwriter mxmtoon delighted Brooklyn Bowl on Thursday with her first show since she moved out of New York last year. Supporting the November release of her latest album, “Liminal Spaces,” she also performed songs from pervious releases and peppered the evening with personal stories, connecting with a crowd that included many fans that had been to her shows before.

1 month ago | highway81revisited.com | Kat Von D |Trey Anastasio |Michael Lello

As members of the Trey Anastasio Band and Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Russ Lawton, Ray Paczkowski and Scott Metzger are used to the creature comforts of the road, like tour buses and crew members to set up their gear. But with LaMP, their instrumental trio? “We have no crew people,” says Metzger, the band’s guitarist. “It’s funny. They have a van up in Vermont, but we have so much gear and merch that there’s no room for me. So I drive myself around either in my car or in a rental.

2 months ago | highway81revisited.com | Kat Von D |Trey Anastasio |Michael Lello

Having fronted the Scottish synth-pop band CHVRCHES for nearly 15 years, Lauren Mayberry has performed for millions of fans from Glastonbury to Coachella, at stadium shows supporting Coldplay and headlining big rooms on their own. A show this Thursday at Webster Hall (1,500 capacity) is part of a project that is markedly smaller in scale but not in ambition. In December, Mayberry released her first solo album, “Vicious Creature,” and is touring behind it.

Dec 31, 2024 | highway81revisited.com | Michael Lello

1. Soulshine, Madison Square Garden, New York, Nov. 242. Iron Maiden, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, Nov. 23. Kacey Musgraves, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, Nov. 164. Guster, Brooklyn Paramount, March 295. Glenn Hansard, City Winery, New York, March 186. Phish, MVP Arena, Albany, NY, Oct. 25-277. Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers, UPAC, Kingston, NY, June 298. Ryan Adams, Carnegie Hall, New York, Nov. 279. The National, The War on Drugs and Lucius, Mann Center, Philadelphia, Sept. 1710.

Dec 18, 2024 | highway81revisited.com | Michael Lello

1. Sarah Jarosz – “Polaroid Lovers”2. Dr. Dog – “Dr. Dog”3. Ryan Adams – “Blackhole”4. Blood Incantation – “Absolute Elsewhere”5. Lizzy McAlpine – “Older”6. Kacey Musgraves – “Deeper Well”7. Beyonce – “Cowboy Carter”8. Kerry King – “From Hell I Rise”9. Collective Soul – “Here to Eternity”10. Phish – “Evolve”