Best concerts of 2015

[No Pride]

I don't get out much these days (unless I'm playing somewhere).

Scott Henderson Trio - Reggie's, Chicago, IL

[mnprogger]

My vote goes to Stevie Wonder's 4+ hour show in Minneapolis in March and the 9-year to the date annivesary show Mew did in Minneapolis.

I actually recently made an extensive list of my concert attendance history, so I actually can look back now and consider everything I saw this year
http://allmediareviews.blogspot.com/...e-history.html

[nosebone]

Scomule - Capital theater NY

Wishbone Ash - stage one , Ct

Al Dimeola - Ridgefield Playhouse Ct

Steve Hackett - the warehouse Ct

magma - NY
Great performance that I wanted to love..., but was sardined into this NY firetrap with ear bleeding sound and a stage that was four feet off the ground.

[cazz]

Best:
King Crimson
Scofield/Lovano
Branford Marsalis Quartet
Zappa Plays Zappa
Jack DeJohnette

Worst:
Madeline Peyroux- Thought I was going to hear a jazz singer. What I got was a woman who sang country and played blues drinking songs. $50 for the experience.

[boilk]

Magma - Quebec City
Steven Wilson - Toronto
Moulletes - Toronto
Intronaut - Toronto
Anglagard - Dunellen
Bent Knee - Boston

Oh yeah, can't forget King Crimson in Toronto! A great show.

neil

[Svetonio]

[NogbadTheBad]

Art Zoyd at RIO
Secret Chiefs 3 at RIO
Present at RIO
The Cellar And Point in Cambridge
Birdsong Of The Mesazoic in Cambridge
Bent Knee in Jamaica Plain
Reve General at RIO
Happy Family at RIO
Ut Gret at ProgDay
Jack O The Clock at ProgDay

[Svetonio]

[markinottawa]

I'll play

Ottawa

The Visit, Esmerine, Musk Ox <- this was an absolutely fabulous show
Aristocrats w. Travis Larson Band
Tertio


Ottawa Jazz Festival

Tin Men and the Telephone
Gogo Penguin
Alarmist
Jaga Jazzist

Victoriaville

Marc Ribot Ceramic Dog
The Nels Cline Singers Unlimted (w. Scott Amendola, Trevor Dunn, Cyro Baptista, Marc Ribot, Zeena Parkins)
Jack Dupon
Magma

Quebec City

Magma

Montreal

King Crimson
Steven Wilson

and for the record you peeps that went to RIO really annoy me.. ;-)

[mike_hunt]

A few of my favorites

Phish - Miami, FL New Years Eve
Municipal Waste - Wilmington, NC
George Clinton - Wilmington, NC
Gov't Mule w/John Scofield - Durham, NC
Elton John - Fayetteville, NC
YOB - Raleigh, NC
Magma - Boston, MA
Future Islands - Wilmington, NC
Robert Randolph & The Family Band - Wilmington, NC
Rush - Greensboro, NC
Jeff Austin Band - Wilmington, NC
Jaga Jazzist - Asheville, NC
Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Wilmington, NC
Faith No More - Raleigh, NC
Col. Bruce Hampton and The Aquarium Rescue Unit - Raleigh, NC
Phish - Raleigh, NC & Columbia, MD
Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers - Wilmington, NC
Ut Gret - Progday Chapel Hill, NC
Jack O' The Clock - Progday Chapel Hill, NC
Greensky Bluegrass - Wilmington, NC
Necromonkey - Orion Studios Baltimore, MD
Dungen - Washington, DC
Warren Haynes - Wilmington, NC
The New Mastersounds - Wilmington, NC
Anglagard - Dunellen, NJ

[Svetonio]

[Sordel]

My concert of the year was Big Big Train at King's Place, followed by King Crimson in Birmingham.

[Svetonio]

[zombywoof]

magma - NY
Great performance that I wanted to love..., but was sardined into this NY firetrap with ear bleeding sound and a stage that was four feet off the ground.

Le Poisson Rouge!

[JKL2000]

Mine was a great Steve Hackett show at Tarrytown Music Hall, with my tired 16 yr old son listening to songs like Get 'em Out By Friday and Can Utility & the Coastliners, but with his head resting on my shoulder.


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[Dave (in MA)]

Oregon - Live in Pancevo - 8/11/2015 -Part 1

How's the new kid on bass?

[markwoll]

Hmmmm...
The Life and Songs of Emmylou Harris at DAR Constitution the pacing was kind of a drag, but the music was awesome
Bill Frisell - The Great Flood - Kennedy Center soundtrack to a silent film/art project
Steven Wilson - 9:30
David Torn - Union Arts, D.C.
Ut Gret - Progday
Necromonkey - Orion
Joe Jackson - Lincoln Theater
Dave Rawlings Machine - Lincoln Theater

[Shadow]

King Crimson in Philly

Billy Cobham Berk's Jazz/fest

Progday for the whole experience

Mike Stern at Blues Alley just to see Dennis Chambers at his first gig back from being sick. Even though Dennis was probably 80-85%, just glad to see him healthy again. Didn't see Stern for his second trip back because I hate those fucking ballads because they bore the ever losing piss out of me.

The Aristocrats & Travis Larson Band at Jammin Java- I guess it was a good show but I just can't stay focused at a stand up venue where you really have to watch and listen to what is being played.

If I saw anything more I just can't remember.

