This is just so cool in so many ways. Let's start at the beginning and work our way to the end...1. Somebody identified what he considers to be the 100 most essential riffs of all time -- spanning seven decades of rock history2. This person can play every single one in a convincing manner3. He has...

Here is a summary of the most popular content on The Barn Presents over the last year. These don't include the Furthur and Phish Rotation (or Announcement) Infographics which actually were more popular than any of these. I chose not to include them as they are continually updated.10. Wilco held its Chicago area summer...

This is the third edition of the The Barns These Are My Jams series. To see what this is all about, check out Volume One and for more jams, check out Volume Two.1. It was just a few weeks prior to getting to see The Boss at Wrigley field, when "Rocky Ground" from his superb...

My live music passion has taken me all sorts of places but it didn't occur to me, until being in the stands at Wrigley Field on Friday, that there are some things I'm just not used to experiencing:Up to twenty musicians on stage at once and a dramatic full band "roll call" to introduce...

Another one in our Retro Jamming series covering great Chicago music of yesteryear. One of the all-time greats in one of the city's now defunct landmark theaters. He's on to stadiums now, but this is stadium sized sound.The StreamDownload Entire Show (.zip mp3)

Morello and Vedder make another appearance. Here's the complete song list - scroll down to listen to the entire show or download it in iPod ready, tracked mp3's...Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street BandWrigley Field - Chicago, ILSeptember 8th, 2012SetlistThe Promised Land, The Ties That Bind, No Surrender, Hungry Heart, We Take Care Of...

More thoughts and goodies to come on this magnificent spectacle of a show, but wanted to get song list and some awesome media as soon as possibleBruce Springsteen & The E-Street BandWrigley Field - Chicago, ILSeptember 7th, 2012SetlistProve It All Night, My Love Will Not Let You Down, Out in the Street, Hungry Heart, We...

While the infographics I often feature on this site intend to make data easier to consume by employing clever visuals, this set of graphics proves that it's equally fun to use visuals to obscure meaning.Designer Victor Hertz has created some rock music pictograms that do just that for the songs of David Bowie, Bob...

It's always exciting to get the Old Town School of Folk Music concerts flier in the mail. One of the cities most intimate and eclectically programmed rooms sees a number of Barn favorites graces the stage from April to August. Highlights include:The Bad Examples' Ralph Covert plays two shows with his Ralph's World children's...

Today is Bruce's birthday. To celebrate, I'm pulling out to interested ways to visualize his work that were found on the web. From the beginning, Springsteen's songs told rich, and involved stories, and many feature places and names. The first addresses the places. Brooklyn based artist Dan Cassaro created a high quality poster that represents...