A Saint Paul mum sharing the less boring side of life: music, entertainment, travel, and lifestyle
Alt-pop, alt-rock, mostly new. Push2theFront is back: vaccinated, boosted, masked, and hitting live music venues once again with a vengeance. To celebrate, I made an awesome playlist of mostly new stuff. Alt-rock, alt-pop, alt-whatever. I started when it was really cold here, like below zero nonsense that makes one dream about beach vacations and you …
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Playlist for sheltering in place and a few pandemic ramblings.
Concert review of Jeff Tweedy & Wilco
Nashville has worked to earn it's reputation as "Music City." Music doesn’t seem to be much of a problem here. As for drinking- you be the judge. The city earned it's moniker back in 1950 when radio announcer David Cobb used the term "Music City U.S.A" on the air. It stuck. While it's true that …
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A personal story of music, loss, and grief.
The Highwomen singing women’s stories. They’re not haters. It’s all about inclusivity and love. Country music radio loves its bros: young, white, tatted, gym-jacked, dirty pick-up with a bottle of something brown under the seat guys that sing about spring break and their ex's with a heavy snap track on loop. Lyrics are mired in …
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Lake Street Dive performs at St. Paul's Palace Theater, review.
The Armory, Minneapolis, June 14 and there's still tickets!!! I fell in love with Jason Isbell's music on April 24, 2015. He and his wife, Amanda Shires, joined David Letterman during his last month of shows. They were joined by Willie Nelson's favorite harmonica guy, Mickey Raphael. They performed "Mutineer" (a song Warren Zevon, one …
Music festivals are an adults fairy land. A day at a music festival is one filled with good music, peaceful vibes, optimism, and happiness. (Even if it rains!) You are never too old for live music. We have careers and can afford the travel and tickets (kinda). The people watching at a festival is unmatched. …
My kids listen to music with headphones or buds. No more of that yelling, "turn that music down." They listen to music almost exclusively on YouTube and Spotify. I let them take over Bluetooth in the car so there are a few groups that break through the electronic silence. Either they want to share something …
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