For David Cook, the easy part is over.
The biggest post-’90s band from Britain that doesn’t give away its music came to the Sprint Center on Thursday. And a large crowd was on hand with a loud, long and warm greeting.
Warren Zevon’s first big-label album was not his best, but as much as any that followed, it exhibited the traits, techniques and impulses that made him a cult star and anti-pop hero.
Whenever the alumni from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young get together, there is usually something extra in the air, and it usually carries a familiar aroma.
The epiphany followed a downpour of bad news. In December 2007, Abigail Henderson and her husband, Chris Meck, returned from a tour of Europe with their band, the Gaslights. All was not well. Henderson had a severe cold. Meck’s favorite guitar was stolen. The drummer quit. Then her father died.
Out today are records from three singer-songwriters who take on country and roots music from three very different perspectives.
On Wednesday night, Tina Turner opens her North American tour at the Sprint Center. If you’re going to the show and it’s your first at the Sprint Center, be warned: Fans have complained about the acoustics.
