High Water Festival (2025)

When I saw this High Water Festival lineup, I immediately started dreaming up a road trip to get me there - and accomplished it!  After a brief camping and hiking stop in North Carolina, I made it to Charleston, SC for this High Water Music Festival!  I couldn’t have asked for better experience, and Charleston was charming!

A few quick standouts… I”m SO GLAD to have been introduced to Evan Honer.  I was lucky to catch the Julien Baker & TORRES perform before they canceled their tour. Waxahatchee cementer her status as a FAVORITE.  Counting Crows were meh.  Arcade Fire was every bit as dramatic as I was hoping they’d be!

Here’s the list of bands I saw, most of them appear in the above video.

Evan Honer
Medium Build
Joy Oladokun
Julien Baker & TORRES
Mt. Joy
The Backstreet Lovers
Goldie Boutilier
Ethan Tasch
Wild Rivers
Trampled By Turtles
Waxahatchee
Counting Crows
Flipturn
Arcade Fire

Bright Eyes (4/9/25)

Readers might remember I saw Bright eyes not to long ago - and it wasn’t a great experience.  Coming back around on tour, under their official name - this time at The Agora - I thought they’d be worth another try.  This one was better.

Basia Bułat (4/4/25)

I was traveling to Minneapolis for a work conference and was ELATED to see Basia Bulat would be performing at The Cedar Cultural Center, supporting her newest album!  I’ve been anxiously awaiting new music and a tour, and she hit all the notes.  Such a personable and authentic performer - and a great venue too!  I would have taken more photos, but I was too busy taking video!  Now I just hope for a second leg of the tour where she comes to Cleveland!

Maia Friedman opened.