Scavo's Photos

05/30/2026

Oteil & Friends at Atomic by Jamo 5.29.26

05/06/2026

Okay NOW you can see my Puscifer photos. Again: do not steal them.

Puscifer. // photo by Allison Scavo Puscifer with Dave Hill The Midland Friday, May 1 To kick off a busy month of great concerts in the Kansas City area, on May 1st I had the pleasure to hit the Puscifer show at the Midland Theater. The Friday night show was packed with fans eager to know what the b...

05/04/2026

All Puscifer photos have been removed. idk what to tell you. I tried to be nice. If I see my photos produced under a different name without my watermark and without photo credit, we will see each other in court. It’s that simple. Stop. 

05/03/2026

Dave Hill at The Midland Theatre 5.1.26
My first time in comedy and he was worth it. Perfect impression of Danzig 🤣

04/29/2026

Legerdemain at The Warwick 4.15.26

04/22/2026

Muddy Waters ahead 🥂

Gov’t Mule. // photo by Allison Scavo Gov’t Mule with Larkin Poe Uptown Theater Tuesday, April 14 Jammy Southern rockers Gov’t Mule came out with “Bad Little Doggie” and immediately set the tone for a night of blues, Kansas City style. They wasted no time getting loud with “Mr. Man” wi...

04/20/2026

Gov't Mule at Uptown Theater 4.14.26

Gov’t Mule came out with “Bad Little Doggie” and immediately set the tone for a night of blues, Kansas City style. They wasted no time getting loud with “Mr. Man” with that thick, swampy groove they do better than almost anyone. “Lay Your Burden Down” had something heavier and spiritual behind it, something communal that lit the whole place in at the same time. Controlled, then completely blown open, Warren Haynes never overplays, but he never holds back.

At one point Wareen said, “You can’t go to Kansas City without playing the blues,” after asking what we wanted for an encore, and that mission statement was leaned into with gritty, lived-in, blues. Teasing the encore with little riffs, false starts, hints of what might be coming, pulling us along until the payoff landed on “Come On My Kitchen,” a Robert Johnson original.

By the end, it didn’t feel like a setlist you could write down and analyze. It was something you had to be there for. Messy in the right ways, intentional without being rigid, and rooted in a blues tradition that still sounds dangerous when they play it. Kansas City shows can blur together if you go to enough of them. This one was not one of those.

04/18/2026

Larkin Poe at Uptown Theater 4.14.26
Sisters Megan and Rebecca Lovell from Nashville, TN of Larkin Poe, named after their 4th great-grandfather and distant cousin of Edgar Allen Poe, hit the stage at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City like they had something to prove, even though they really don’t at this point (1.6 million followers across Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok?! They have nothing to prove).

From the first song, it was energetic, soulful, and unapologetically bluesy. With Rebecca on guitar (who had her 8 month old with her!) and Megan on lap steel, the harmonies were as in sync as their sibling connection. Rebecca’s gritty Southern bite and Megan’s pulsing lap steel hovered over added an almost vocal layer that complimented the lyrics.

Opening for Gov’t Mule can be a tough spot, especially for the first time on the tour, for with a crowd ready for long jams on familiar songs, but Larkin Poe showed up and showed out. By the time they walked off, it didn’t feel like an opening set anymore. It felt like they’d made their case, and earned a standing ovation.

04/08/2026

Little shout out from the band themselves! 

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04/07/2026

Full review of Blackberry Smoke with Blues Rock Review!

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