Photos and Review by Ilya Mirman Gallery Xfinity Center, Mansfield, Massachusetts — July 24, 2026 John Mellencamp has never been interested in becoming his own tribute band. That much became obvious the moment the lights went down at the Xfinity Center. While many legacy acts spend their evenings sprinting from one hit to the next, […]
Interview with Ilya Mirman There are musicians who discover the blues. Then there are musicians who are claimed by it. For Brian Templeton, frontman of New England blues-rock powerhouse the Delta Generators, the transformation happened in a crowded club more than four decades ago. Up until then, he was a typical Massachusetts rock kid, raised […]
Photos and Review by Ilya Mirman Galleries: Black Crowes, Whiskey Myers There are rock concerts, and then there are nights when an amphitheater feels less like a venue and more like a gathering place for believers. On Friday night at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts, The Black Crowes and Whiskey Myers delivered exactly that […]
Leader Bank Pavilion, Boston, MA — June 6, 2026 Photos and Review by Ilya Mirman Galleries: Triumph, April Wine Some reunions feel obligatory. Others feel miraculous. Triumph’s return to Boston on Saturday night at Leader Bank Pavilion belonged firmly in the latter category. Just two days after thrilling fans during a June 4 appearance, the […]
Photos and Review by Ilya Mirman Gallery Kasia Smolarek brought a compelling blend of virtuosity, intelligence, and expressive depth to her recent recital in Providence’s Wheeler School, presenting a program that traversed three centuries of musical thought while remaining firmly rooted in the guitar’s rich tradition. The evening unfolded as a carefully curated journey through […]
Photos and Review by Ilya Mirman Galleries: Tom Keifer, Buckcherry For one night, Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom became a time machine. Not the nostalgic kind that simply recreates the past, but the rarer variety that reconnects an audience with the energy, swagger, and craftsmanship that made these songs matter in the first place. Tom Keifer […]
Photos and Review by Ilya Mirman Gallery The first thing David Lee Roth did at Boston’s House of Blues was remind everyone of something that rock fans occasionally forget: Frontmen are a different species. For two hours, Roth transformed the packed club into a time machine aimed squarely at the glory years of Van Halen. […]
Photos and Review by Ilya Mirman Gallery On a cool spring night at Boston’s Leader Bank Pavilion, two of the most technically gifted guitarists ever to pick up the instrument delivered something increasingly rare in modern rock: a virtuoso spectacle that never felt like a clinic. The SatchVai Band’s Surfing With the Hydra tour arrived […]
Photos and Review by Ilya Mirman Gallery At the Six String Grill & Stage in Foxborough, the night did not unfold so much as it unraveled with intention. The room carried that familiar electric haze of anticipation—half theater, half confession booth—where the audience already knows the nature of the performance and comes not to be […]
An Interview with Dunja von Stoddard by Ilya Mirman When Dunja von Stoddard talks about the music of the 1960s, she doesn’t just talk about songs. She talks about a feeling. With her band Aquarius, von Stoddard and her bandmates aim to recreate the sound, spirit, and atmosphere of the era — from vintage instruments […]
Photos and Review by Ilya Mirman Gallery At Plymouth Memorial Hall, Billy F. Gibbons stripped the blues-rock spectacle down to its studs. What remained was groove — raw, elastic, and played with the confidence of someone who’s been bending riffs for half a century. Fronting a stripped-down trio, Gibbons delivered a 90-minute set that favored […]
Photos and Review by Ilya Mirman Gallery Providence may never be the same again. When Steel Panther stormed The Strand Ballroom & Theatre, they didn’t just play a show — they unleashed an unholy cocktail of glam metal, sex jokes, and virtuoso musicianship wrapped in leopard print. Foreplay: “Eyes of a Panther” They hit the […]
