Soulshine Benefit Concert Is Coming To MSG

We received a major concert announcement and it’s very exciting!  The Soulshine Benefit Concert Is Coming to MSG!  It’s going to be a blast on Sunday, November 24th and also it’s for a great cause. Presales for tickets are going on through various fan clubs of the artists, but the general public on-sale is on Friday, November 1^st.

So who’s taking part?  Check out this lineup!

Dave Matthews Band, Warren Haynes Band, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and Goose.  Plus there’s a slew of special guests including Trey Anastasio, Mavis Staples, Robert Randolph, Trombone Shorty, Joe Russo, Susan Tedeschi, and Derek Trucks.

The event is to aid relief and recovery efforts in Western North Carolina and Florida in the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.  Those areas were devastated by the hurricanes in the last several weeks and it’s great to be able to buy a concert ticket and do some good!  These bands that are playing are filled with talented musicians, who not only know how to jam out but also know how to play their instruments at next-level of superiority.

I’m sure you’ll get lots of hits as well as some cool collaborations between the main artists and the special guests.  Dave Matthews Band in particular is a lot of fun to watch because they always sound on point and their skill is unmatched.  It’s something special to watch them on stage.

If you decide to buy a ticket and want to know exactly where your money is going….check this out! All net proceeds will benefit the SOULSHINE Concert Fund at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, which will benefit Habitat for Humanity’s 2024 Hurricane Recovery fund and will also support a variety of non-profits on the ground in North Carolina and Florida.

It’s for a terrific cause and it’s a jam-packed night of music.  You can’t go wrong!

Visit soulshinemsg to learn more or make a donation!

I wanted to put a list together of Iron Maiden tunes.  They’ve been in the news recently, so I thought I’d show you 5 Amazing Iron Maiden Songs.  They’ve got way more than that which are awesome tunes, but these are ones that always stick out to me.

It was so sad to hear about the passing of vocalist Paul Di’Anno.  If you don’t know the name, he was on the first two full-length studio releases from the metal powerhouse.  I have to tell you, for as much praise as Bruce Dickenson gets (and rightfully so), Paul was amazing in his own right.  He has a deeper range, but could still hit some crazy high notes.  I thought his voice blended nicely with the tunes they were writing back then.

Of course, Bruce is the voice most of us think of when we think of Iron Maiden.  He’s got that power metal style down to a science and still sounds wonderful when performing live.  Over the years, Maiden has experimented and tried various types of songwriting throughout their catalog, but they seem to almost always come back to epic rockers that have many twists and turns and several sections, that make me wonder how easy it is to remember the parts when they play them live!!

Whether you’re strictly into the first few albums or are enjoying their latest effort Senjutsu, you can’t go wrong.  They have that solid beat from Nicko McBrain and those amazing riffs, it just works perfectly.  They’ve influenced so many other bands that have come out, but to this day, Maiden is still one of the real masters of metal.  They just do it so well.

So I thought we could take a look at 5 songs that just plain rock and are a fun ride to listen to.  Let’s get into it!

Such a cool tune. Not as quick and with that uptempo typically heard in Maiden tunes. But this one is incredible!

A really intense sounding rocker with some awesome vocals from the late Paul Di'Anno.  It's from their debut which just bangs!

A medieval sounding metal tune?  Yep.  It's got some aggressive vocals from Bruce and some really cool riffs throughout!

Such a cool opening riff.  Then some powerful vocals with an infectious chorus!  A great piece from Powerslave....maybe my favorite overall album?

Bruce is back in this one!  And you can tell he's back with a vengeance.  Ok that was corny.  But this has such an earworm for a hook....you can't help but sing along!