[Casey]

Steve Hackett - Civic Arts Center, Concord, NH
Colin Hay - Civic Arts Center, Concord, NH

Favorite MISSED concert: King Crimson, Boston. Attended The Eagles concert with my wife at the venue directly across the street. Same night. The things we do for our spouses…

[Obscured]

King Crimson in Philly

That was 2014...but still fresh enough in my mind too.

Favorite MISSED concert: King Crimson, Boston.

Also 2014. (Or were you planning to travel for KC, and also speaking of the band Boston? Nah, didn't think so.)

[Shadow]

That was 2014...but still fresh enough in my mind too.


Also 2014. (Or were you planning to travel for KC, and also speaking of the band Boston? Nah, didn't think so.)

It didn't seem that long ago. Time really flies.

[rdclark]

In no particular order:
Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn, York PA (Two people with more charm, chops, and talent would be hard to imagine)
Steve Hackett, Wilmington DE (Best Hackett show ever.)
Anonymous 4, Philadelphia PA (So long, ladies. Your annual Philadelphia concerts were a bit of Christmas heaven.)
The Hooters, Glenside PA (Philadelphia's gift to Germany plays a rare home game)
Loreena McKennitt, Wilmington PA (Grand Opera House was the perfect venue; the trio format was enchanting)
Fab Faux, Glenside PA (fun fun fun)
Altan, Philadelphia PA (Irish music, this time with a touch of Nashville)
Chick Corea & Bela Fleck, Princeton NJ (Chick and Bela demonstrate their mental telepathy tricks)

Least Favorite:
Yes/Toto, Atlantic City NJ (Nasty drunk audience didn't help, and neither did muddy bass, which is the opposite of sounding like Yes. Toto was good though. But I had a hard time listening to what was actually, literally a cover band perform "Time and a Word.")
Dave Mason, Vineland NJ (Dave, we know you're in the Hall of Fame. Nobody cares. Nice version of "We just disagree," though.)

[TheLoony]

Well, I saw Rush and The Tubes/The Motels this year so my list isn't real hard to choose from.

1. Rush
2. The Tubes/The Motels

I'm shooting for three shows next year. Really gonna try and go all out. Iron Maiden, Coheed and Cambria and Anthrax. Might be a banner year for concerts.

I once saw Kiss, Rush and Triumph in the same week years ago(many years ago) yet now I'm hoping I might see three in a whole year.

[Werbinox]

Deus Ex Machina @ La Casa Di Alex in Milan, Italy, Oct. 17

[Trane]

Hands down

Kamasi Washington - World Cafe Live

That sounds awesome... Too bad he didn't come around Belgium

29/5/2015 Gryphon, London

30/5/2015 Fred Frith – with Evan Parker + Tim Hodgkinson + Roger Turner

Those two sound awesome

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mine:

l'Os à Moëlle (Febr)- The Wrong Object
These guys maybe play once concert a year in Belgium (and not many more abroad) and this was in a small underground café... I believe it was the first time they played After the Exhibition album in full
Prog Resiste Festival (Apr)- Sinkadus
Their first full-length concert in 15 years, so the audience and band were highly emotional. Some had tears in theur eyes.
Prog Resiste Festival - Alex Carpani Band with David Jaxon
I'd seen VdGG only twice before, but as a trio. Soooo, I wasn't about to miss seeing Jaxon at least once in my life. He was obviously happy to be on stage and the band and crowd absolutely loved their Graaf tracks covered - about 1/2 of their concert.
St Gilles (May)- The Abelians
Young upcoming Belgian band with an opera singer up front, but they're so much more than that, mixing symphonic to JR/F and a touch of Canterbury. The concert was filmed
Brussels Cirque Royal (May)- Aka Moon & Balkalefba
One of AM's many project, this time mixing the two together: Alefba are a bunch of Mid-Eastern musicians and Balkan Strings are a bunch of South-Eastern European... Fabrizzio Cassol was the obvious mastermind of this fantastic project
Brussels Cirque Royal (May) - Stuff
Great young Antwerp band (opening act of Aka Moon) basing their Miles-inspired music on rap & techno, but definitely remaining true to Miles
Ixelles (June)- Tigran Hamasyan
Somehow, Tigran's Mockroot album translate much livelier live than in the studio... this sounded Zeuhlish at times
Brosella Festival (July)- Guillaume Perret's Electric Epic (and all of that day's programme was really cool)
Non-stop full frontal hard-fusion attack with Crimsonian touches and a sprinkling of Gong-ian clouds. Bussonet on bass was imperial
RIO Fest (Sept)- Reve General
Not knowing what to expect when I entered the Carmaux hall, this string&drums project mixes chamber music and a form of Post-rock. Out of this world, but coming up...
RIO Fest - Art Zoyd - 44 1/2
What can be said of this 17-member band with three drummers... They revisited for the first time their early works and I wasn't about to miss maybe their only concert of the kind. Only Patricia was missing from the main AZ members.
RIO Fest - Toubifri Orchestra
The RIO Festival closer was a surprise to everyone, including the main organizer. 19-musician line-up that mixed wild JR/F with many different forms of other music, circus-like antics and audience-invasion. Absolutely magical, very emotional and the perfect festival closer.
Huy (Nov)- Ibrahim Maalouf
Ibrahim chose to present his recent Red & Black Light, instead of his Kalthoum album, and TBH, I'm awfully glad he did, though I'd have taken the other option. Imperial modern ethnic jazz with Maalouf inimitable trumpet sound

I must've seen another 30 concert throughout the year, but these were defintely above the rest.