Midge Ure brings his Band In A Box tour to historic Mount Dora, Florida, where Michelle Wilson revels in ’80s nostalgia.

The legendary 83 year old bluesman can still command a stage, says Roi Tamkin.

Akron/Family bring their travelling circus to Orlando. They say “Love is Simple” but on this night, as S D Green found, their music proved anythying but.

Irish import Damien Rice plays to a sold-out crowd in Toronto, leaving the audience – and Margie Libling – speechless and mesmerized. Never before has an artist touched his fans as much as Damien Rice…

David Lee Beowulf bangs on about Idiotarians, terrorists, oil and Susan Sontag, long may he bang.

Split EP (Vagrant/Heroes & Villains). Review by Troy Jewell.

“2001? Bah! Humbug!” says Stein Haukland. Here are the Top 19 reasons he’s glad to see the back of the year.

David Lee Beowulf weighs in with his views on the events of September 11th - complete with a reading list, natch. If you don’t throw yourself all out of whack with knee-jerk reactions, you might actually learn something.

Carl F. Gauze had the mixed blessing of being in France on September 11, and brings us something of the international view on the day’s events.