Great Music, Great Photography
Photos and Review by Chris Besaw This past Saturday evening, Sharkey’s Event Center nestled in the heart of Liverpool, NY delivered everything a rock fan could ask for — a high-energy night of pure classic hard rock featuring two powerhouse acts: John Corabi and the Tom Keifer Band. Although rain had fallen earlier in... Continue Reading →
The Lee's Palace, a venue known for its intimate atmosphere and storied history, hosted a night of intense musical darkness, featuring the Norwegian dungeon synth pioneer, Mortiis, and Portland's black metal powerhouse, UADA. The evening was an intense atmospheric of extreme and melodic Metal, that captive the Torontonians. One of seven stops in Canada during... Continue Reading →
Photos by Chris Besaw Review by Kelly Besaw ‘90s rock favorites Collective Soul returned to Del Lago Casino on Saturday night for an evening filled with “peace, love, and good old rock and roll music.” With no opening act, the band took the stage to thunderous applause at approximately 8:20 p.m. Frontman Ed Roland, sharply... Continue Reading →
Review by Kelly Besaw Photos by Chris Besaw Gary Numan brought his brand of eclectic music to a jampacked crowd at the Water Street Music Hall in Rochester, NY on Saturday March 21. Opening act, Tremours joined him on this date of his tour. L.A. based alternative rock group, Tremours, opened the show. The duo... Continue Reading →
Photos and Review by David de la Huerta Swedish metal titans Orbit Culture proved exactly why they are one of the genre's fastest-rising powerhouses. Fresh off the release of their acclaimed 2025 album Death Above Life (out October 3, 2025, via Century Media), the band brought their North American headlining tour to Toronto, delivering... Continue Reading →
Photos and Review by Chris Besaw It was a nice, unseasonably warm day in Syracuse, with a gentle drizzle finally hinting that spring might be poking its long-awaited head out. On Westcott Street, nestled in the heart of Syracuse University, an excited buzz filled the air outside The Westcott Theater as fans lined up for... Continue Reading →
Photos and Review by David De La Huerta On a frigid Sunday night in Toronto, the legendary Lee’s Palace was transformed from a local staple into a cathedral of sulfur and bone. As part of the Praise the Beast North American Tour 2026, Austria’s Belphegor returned to the city on February 22, joined by Incantation,... Continue Reading →
Photo and Review by Chris Besaw Bush, the multi-platinum English rock band, treated fans to another sold-out show at The Vine Showroom at Del Lago Resort & Casino in Waterloo, New York. Currently on tour in support of their tenth studio album, I Beat Loneliness (released July 18, 2025), the band headlined under their own... Continue Reading →
Photo and review by Chris Besaw Capital Theatre Center – Harrisburg, PA | November 14, 2025 This past Friday, with the weather mercifully clear—no rain, no snow—I made the 4-hour drive from my hometown to Harrisburg’s Capital Theatre Center for the Dogmatic Confessions Tour. Featuring A Killer’s Confession, Dogma, and Aeternum, this lineup of veteran... Continue Reading →
Photos and Review by David De La Huerta The Danforth Music Hall was packed to the rafters, primed for a masterclass in death metal history as Death To All brought their Symbolic Healing Tour to Toronto. This tour celebrates two landmark Death albums: the thrash-infused Spiritual Healing (1990) and the progressive masterpiece Symbolic (1995)—the latter... Continue Reading →