WAKARUSA 2012 May 31 - June 3, 2012 Mulberry Mountain - Ozark, AR (About 1 Hr from Fayetteville and Fort Smith) Updated: 1/19/12 with complete lineup Only 2 / 3 of the Wakarusa Festival lineup has been released so far, and you should make it a priority to snag your tickets and premium camping passes now because they won't last! This year the Waka gods have decided to release the lineup in "3 equally weighted parts." The first announcement was made last week and featured eletronic producer ... Read More

After 15 years straight of playing large venues such as amplitheatres , arenas and race car tracks. Kid Rock and the respective Twisted Brown Trucker Band came back to revisit the club days. They haven't played clubs since 1999 and it was exciting to be able to buy general admission floor tickets for one of the best venues in the midwest. The Midland Theater right next to the Power And Light District of Kansas City, Missouri. Day of show the biggest Kid ... Read More

2011 was a year of many ups and downs and a lot of very unique and diverse shows of which I feel lucky and blessed to partaked in. And hey, nobody died this year. So moving on to number 10. Number 10: Prof, 08/17/11 The Pageant, Saint Louis, Mo Prof had impressed me quite a bit the early part of 2011 with a strong performance and a free cd that didn't suck. A few months later he was back opening for Atmosphere, Evidence, and ... Read More

Words and Photos by Bradley Darby After a show scheduled for February was cancelled just days after being announced, Split Lip Rayfield vowed they would be coming back to St. Louis later this year. Their last trip through the Gateway to the West was in May of 2010 opening for Reverend Horton Heat, also at the Old Rock House. I was a little disappointed to have to wait another 9 months to see these guys in STL again. I must say, the wait ... Read More

Yonder Mountain String Band Get By With A Little Help From Their Friends at the Harvest Music Festival Words and pictures by Bradley Darby [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Jeff Austin - Yonder Mountain String Band"][/caption] In a world flooded by music festivals priding themselves on having a diverse lineup that will attract fans of all genres, Yonder Mountain String Bands Harvest Music Festival stands apart. Entering its second year with the Yonder Mountain taking over the main billing, the Harvest Festival features some of the ... Read More

Words & Pictures by Brad Darby For the fourth consecutive year I made the trek to the Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival to enjoy four days of music and camping in a setting that they call “Where Music Meets Mother Nature.” With acts ranging from My Morning Jacket and Ben Harper to the Budos Band and Dark Star Orchestra to STS9 and Bassnectar, a total of over 100 bands spread out across six stages, with on-site camping, showers, and even a grocery store ... Read More

Bayou Soul Singer-Songwriter Shares His Heart at Old Rock House Words and video by Bradley Darby It had been almost three years since Marc Broussard had last played here at The Duck Room, a venue he had played for his previous three trips to St. Louis. Broussard had taken a break from touring to spend time with his family and record a new self titled album, released earlier this year.  The news only got better when it was announced just a week before that ... Read More

The Jay Porks Experience (Mr. Sparkly Edition) It felt like 6:30 a.m. arrived earlier than usual at the Gorge Amphitheatre last Sunday. It didn’t help that some a-hole’s phone alarm was going off next to our tent (you know who I’m talking about). Thenaturalstoner, Jay Porks, and I got up, packed up our camping gear, and head off to Spokane, Washington to see Willie Nelson and Family at the Northern Quest Casino and Resort. We arrived in Spokane around mid-morning. After hanging around downtown ... Read More

Photo's by: HDBEARCAT I can trace listening to Kid Rock to the era of the playstation. The orginal, grey old school playstation. I still remember playing the game " Cool Boarders II " when I first heard " Devil Without A Cause ". My friends and I had known about Kid Rock long before that. We were very much into Detroit's rap and underground acts and at one time Kid Rock was both. Then there is one of my favorite concert friends. He ... Read More

Widespread Panic 07/13/11 Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA Words/Photos by Reverend Justito It’s not that I had planned to have an 8 year and 354 day gap between Widespread Panic shows, but it just kind of happened that way. There were some shows I couldn’t make due to previous obligations. There were times when a $35 ticket with $23 in Ticketmaster fees was simply too high for my wallet. Then for a while, I just didn’t care about jam bands. So when I heard that ... Read More

