

Curious Fan
Mar 112 min read
Sam Grisman Project - Park City Music Hall - Bridgeport, CT 3/9/25
Dawgs and Cats It felt strange walking down the block to a 6 pm show - with the sun fully out on the first day of Daylight Savings....
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Curious Fan
Feb 202 min read
Willow Avalon - The Space Ballroom 2/18/25
For a woman who often sings of her troubles with men, Willow Avalon looked very comfortable onstage surrounded by her suited 5-piece male...
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Curious Fan
Feb 202 min read
Grahame Lesh and Friends - Stage One at FTC 11/9/24
After a dramatic and stressful few weeks in many regards, those in the audience and onstage may have been looking for (and found!)...
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Curious Fan
Oct 28, 20241 min read
Oliver Hazard - The Space Ballroom - 10/19/24
"This house is haunted" - a perfect opening line for this pre-Halloween show for rising folk trio Oliver Hazard from Ohio. It was...
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Curious Fan
Oct 28, 20241 min read
Playlist: Live in the 2010s
No matter how closely you are paying attention to the music scene, there are always bands that fly under your radar. This collection...
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Curious Fan
Sep 27, 20242 min read
Mt Joy - Hartford Healthcare Amp. 9/26/24
Strangers Two nights before a big career milestone in their anticipated debut at MSG, Mt. Joy played to a packed HH Amphitheatre. It came...
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Curious Fan
Sep 27, 20242 min read
Phosphorescent - The Space Ballroom - 9/24/24
It was a gorgeous night of music with Phosphorescent, a first for me. Lead singer Matthew Houck began the show with a solo set, followed...
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Curious Fan
Sep 26, 20242 min read
Lucius/The War on Drugs/The National
9/13/24 Forest Hills Stadium Sometimes Forward is the Only Way Back A spectacular late summer night in Queens with a killer lineup, early...
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Curious Fan
Aug 1, 20242 min read
Sweet Summer
The heat wave finally broke. A cool summer breeze kicked up. I sat on a friends deck, overlooking the water, enjoying the freedom from...
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Curious Fan
Jul 12, 20241 min read
Cafe 9 - Audio Jane, Esmer, Field Day
7/11/24 Every city needs a bar like Cafe 9 - a neighborhood bar with good bands coming through a few times a week. Although renovations...
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Curious Fan
Jul 10, 20241 min read
CF Jukebox
No quarters required! For those days when you don't want to think about picking songs, hit shuffle on this one and take your chances....
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Curious Fan
Jul 5, 20241 min read
Goose - Westville Bowl 6/30/24
After a 90-minute weather delay, Goose closed their first with new drummer Cotter Ellis, in front of a huge home-state crowd at Westville...
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Curious Fan
Jul 1, 20242 min read
Capitol Groove - Bushnell Park - Hartford, CT 6/29/24
Sometimes, you have to take a chance. Not knowing what to expect from a rookie festival, with a dubious forecast and a solo adventure, I...
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Curious Fan
Jun 24, 20242 min read
Gregory Alan Isakoff - College Street Music Hall - New Haven, CT 6/22/24
Second Chances "I'm waiting in the wings while the trees undress Cupping my ear to hear the wind confess I'm a ghost in the garden...
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Curious Fan
Jun 17, 20241 min read
Middle-Aged Birthday Playlist
This playlist is meant to acknowledge and honor the day you were born, and the fact that you may now be officially... old. At least your...
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Curious Fan
Jun 8, 20242 min read
Bleachers - Westville Music Bowl 6/7/24
First time at a Bleachers show, and I'm so grateful to end that streak. Jack Antonoff and his band treated the stage like three-year-olds...
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Curious Fan
May 23, 20242 min read
Sierra Ferrell/The Avett Brothers - Westville Music Bowl - 5/21/24
Heady stuff from reigning Americana queen Sierra Ferrell at the Westville Bowl. I had to pull myself away from a great tailgate so as not...
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Curious Fan
May 18, 20242 min read
Newport Festivals Gull and Stars - with unannounced musical guests Ken Pomeroy and Iron & Wine - Newport Craft Brewery 5/16/24
It felt strange driving to Newport in May looking for a musical surprise, normally that feeling occurs in Late July. Every year, Newport...
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Curious Fan
May 9, 20242 min read
Rodrigo y Gabriela - College Street Music Hall 5/8/24
What started as a fully seated (no GA) reserved crowd, turned into a flamenco/metal dance party last night at College Street for Rodrigo...
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Curious Fan
May 6, 20241 min read
Keep Running
What kind of music drives your workouts? This playlist was inspired by a good friend and avid runner who shared that he was listening to...
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