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Cheryl Alterman | The Music Soup Editor
Jun 29, 20172 min read
Queen with Adam Lambert live at The San Jose Arena
I've been a Queen fan pretty much all of my life and looking forward to the show was a no brainer having never seen them before. Missing...
Cheryl Alterman | The Music Soup Editor
Jun 12, 20172 min read
Roger Waters live at The Golden 1 Center, Sacramento
Rogers Waters was well worth a wait! One of the best overall 'shows' ever! I had a bit of trepidation prior to the show, as I've heard...
Cheryl Alterman | The Music Soup Editor
May 28, 20172 min read
The Music Soup Continues Our Remembering Taylor Hawkins Week
Foo Fighters live at BottleRock Napa 2017 I realize this show must have been my first time of many seeing the Foo Fighters play live....
Cheryl Alterman | The Music Soup Editor
May 27, 20172 min read
Tom Petty live at Bottle Rock Napa 2017
Ahhhhh...Tom Petty! Love love love him! Its been a growing love over the last 30 years but has definitley gotten to the point where I am...
Cheryl Alterman | The Music Soup Editor
May 26, 20171 min read
Maroon 5 live at Bottle Rock Napa 2017
Maroon 5 headlined at the Bottle Rock music festival the first night of the weekend. Looking forward to their performance as I had never...
Cheryl Alterman | The Music Soup Editor
May 19, 20178 min read
Tolan Shaw and The Highway Poets live at The Redwood Cafe
Wind back to Saturday evening in January at the NAMM convention (National Association of Music Merchants), in Anaheim. I walk into the...
Ramp-Up to NAMM 2025
If you're a musician who loves gear—new gear, old gear, vintage gear, pawnshop prizes, and other goodies—the annual NAMM ( National...
Return to Uranium Springs (part 2)
In the beginning of 2024 I met Mark Fernquest at a music venue. He's a 6'3" figure with long blonde locks. We got chatting and he told...
A Special Kind of Reunion
Brit Rock reunion in Sebastopol.... Sometimes one never knows what the universe has in mind for you. Sometimes we know what we want and...
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