Words by jenkins Photos by BeeZnutZ Video by jenkins/BeeZnutZ (as noted) Two things happened on June 24th, 2011:  Not only did Dirtfoot and Treehouse perform to a relatively small (but energized!) crowd at 2720 Cherokee, but I also had the pleasure of meeting the other St Louis members of the Concert Confessions family (Bradley Darby and BeeZnutZ). All three of us at one place nearly rendered a tear in the fabric of space/time itself. Not only was this my first Dirtfoot experience, but this was also ... Read More

Words and Photos by Bradley Darby It is an interesting time in the music world right now. Concert ticket sales are way down, yet prices seem to be up. Massive tours have been forced to cut dates due to slow ticket sales. With the music industry in disarray and the future leaning towards digital music (and quite possibly the return of the vinyl!!) the multi-day music festival made famous by Woodstock has made a strong return. There is something unique about being able to ... Read More

Written by Bradley Darby The only front porch, whiskey swillin’, foot stompin’, bean can shakin’, gypsy, punk, country, grumble, boogie band in the land Dirtfoot, who have received previous attention on Concert Confessions and will be supporting Primus for five shows in May, are asking for their fans help to fund their newest creation, Dirtfoot: Live and In Prison recorded live and in front of actual prisoners at the Wade Correctional Center in their home state of Louisiana. The band had to undergo ... Read More

Words and pictures by Brad Darby Video Courtesy BeezNuts Only one band can be described as Front Porch, Whiskey Swillin, Foot Stomping, Gypsy, Punk, Country, Grumble, Boogie.....and that band is none other than Dirtfoot. The Shreveport, LA group came through town and played with St. Louis’ own Clusterpluck at 2720 Cherokee, an up and coming music spot that is also an art gallery, located in the art and shopping district of the Cherokee neighborhood. The first band of the night was a new bluegrass outfit ... Read More

Words by: Bradley Darby Photos by Bradley Darby & Music VS Man Grace Potter & the Nocturnals (commonly referred to as GPN) have received quite a bit of publicity lately, and for good reason. Their newest self-titled album made many Best Of 2010 lists, they stole the show last month at the VH1 Divas Salute the Troops, a show that also featured Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, Keri Hilson, Paramore and Sugarland. Not to mention ... Read More

Photos and words by: Bradley Darby Anymore it seems though every average Joe has to come up with their Best Of... list for the end of the year. Well, I’m no exception! This list started at 21 shows and I was able to knock it down to 10. I then decided I couldn’t make this list without including Split Lip Rayfield. So 11 it is! 2010 was a great year for me in terms of live shows. It all started off in February where ... Read More

Paul Thorn 12/11/10 Old Rock House - St. Louis, MO Words by Jenkins   Usually I have a pretty good idea what to expect from a concert in advance.  I'm familiar with the band, their catalog, the crowd, hell - maybe I've even been to a couple of their shows before. On the other hand, sometimes I don't at all know what I'm in for and have no idea what my expectations should be.  Saturday, Paul Thorn played at the Old Rock House in Saint Louis - ... Read More

David Allan Coe – John’s Alley, Moscow, ID – 9-26-10 Review and pictures by thenaturalstoner I must admit, coming into tonight’s David Allan Coe concert in Moscow, Idaho I was not very familiar with the country legends musical catalog. I had heard some of the stuff he did with Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings and a few other things, but never was a super fan. However, tonight I was ready to let loose, let my inner cowboy fly and enjoy a night on the ... Read More

The Bridge 08/03/10 Old Rock House - St. Louis, MO Written by: Bradley Darby On a very hot and sticky Tuesday evening, funky blues-rock band, with some definite soul and jazz influence, The Bridge came through St. Louis to play an intimate show at the Old Rock House. As the Cardinals were getting their balls boxed 18-4 to the Houston Astros and continued to make the legendary Bud Norris look like a hall of fame candidate and earn his seventh win just a few blocks ... Read More